# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Stale skill references in cron jobs after curator consolidation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #23398: fix(curator/cron): detect stale skill references in cron prompt text after consolidation
- PR #43717: fix(cron): rewrite prompt skill refs during consolidation (#23398)

These issues and fixes address a bug where the skill curator consolidates or deletes skills without updating skill references in cron job prompts, scripts, and working directories. The work involves detecting, warning about, and rewriting stale skill path references in cron jobs during and after consolidation.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #23398: fix(curator/cron): detect stale skill references in cron prompt text after consolidation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#23433: fix(cron): warn on stale skill refs in cron prompt text after consolidation**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#43717: fix(cron): rewrite prompt skill refs during consolidation (#23398)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cron/jobs.py`, `tests/cron/test_rewrite_prompt_refs.py`

## Fix status

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