# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin install handling of build-only package.json Node dependencies

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138640: \[Bug\]: Plugin install treats a build-only package.json as Node dependencies and npm-installs the dev toolchain
- PR #138642: fix(plugins): skip unused Node dev toolchains
- PR #138648: fix(plugins): skip the Node question for build-only package.json

One bug report describes plugin installation treating a build-only package.json as Node dependencies and running npm install on the dev toolchain. Two pull requests propose changes to skip unused Node dev toolchains and skip the Node question in that situation.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138640: \[Bug\]: Plugin install treats a build-only package.json as Node dependencies and npm-installs the dev toolchain

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138642: fix(plugins): skip unused Node dev toolchains**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_install.py`, `hermes_cli/plugins_transaction.py`
- **#138648: fix(plugins): skip the Node question for build-only package.json**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/plugins_cmd_install.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_dependency_consent.py`

## Fix status

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