# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Official skills index missing repo field fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the official skills index had an empty repo field for all 81 official skills, causing install failures. Multiple fixes address populating the repo field, fallback paths, metadata publishing, and caching to prevent rate-limit issues.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #56137. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #56137 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-56137`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #30482: \[Bug\]: hermes skills install official/<skill> fails — skills index has empty repo field for all 81 official skills

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#30508: fix(skills): add official skills fallback when index has empty repo field (#30482)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d682f320b35a13084371a541a835e1d988c982b8`, `a38e283395411517919b398a0d1076b72ca4a01e`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#30510: fix(skills): resolve official index fallback paths**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#30508`, `#30482`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#33808: fix(skills): populate repo field in official skills index**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#30512`, `#30512`, `#30482`, `#30512`, `#30512`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#56137: fix(skills): publish fetchable metadata for official skills**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`
- **#30512: fix(skills): publish fetchable metadata for official skills**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `55d92516c`, `#56137`, `#30482`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #56137 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-01`.
- Subsystem: `skills`