# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix empty file_path silently targeting SKILL.md in patch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #132818: skill_manage patch: an explicit empty file_path silently patches SKILL.md instead of failing
- PR #132826: fix(skills): reject an explicit empty file_path in skill_manage patch
- PR #132865: fix(skill_manage): reject empty file_path in patch instead of silently targeting SKILL.md

These members all address the same bug where passing an explicit empty file_path in a skill_manage patch operation silently falls back to targeting SKILL.md instead of raising an error. The fix enforces rejection of empty file_path values.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #132818: skill_manage patch: an explicit empty file_path silently patches SKILL.md instead of failing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#132826: fix(skills): reject an explicit empty file_path in skill_manage patch**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#132865: fix(skill_manage): reject empty file_path in patch instead of silently targeting SKILL.md**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#132826`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`

## Fix status

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