# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Python PATH ordering between venv and PM tool

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #125040: \[Bug\]: Terminal tool resolves PM tool Python before the dependency venv, breaking Python skill scripts
- PR #125061: fix(pm): keep store Python off the global PATH

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the package-manager tool's Python binary takes precedence over the intended dependency virtualenv Python, and proposed fixes to correct the PATH ordering so the committed Python environment is used first.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #125040: \[Bug\]: Terminal tool resolves PM tool Python before the dependency venv, breaking Python skill scripts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#125056: fix(terminal): use the committed Python environment before the PM tool Python**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#125061: fix(pm): keep store Python off the global PATH**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `pm/install.py`, `tests/pm/test_pm_core.py`
- **#125236: fix(pm): append tool-Python bin after ambient PATH so the venv keeps python3**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`

## Fix status

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