# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Unicode normalization fixes across slash commands

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #40915: \[Bug\]: /kanban create fails when curly quotes wrap a title
- PR #40935: fix(kanban): accept slash-command arguments delimited by curly quotes
- PR #41018: fix(cli): support smart quotes in kanban slash parser

These issues and pull requests address bugs and fixes related to non-ASCII characters—curly/smart quotes and Unicode dashes—being mishandled in slash command parsing across multiple components including kanban, gateway, CLI, and Telegram. The work involves normalizing these characters to their ASCII equivalents for consistent input handling.

## TL;DR

- 8 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #108905. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #108905 (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: `partially_resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-108905`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.23`: 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

- #40915: \[Bug\]: /kanban create fails when curly quotes wrap a title

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #2925: \[Bug\]: hermes-agent: normalize dashes bug report

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40925: fix(kanban): normalize curly quotes in slash-command input**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40935`, `#40935`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#108905: fix(telegram): command menu no longer rejected for Unicode dashes in descriptions (#2925, salvage #106899)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/commands_platforms.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_commands.py`
- **#2927: fix(telegram): normalize em/en dash to ASCII hyphen in bot command descriptions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#40935: fix(kanban): accept slash-command arguments delimited by curly quotes**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40925`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py`
- **#41018: fix(cli): support smart quotes in kanban slash parser**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_cli.py`
- **#106899: fix(telegram): normalize unicode dashes in bot menu descriptions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `75ade17617aa`, `#108905`, `#2925`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #108905 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-12`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`