# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ACP session missing --skills flag forwarding

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #24466: \[Bug\]:  --skills not passed to acp command.
- PR #30560: fix(acp): preload startup skills from --skills

These issues and pull requests address a bug where the --skills argument was not being passed through to ACP sessions or the session preloader. Multiple fix attempts explore different approaches to forwarding the flag.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 5 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #24466: \[Bug\]:  --skills not passed to acp command.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24526: fix(acp): plumb --skills through to ACP session preload (#24466)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#24474`, `#24466`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#24474: fix(acp): pass --skills flag through to ACP sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#24521: fix(acp): pass --skills arg through to ACP session preloader**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24474`
- **#24635: fix(acp): forward --skills flag to ACP sessions via HERMES_ACP_SKILLS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24474`, `#24466`
- **#26602: fix(acp): preload startup skills**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24474`, `#24466`
- **#30560: fix(acp): preload startup skills from --skills**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#24466`, `#24474`, `#24521`, `#24526`, `#24635`, `#24683`, `#26602`
  - files: `acp_adapter/entry.py`, `acp_adapter/server.py`, `acp_adapter/session.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `tests/acp/test_entry.py`, `tests/acp/test_server.py`, `tests/acp/test_session.py`, `tests/acp_adapter/test_acp_skills.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_acp_skills_forwarding.py`

## Fix status

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