# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Opt-in agent config editing via whitelisted tools

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #28024: Feature: Whitelisted config_set tool for agent self-configuration
- PR #83361: feat(config): add opt-in safe config mutation toolset

These members concern adding a whitelisted or opt-in toolset that allows agents to safely read and mutate configuration values. The focus is on controlled, permission-scoped self-configuration for agents.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #28024: Feature: Whitelisted config_set tool for agent self-configuration

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#44928: feat(config): whitelisted agent-accessible config editor (#28024)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#83361: feat(config): add opt-in safe config mutation toolset**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`, `tests/tools/test_config_set_tool.py`, `tools/config_set_tool.py`, `toolsets.py`

## Fix status

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