# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban board-level default working directory feature

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and pull requests add a board-level default working directory to the Kanban feature, so that new tasks automatically inherit a project root. Related changes include per-task linked worktree materialization, a modal create-task dialog, and editable board project directory settings.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #28394. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #28394 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #25430: Kanban: add board-level default workdir so new tasks inherit project's root automatically

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28394: feat(kanban): add board-level default workdir (#25430) (#25920)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`
- **#25920: feat(kanban): add board-level default workdir (#25430)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `fe5e0bf5a34912b9a1b9ebf3398ea586810bd8a3`, `#28394`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #28394 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-19`.
- Subsystem: `skills`