# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hide required-arg commands from Telegram/slash menus

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #19288: \[Bug\]: Slash-command autocomplete should not execute \`/background\` immediately when the command needs a prompt

These issues and fixes address the problem of commands that require arguments being incorrectly exposed or auto-executed in Telegram menus and slash-command autocomplete before a prompt is provided.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #19400. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #19400 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #19288: \[Bug\]: Slash-command autocomplete should not execute \`/background\` immediately when the command needs a prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#19400: fix(gateway): hide required-arg commands from Telegram menu**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py`
- **#19343: fix(gateway): hide required-arg commands from Telegram menu**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19400`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #19400 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-03`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`