# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal notify argument boolean coercion fix

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #123345: terminal tool: notify=true (boolean) rejected by validator — 'notify must be true/false'
- PR #123356: fix(terminal): coerce boolean and union anyOf arguments for terminal notify
- PR #123448: fix(tools): accept stringified booleans for the terminal notify argument
- PR #137623: fix(tools): coerce anyOf-typed args for string-coercing bridges (terminal notify)

A bug where boolean values passed to the terminal notify argument were rejected by the validator, requiring fixes to accept and coerce stringified or union-typed boolean inputs.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #123345: terminal tool: notify=true (boolean) rejected by validator — 'notify must be true/false'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#123356: fix(terminal): coerce boolean and union anyOf arguments for terminal notify**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/agent/test_tool_arg_coercion.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_tool.py`, `tools/arg_coercion.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#123448: fix(tools): accept stringified booleans for the terminal notify argument**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#2`, `#2`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_watch_patterns.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#137623: fix(tools): coerce anyOf-typed args for string-coercing bridges (terminal notify)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/agent/test_tool_arg_coercion.py`, `tests/tools/test_terminal_notify_coercion.py`, `tools/arg_coercion.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`

## Fix status

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