# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify silent MCP skip for profiles lacking mcp_servers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138622: Multiplexed desktop: profile without mcp_servers config silently gets zero MCP tools
- PR #138628: fix(cli): say why a zero-mcp_servers profile skips MCP discovery
- PR #138629: fix(mcp): warn when a profile has no mcp_servers instead of silent skip

These items concern profiles with no mcp_servers configured silently ending up with zero MCP tools. One is an issue report from a multiplexed desktop context, and two are pull requests that appear to add a warning or explanatory message (in the CLI and MCP code) instead of skipping discovery silently.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138622: Multiplexed desktop: profile without mcp_servers config silently gets zero MCP tools

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138628: fix(cli): say why a zero-mcp_servers profile skips MCP discovery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_startup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_startup.py`
- **#138629: fix(mcp): warn when a profile has no mcp_servers instead of silent skip**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_startup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_startup.py`

## Fix status

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