# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ACP /model command --provider flag parsing fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #27119: \[Bug\]: /model –provider flag ignored when sent via ACP (Scarf, Zed, etc.)”
- PR #27135: fix(acp): parse /model --provider flag for ACP clients
- PR #27173: fix(acp): use parse_model_flags + persist_global in ACP _cmd_model
- PR #27194: fix(acp): preserve explicit --provider for named custom providers in ACP _cmd_model

A bug report and several fixes addressing the --provider flag being ignored or incorrectly parsed when the /model command is issued through ACP clients such as Scarf and Zed. Changes involve flag parsing logic and persistence in the ACP _cmd_model handler.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #27119: \[Bug\]: /model –provider flag ignored when sent via ACP (Scarf, Zed, etc.)”

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#27130: fix(acp): parse --provider flag in /model command via ACP clients**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#27173`, `#27173`, `#27173`
- **#27135: fix(acp): parse /model --provider flag for ACP clients**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `acp_adapter/server.py`, `tests/acp/test_server.py`
- **#27173: fix(acp): use parse_model_flags + persist_global in ACP _cmd_model**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#27130`, `#27135`, `#27135`, `#27173`, `#27130`, `#27135`, `#27135`
  - files: `acp_adapter/server.py`
- **#27194: fix(acp): preserve explicit --provider for named custom providers in ACP _cmd_model**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0a1b7aa5f`, `#27186`, `#27173`, `#27135`
  - files: `acp_adapter/server.py`, `hermes_cli/models.py`

## Fix status

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