# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add initial prompt flag to chat CLI

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items propose and implement a CLI flag that lets users seed a Hermes chat session with an initial prompt before continuing interactively.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 2 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 #97121. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #97121 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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

- #19675: feat(cli): add --initial PROMPT to hermes chat for seeded interactive sessions
- #20799: Feature: start Hermes with a provided input prompt, then continue in chat mode

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97121: hermes chat -q now stays interactive: TTY prompts seed a live session, submitted literally (Omarchy prompted launches)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_seeded_interactive_query.py`, `ui-tui/src/__tests__/submissionCore.test.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/createGatewayEventHandler.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/interfaces.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/submissionCore.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useMainApp.ts`, `ui-tui/src/app/useSubmission.ts`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`
- **#20031: feat(cli): add initial chat prompt flag**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#19675`, `#97121`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #97121 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-28`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`