# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Curator usage provenance for unmanaged skills

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #119275: \[Bug\]: \`hermes curator usage\` reports provenance "agent" for hand-authored skills the curator will never auto-retire
- PR #119288: fix(curator): distinguish unmanaged skill usage
- PR #119291: fix(curator): distinguish unmanaged local skills in usage provenance

These items address a bug where the curator incorrectly reports provenance as 'agent' for hand-authored or unmanaged skills, and introduce fixes to distinguish such skills in usage provenance output.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.
- Pairwise link density `0.67`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #119275: \[Bug\]: \`hermes curator usage\` reports provenance "agent" for hand-authored skills the curator will never auto-retire

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119288: fix(curator): distinguish unmanaged skill usage**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/curator.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_curator_usage.py`, `tests/tools/test_skill_provenance_external.py`, `tools/skill_usage.py`
- **#119291: fix(curator): distinguish unmanaged local skills in usage provenance**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/curator.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_curator_usage.py`, `tools/skill_usage.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`