# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills tap search, inspect, and resolution bugs

## Open now

- 3 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #14290: skills tap add accepts custom git repos that search/install cannot actually use
- #14466: \[Bug\]: Skills in a tap are not found
- #25087: \[Bug\]: hermes skills inspect fails for installed local skills with misleading 'not found' error
- PR #14299: fix(skills): reject unsupported tap repositories
- PR #14416: fix(skills): reject unsupported custom taps
- PR #58235: fix(skills): include user taps in default search

Multiple issues and fixes addressing problems where skills in custom or local taps were not found, not searched, or not inspected correctly. Covers gaps in tap-aware search, inspect resolution order, and validation of unsupported tap repositories.

## TL;DR

- 10 member(s): 3 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.17`: 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

- #14290: skills tap add accepts custom git repos that search/install cannot actually use
- #14466: \[Bug\]: Skills in a tap are not found
- #25087: \[Bug\]: hermes skills inspect fails for installed local skills with misleading 'not found' error

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#14299: fix(skills): reject unsupported tap repositories**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`
- **#14416: fix(skills): reject unsupported custom taps**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#14299`, `#14290`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`
- **#14475: fix(skills): search custom taps when index is enabled**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#25153: fix(skills): inspect local/installed skills instead of only querying hub registries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24513`
- **#25179: fix(cli): inspect local skills when not found in hub sources**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24513`, `#25153`, `#25087`, `#24513`
- **#31888: fix(skills): resolve inspect against installed local skills before hub**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `volume_quota`; implication `active`
- **#58235: fix(skills): include user taps in default search**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`

## Fix status

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