# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix misleading post-install hint for memory providers

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where installing a memory-provider plugin shows a post-install hint instructing users to run \`hermes plugins enable\`, which does not actually activate it — the correct path is through memory provider setup. The changes correct the hint to point users to the right activation flow.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133047. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133047 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-133047`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #119909: plugins: post-install hint for a memory-provider plugin says \`hermes plugins enable\`, which does not activate it (memory.provider stays empty)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133047: Memory-provider plugin installs now activate the provider instead of a dead-end plugins enable (#119909, salvage #119937)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_install.py`, `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugins_cmd_catalog.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/memory-providers.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/plugins.md`
- **#119925: fix(plugins): direct memory installs to provider setup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7c46cd9ff7`, `#133047`, `#119909`, `#133047`
- **#119927: fix(plugins): point a memory-provider install hint at hermes memory setup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `7c46cd9ff7`, `#133047`, `#119909`, `#133047`
- **#119937: fix(plugins): a memory-provider install activates through memory.provider, not plugins enable**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `7c46cd9ff7`, `#133047`, `#119909`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133047 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.