# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills in generic dirs uninstallable due to path indexing bug

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug where skills installed into generically-named directories (e.g., \`skills/\`) store only a slug as the path in the index, making them uninstallable and incorrectly flagged as stale. The members cover the bug report and related fix attempts addressing path resolution in the skills index.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #133039. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #133039 (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-133039`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #130129: hermes skills install: skills.sh index entries store \`path\` = slug, so skills in generically-named dirs (\`skills/\`) are uninstallable and mis-reported as a stale index entry

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#133039: fix(skills): skills.sh skills in a generic skills/ dir install again; index resolves paths before its token expires (#130129, salvage #130135)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `scripts/build_skills_index.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub_generic_dir.py`, `tools/skills_hub_github.py`, `tools/skills_hub_official.py`, `tools/skills_hub_skillssh.py`
- **#130135: fix(skills): resolve indexed skills in generic directories**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `429f966018`, `#133039`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #133039 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-10-05`.