# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI skin configuration and parity improvements

## Open now

- 2 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #17977: \[Feature\]: Support configurable startup/session panels and improve TUI skin parity
- #36040: \[Bug\]: Skins not fully loading in TUI
- PR #18163: feat(skin): pass spinner, tool_emojis, and status bar colors to TUI
- PR #109926: fix(skins): honor display.skin in processes that never ran the CLI init

These members address gaps in how skin properties—such as spinners, tool emojis, and status bar colors—are passed to and applied in the TUI. The work spans bug reports, fixes, and feature requests around making TUI skin behavior more complete and configurable.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

## Open related issues

- #17977: \[Feature\]: Support configurable startup/session panels and improve TUI skin parity
- #36040: \[Bug\]: Skins not fully loading in TUI

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#18163: feat(skin): pass spinner, tool_emojis, and status bar colors to TUI**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#85096`, `#85096`, `#7307`
  - files: `tui_gateway/server.py`, `ui-tui/src/gatewayTypes.ts`, `ui-tui/src/theme.ts`
- **#109926: fix(skins): honor display.skin in processes that never ran the CLI init**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `56257b34a7`, `3bef6b6a5c`, `56257b34a7`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skin_engine.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_multiplex_cli_cache_scope.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skin_engine.py`

## Fix status

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