# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill-local .venv directories being synced into profiles

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #137905: Profile sync copies skill-local .venv dirs into every profile (bloat)
- PR #137915: fix(skills): stop syncing skill-local .venv dirs into every profile
- PR #137916: fix(tools): exclude skill environment caches from sync

The members describe profile sync copying skill-local .venv directories and other environment caches into every profile, causing bloat. They include one issue report and two pull requests proposing to exclude these directories from sync.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #137905: Profile sync copies skill-local .venv dirs into every profile (bloat)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#137915: fix(skills): stop syncing skill-local .venv dirs into every profile**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_runtime_cache.py`, `tools/skills_sync_optional.py`
- **#137916: fix(tools): exclude skill environment caches from sync**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#137905`
  - files: `hermes_cli/profiles.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_profiles.py`, `tests/tools/test_approval_nested_depth.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_sync.py`, `tools/approval_detection.py`, `tools/skills_sync_optional.py`

## Fix status

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