# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discover external CLIs in user-local bin dirs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a bug where external-process CLI tools installed in user-local directories (e.g., ~/.local/bin) are not found when the backend PATH is restricted. Fixes target CLI resolution and auth discovery to account for these paths.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #134704. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #134704 (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-134704`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #120887: Desktop SSH model picker omits external-process provider when backend PATH excludes user-local CLI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134704: fix(auth): discover external-process CLIs in the user-local bin on thin-PATH backends \[risk 0.30\]**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/auth.py`, `hermes_cli/auth_external_process.py`, `tests/fixtures/resolution_allowlist.json`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_api_key_providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_external_process_auth_status.py`
- **#120889: fix(auth): discover external CLIs in user-local bin**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#134704`
- **#122193: fix(cli): resolve external-process CLIs in ~/.local/bin on thin-PATH backends**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#134704`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #134704 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-07`.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`