# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP tool discovery on direct CLI startup

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #21669: fix(cli): discover MCP tools on direct startup
- PR #23258: fix(cli): discover mcp tools on direct startup

These items address a bug where MCP tools are not discovered when the CLI is invoked directly, and introduce a native MCP client with HTTP transport and reconnection support. The work centers on ensuring MCP server connections and tool discovery work correctly at startup.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #21663: cli.py invoked directly bypasses discover_mcp_tools(); banner shows "(stdio) — failed" for unconnected servers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#21669: fix(cli): discover MCP tools on direct startup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `0c6e133c0434ec856d4aea2b08f216f36c0e7dac`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_direct_mcp_startup.py`
- **#23258: fix(cli): discover mcp tools on direct startup**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#21669`, `#21663`
  - files: `cli.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_preloaded_skills.py`

## Fix status

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