# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Agent guidance to consult own docs when uncertain

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members relate to widening the agent's self-knowledge or help guidance, including a prompt constant (HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE) and a reference to live documentation sources. One member appears to describe the underlying problem of the agent lacking guidance to check its own docs or source when unsure of its capabilities; the others appear to be related changes, though titles alone don't confirm their outcome.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #26167: Agent lacks guidance to check own docs/source when uncertain about its capabilities

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#26168: feat(agent): widen self-knowledge guidance and add live documentation sources reference**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `f99665f99a83f6fc256ff3e8c6718741f73a60c7`, `#26167`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#26171: fix(prompt): widen HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE for uncertainty triggers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#26168`

## Fix status

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