# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Platform-specific system prompt notes configurability and accuracy

## Open now

- 3 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #2020: feat: make platform notes configurable instead of hardcoded limitations
- #6533: \[Bug\]: Slack gateway platform note becomes incorrect when Slack MCP tools are available
- #38101: \[Bug\]: build_session_context_prompt injects messaging platform capabilities into system prompt even when send_message tool is not enabled
- PR #111006: fix(gateway): preserve authorized Slack workflows

These issues and PRs address how platform context notes are injected into system prompts, focusing on making them configurable, capability-aware, and accurate based on which tools (e.g., send_message, Slack MCP tools) are actually available.

## TL;DR

- 11 member(s): 3 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 5 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70194. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70194 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.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 `0.15`: 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

- #2020: feat: make platform notes configurable instead of hardcoded limitations
- #6533: \[Bug\]: Slack gateway platform note becomes incorrect when Slack MCP tools are available
- #38101: \[Bug\]: build_session_context_prompt injects messaging platform capabilities into system prompt even when send_message tool is not enabled

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #13309: feat: let adapters provide platform-specific context notes for the system prompt

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#38112: fix(gateway): gate session prompt messaging sections on send_message availability**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c6c8abbadb802dc389d8488a8847f9aa93bf9350`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#70194: fix(gateway): derive the Slack capability note from the live tool surface**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_prompt_tail_freeze.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`, `tools/mcp_tool.py`
- **#2026: fix(gateway): update inaccurate platform notes for Discord and Slack**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
- **#6538: fix(gateway): make Slack platform note capability-aware when MCP tools present**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#6545`, `#6533`
- **#6545: fix(gateway): make Slack notes aware of scoped Slack tools**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70194`, `#70194`
- **#63234: fix(gateway): make Slack platform note capability-aware when slack tools present**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#68627`, `#68627`
- **#111006: fix(gateway): preserve authorized Slack workflows**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `40a2bc76385425d15ecb70a0be445c4817797435`, `#2020`, `#2020`, `#2020`, `#2020`
  - files: `gateway/session.py`, `tests/gateway/test_session.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70194 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-23`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`