# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Honest messaging for bundled skill reset command

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #29856: \[Bug\]: hermes skills reset <name> without --restore returns misleading success message for user-modified bundled skills
- PR #90303: fix(skills): make bundled-skill reset outcomes honest
- PR #112476: fix(skills): require review before managed skill edits freeze bundled updates

A bug where \`hermes skills reset\` reports misleading success when a locally modified bundled skill differs from the bundled copy. The fixes aim to make reset outcomes accurately reflect what actually happened.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #29856: \[Bug\]: hermes skills reset <name> without --restore returns misleading success message for user-modified bundled skills

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#29863: fix(skills): make \`hermes skills reset\` honest when local copy differs from bundled**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#90303: fix(skills): make bundled-skill reset outcomes honest**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `hermes_cli/subcommands/skills.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_subcommands_followup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_update_modified_notice.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_sync.py`, `tools/skills_sync.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/skills.md`
- **#112476: fix(skills): require review before managed skill edits freeze bundled updates**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#112476`, `#63636`, `#63482`, `#134432`, `#134289`, `#63482`, `#134432`, `#137258`, `#112494`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_managed_approval.py`, `tools/skill_manager_batch.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/write_approval.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`

## Fix status

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