# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bug fix: skip category DESCRIPTION.md re-seeding when opted out

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #122534: \[Bug\]: opted-out profile (.no-bundled-skills) still re-seeds the essential skill's category DESCRIPTION.md on every startup

A bug where opted-out profiles (using .no-bundled-skills) still had their category DESCRIPTION.md re-seeded on every startup. Multiple fix attempts address honoring the opt-out flag during the seeding process.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #122534: \[Bug\]: opted-out profile (.no-bundled-skills) still re-seeds the essential skill's category DESCRIPTION.md on every startup

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#122785: fix(skills): honor .no-bundled-skills in category DESCRIPTION.md seeding**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#123383: fix(skills): stop re-seeding category DESCRIPTION.md on opted-out profiles (fixes #122534)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#122785`

## Fix status

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