# NousResearch/hermes-agent · send_message tool schema required fields mismatch with runtime

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #32425: fix(tools): require send_message delivery fields in schema

Members concern the send_message tool schema declaring no required parameters (\`required: \[\]\`) while the handler enforces \`target\` and \`message\` at runtime. One bug report and several pull requests propose declaring required fields in the schema so malformed calls can be caught earlier.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #32376: \[Bug\]: send_message schema declares \`required: \[\]\` but handler enforces \`target\`/\`message\` at runtime

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#32381: fix(tools): validate send_message send args in schema (#32376)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `c6c8abbadb802dc389d8488a8847f9aa93bf9350`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#32385: fix(send_message): declare required params in schema so model-side validator catches malformed calls**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#32381`, `#32376`, `#21311`, `#21316`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#32425: fix(tools): require send_message delivery fields in schema**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `90aaa84942dabc96f6648abb7b20404ffe01b6d5`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_send_message_tool_schema.py`, `tools/send_message_tool.py`
- **#32435: fix(tools): send_message schema required fields match runtime enforcement**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#32376`

## Fix status

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