# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Kanban workers: replace clarify with kanban_block

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where kanban workers using 'clarify' causes tasks to hang in a running state. These items address the fix by instructing workers to use 'kanban_block' instead.

## 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.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #34413. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #34413 (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-34413`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #32167: \[Bug\]: Kanban workers should never use clarify — use kanban_block instead (task hangs in running)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34413: fix(kanban): tell workers not to use clarify; route to kanban_block instead (#32167)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `scripts/release.py`, `skills/devops/kanban-worker/SKILL.md`
- **#32183: fix(kanban): forbid clarify in worker guidance — use kanban_block instead**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `40217aa1946b26c5a08f466324b1bcd8f18bccc7`, `#34413`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #34413 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-05-29`.
- Subsystem: `skills`