Non-ASCII skill command name handling fixes

NousResearch/hermes-agent · cluster 12351 · skills

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Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #109193. Check it covers your case.

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These issues and PRs address a bug where skill commands with non-ASCII names (such as Chinese characters) were silently skipped or broken due to slug normalization. Fixes include fallback behavior, allowing non-ASCII characters, and warning when names normalize to empty slugs.

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  • #109193 fix(skills): non-ASCII skill names register as slash commands (#12351, salvage #12522)

    merged to main

    files: agent/skill_commands.py, contributors/emails/[redacted:email], hermes_cli/commands_platforms.py, tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py, tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py

3 PRs closed without merging

From the close comments: done elsewhere 2 · merged via another change 1

  • #12366 fix(skills): fall back to directory name for non-ASCII skill command slugs · done elsewhere → 7817af2, #109193
  • #12522 fix(skills): allow non-ASCII characters in skill command names (#12351) · merged via another change → 7817af2, #109193
  • #12739 fix(skills): warn when skill names normalize to empty slugs · done elsewhere → 7817af2, #109193
Closed issues · 1
  • Closed#12351Skill commands with non-ASCII names (e.g. Chinese) are silently skipped
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Subsystem
skills
Merged PRs
#109193
Closed issues
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3 PRs closed without merging
Fix link checked
12 Sep 2026

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