# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Owned skill categories losing installer-added skills

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and fixes concern a bug where skills added by installers or users to distribution-owned skill categories are deleted during profile updates. Multiple fixes address this preservation behavior across related scenarios.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #124250. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #124250 (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-124250`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #123646: \[Bug\]: profile update deletes skills the installer added to a category listed in distribution_owned

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#124250: fix(profiles): an owned skill category keeps the skills a user added to it**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`, `website/docs/reference/profile-commands.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/profile-commands.md`
- **#124390: fix(profile_distribution): an owned skill category with a README.md keeps installer-added skills**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profile_distribution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profile_distribution.py`
- **#123647: fix(profiles): an owned skill category keeps the skills an installer added to it (#123646)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `661a22ae5c`, `#124250`
- **#124091: fix(profiles): preserve installer-added skills in owned categories (#123646)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#124390`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #124250 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-26`.