# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Enable guard_agent_created security skill by default

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #16461: feat(security): Default skills.guard_agent_created to true
- PR #31182: fix(security): enable guard_agent_created by default

These items all concern changing the default value of skills.guard_agent_created to true. The group includes what appear to be duplicate or closely related feature and fix entries addressing the same default-behavior change.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #16461: feat(security): Default skills.guard_agent_created to true

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#16593: feat(security): default skills.guard_agent_created to true**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#31182: fix(security): enable guard_agent_created by default**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#16593`, `#16461`
  - files: `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`

## Fix status

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