# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Expose image paths in native vision/multimodal mode

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #23503: Add opt-in native vision path hints for image tools

These issues and PRs concern making local image file paths visible to agents and tools when native multimodal/vision routing is active. The work spans feature requests, opt-in hints, kanban image attachment, and fixes to surface image paths in multimodal text parts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.39`: 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

- #17878: \[Feature\]:  Native vision routing hides local image paths from agent
- #18960: Native multimodal mode: expose image path in user text for tool-parameter use

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19032: fix(image-routing): expose attached image paths in native multimodal text part**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#23503: Add opt-in native vision path hints for image tools**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/image_routing.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/agent/test_image_routing.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/vision.md`

## Fix status

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