# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Telegram menu missing arg-required commands fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs relate to commands that require arguments being excluded from the Telegram bot command menu. A related report notes that such commands may not be recognized as proper Telegram commands in direct messages.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #24615. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #24615 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #21790: /steer command not recognized in Telegram DM (sent as plain text, not COMMAND)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24615: fix: include arg-taking commands in 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`
- **#22048: fix(cli): include arg-required commands in Telegram setMyCommands**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `9b2488af2af975329fa08a3c5d9893651215b4e2`, `#24312`, `#24340`, `#24615`, `#21790`
- **#24340: fix: include arg-taking commands in Telegram menu**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24615`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #24615 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-12`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`