# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bound skill missing on session start via /goal

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #130316: \[Bug\]: a session opened by /goal never loads the channel's bound skill (kickoff drops auto_skill; a non-generating command spends first-turn loading)
- PR #130376: fix(gateway): load bound skills on the first agent turn

These items concern a bug where a channel's bound skill is not loaded during the first agent turn when a session is initiated with /goal, and a fix to preserve the bound skill through kickoff and non-generating commands.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #130316: \[Bug\]: a session opened by /goal never loads the channel's bound skill (kickoff drops auto_skill; a non-generating command spends first-turn loading)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#130376: fix(gateway): load bound skills on the first agent turn**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `gateway/run_turn.py`, `gateway/slash_commands_goals.py`, `tests/gateway/test_goal_bound_skill.py`
- **#130381: fix(gateway): preserve bound skill on /goal kickoff and non-generating commands (#130316)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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