# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slack slash command registration and fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address problems with registering gateway commands as native Slack slash commands, including handling reserved command names, stripping hyphens, fixing the Slack manifest, and improving session isolation and delivery.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #18553. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #18553 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #17054: \[Setup\]: Slack manifest is broken

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18553: fix(gateway/slack): batch salvage — reserved commands, session isolation, delivery fixes**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `gateway/delivery.py`, `gateway/platforms/discord.py`, `gateway/platforms/slack.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/gateway/test_delivery.py`, `tests/gateway/test_discord_free_response.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack.py`, `tests/gateway/test_slack_mention.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py`
- **#17081: fix(commands): strip hyphens from Slack slash command names**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#18453: fix: avoid reserved Slack status slash command**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#18456`, `#18553`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #18553 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-01`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`