# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill install missing subdirectories bug and fix

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the skill installer only handled top-level files, silently skipping subdirectories like resources and scripts. A fix using the Git Trees API was proposed to address this.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-2995`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #2940: \[Bug\]: Skill.sh adapter bug - installs only top level files. Skips resources, scripts etc.

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#2981: fix(skills): use Git Trees API to prevent silent subdirectory loss during install**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#2995`
- **#2995: fix(skills): use Git Trees API to prevent silent subdirectory loss during install**. merged to main
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `optional-skills`