# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Desktop skill author and metadata display fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #127398: Desktop Capabilities: installed skills lose author attribution; detail pane drops frontmatter metadata
- PR #127401: fix(desktop): restore installed-skill author attribution across the Capabilities pipeline
- PR #127465: fix(desktop): restore skill frontmatter metadata and author attribution

These items address missing author attribution and frontmatter metadata for installed skills in the desktop Capabilities view. Two pull requests appear to target the same underlying display issues described in the bug report.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #127398: Desktop Capabilities: installed skills lose author attribution; detail pane drops frontmatter metadata

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#127401: fix(desktop): restore installed-skill author attribution across the Capabilities pipeline**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/skill-catalog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/skills/skill-detail.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `tests/tools/test_skills_tool.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`
- **#127465: fix(desktop): restore skill frontmatter metadata and author attribution**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d5773bfc3ad`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/catalog/skill-catalog.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/capabilities/skills/skill-detail.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/types/hermes.ts`, `tools/skills_tool.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`