# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP tools lost when saving platform toolset config

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing a bug where MCP tools or toolsets are removed or re-enabled unintentionally when saving platform tool configuration via the 'hermes tools' command. The members consistently describe the same underlying preservation issue from different angles.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #1421. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1421 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #1247: \[Bug\]: 'hermes tools' command removes MCP tools after saving

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1421: fix(tools): preserve MCP toolsets when saving platform tool config**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`
- **#1252: fix(tools): preserve MCP toolsets when saving platform tool config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1421`
- **#1260: fix: Preserve MCP tools when saving platform toolsets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1421`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1421 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-15`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`