# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Exclude backup directories from skill discovery

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #25113: Bug: Skill loader discovers .bak-* backup directories before live skills
- PR #39394: fix(skills): skip .bak-* and .backup-* directories in skill discovery

These issues and PRs address a bug where the skill loader incorrectly discovers and loads skills from .bak-* and .backup-* directories. The fix adds filtering to skip those backup directories during skill discovery.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #25113: Bug: Skill loader discovers .bak-* backup directories before live skills

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#25143: fix(skills): exclude .bak-* and backup directories from skill discovery**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#25140`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#25140: fix(skills): exclude .bak-*/.backup-* directories from skill discovery (#25113)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `83a7d0b60`, `8ae0802d5`, `#34860`
- **#39394: fix(skills): skip .bak-* and .backup-* directories in skill discovery**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `4f66d0797`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/skill_utils.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_utils.py`

## Fix status

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