# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Startup warning incorrectly flags plugin MCP server names

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #119457: Startup "Unknown toolsets" warning fires for plugin-provided (portable) MCP server names
- PR #119461: fix(toolsets): accept portable MCP server names in explicit -z and TUI toolset pins

A startup check that warns about unknown toolsets incorrectly triggers for MCP server names provided by plugins. The members address identifying and exempting these portable plugin-supplied names from that check.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #119457: Startup "Unknown toolsets" warning fires for plugin-provided (portable) MCP server names

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#119461: fix(toolsets): accept portable MCP server names in explicit -z and TUI toolset pins**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `678a4762b8`, `#119479`, `#119484`
  - files: `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_portable_mcp_toolsets.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_portable_mcp_toolsets.py`, `tui_gateway/agent_factory.py`
- **#119479: fix(cli): ignore portable plugin mcp names at startup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#119461`
- **#134738: fix(cli): stop flagging plugin-provided MCP servers as unknown toolsets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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