# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Native image and output-schema contracts in agent/plugin lifecycles

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #138828: Public subagent lifecycle cannot carry native images or output-schema contracts
- PR #138842: fix(agent): preserve native lifecycle contracts
- PR #138849: feat(plugins): support native lifecycle image and output contracts

The three members appear to share one theme: carrying native image and output-schema contracts through the public subagent/plugin lifecycle. They include a plugin feature change, an agent fix, and an issue describing the limitation; only titles are available, so details and status are not established.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #138828: Public subagent lifecycle cannot carry native images or output-schema contracts

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#138842: fix(agent): preserve native lifecycle contracts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/subagent_lifecycle.py`, `tests/agent/test_subagent_lifecycle.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/subagent-lifecycle-api.md`
- **#138849: feat(plugins): support native lifecycle image and output contracts**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/subagent_lifecycle.py`, `tests/agent/test_subagent_lifecycle_inputs.py`, `website/docs/developer-guide/subagent-lifecycle-api.md`

## Fix status

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