# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Search toolset visibility and its effect on web_search

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #134593: \[Bug\]: Invisible search toolset silently disables web_search via config, while the GUI offers only web
- PR #134617: fix(cli): surface the search toolset as a selectable checklist row
- PR #140643: fix(tools): stop subset toolset 'search' from stripping web_search after Blank Slate (#134593)

Three members touch on a 'search' toolset: one PR proposes making it a selectable checklist row in the CLI, another PR addresses it stripping web_search after Blank Slate, and an issue reports it being invisible while config can silently disable web_search and the GUI offers only web. The titles suggest a shared theme, though details beyond the titles are not shown.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #134593: \[Bug\]: Invisible search toolset silently disables web_search via config, while the GUI offers only web

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#134617: fix(cli): surface the search toolset as a selectable checklist row**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`
- **#140643: fix(tools): stop subset toolset 'search' from stripping web_search after Blank Slate (#134593)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/setup_quick.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_disabled_toolsets_subset_cleanup.py`

## Fix status

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