# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill replacement safety and audit ledger hardening

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123325: Hub skill replacement deletes the installed version before transfer and hashing succeed
- PR #110011: fix(skills): harden the curator audit ledger — capture every skill mutation and make rollback safe
- PR #123326: fix(skills): preserve installed skill on replacement errors

These items address a bug where hub skill replacement deletes the installed version before transfer and hashing complete, and introduce changes to harden the curator audit ledger so every skill mutation is captured and rollback is safe.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #123325: Hub skill replacement deletes the installed version before transfer and hashing succeed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#110011: fix(skills): harden the curator audit ledger — capture every skill mutation and make rollback safe**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `hermes_cli/curator.py`, `tests/tools/test_skill_ledger.py`, `tests/tools/test_skill_ledger_rollback_lock.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub_install.py`, `tools/file_tools.py`, `tools/skill_ledger.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skills_hub_install.py`
- **#123326: fix(skills): preserve installed skill on replacement errors**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub_install_recovery.py`, `tools/skills_hub_install.py`

## Fix status

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