# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills install crash when destination is a symlink

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

An OSError occurs when the skills install destination is a symlink. The associated fixes address replacing symlink destinations during installation.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #21735: \`hermes skills install\` crashes with OSError when install destination is a symlink

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#21739: fix(skills): replace symlink install destinations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#23251: fix(skills): replace force-install symlink destinations**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3b9b9a7ad7b24cba3683b63db2e34a41668c5d29`, `#21735`

## Fix status

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