# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord DM delivery fix for user ID targets

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #22882: send_message: Discord DMs fail with 'Unknown Channel' when target is a user ID
- PR #22943: fix: support explicit Discord DM targets in send_message
- PR #23877: fix(discord): open DMs for user targets

These items address a bug where sending messages to Discord users by ID fails with an 'Unknown Channel' error. The fix involves explicitly opening a DM channel before attempting to send to a user target.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #22882: send_message: Discord DMs fail with 'Unknown Channel' when target is a user ID

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#22943: fix: support explicit Discord DM targets in send_message**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#23877: fix(discord): open DMs for user targets**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#22943`, `#22882`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`

## Fix status

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