# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Upstream skill updates conflicting with local edits

## Open now

- 2 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #1780: \[Feature\]: Preserve agent-adapted skills during external provider updates via diff/merge reconciliation
- #63482: Bug: agent edits to one bundled skill file silently block future package files and updates
- PR #63636: fix(skills): gate edits to upstream-managed skills
- _Broad area: open items may be separate problems._

These items concern how locally edited or agent-adapted skills interact with externally managed or bundled skill updates, including gating edits, silent blocking of future updates, and reconciling changes via diff/merge.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 2 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.45`: 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

- #1780: \[Feature\]: Preserve agent-adapted skills during external provider updates via diff/merge reconciliation
- #63482: Bug: agent edits to one bundled skill file silently block future package files and updates

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63636: fix(skills): gate edits to upstream-managed skills**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#63482`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`

## Fix status

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