# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Allow overriding markdown-restricting system prompt in API server

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern a system prompt that blocks markdown and related formatting on the API, with a bug report asking for the ability to override it. Two pull requests reference #28876 and propose letting users override or soften that prompt.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #28876: \[Bug\]: System prompt blocking markdown etc. on API. Should be able to override.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#28896: fix(api_server): soften markdown-blocking prompt to allow user override (#28876)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3ead2bdd0d92083dc11fc49f9260183c2a0d79cd`, `#28876`
- **#29243: feat(agent): allow user to override markdown-blocking system prompt (#28876)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3ead2bdd0d92083dc11fc49f9260183c2a0d79cd`

## Fix status

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