# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin manager workspace membership for plugins without dependencies

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #141981: PM: a plugin whose pyproject.toml declares no dependencies still joins the dependency workspace
- PR #142010: fix(pm): a plugin whose pyproject declares no dependencies stays out of the workspace
- PR #142094: fix(pm): keep tool-only plugins out of the workspace

The three members concern how the plugin manager (PM) handles plugins whose pyproject.toml declares no dependencies, including tool-only plugins, with respect to inclusion in the dependency workspace. Two titles describe fixes keeping such plugins out, and one describes such a plugin still joining; their status and outcome are not established by the titles.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #141981: PM: a plugin whose pyproject.toml declares no dependencies still joins the dependency workspace

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#142010: fix(pm): a plugin whose pyproject declares no dependencies stays out of the workspace**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c391ea045c74bdb3de00d0b7baabdf60f6025eba`
  - files: `pm/plugin_declarations.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_dependency_consent.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_plugin_historic_compat.py`, `tests/pm/test_member_selection.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugin_survival_contract.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugins_state.py`, `tests/pm/test_worker_publication.py`
- **#142094: fix(pm): keep tool-only plugins out of the workspace**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b5ec66f0f4`
  - files: `pm/plugin_declarations.py`, `pm/workspace.py`, `tests/pm/test_member_selection.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugin_declarations.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugin_survival_contract.py`, `tests/pm/test_plugins_state.py`, `tests/pm/test_worker_publication.py`

## Fix status

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