# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Prevent empty skill category dirs on sync

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #34237: Skills hub creates empty category directories when no skills installed
- PR #106270: fix(skills): don't create empty category dirs on sync (salvage of #34251)

These issues and PRs address a bug where the Skills hub creates empty category directories even when no skills are installed in those categories. The fixes aim to skip creating those directories during sync.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #34237: Skills hub creates empty category directories when no skills installed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#34251: fix(skills): don't create empty category dirs on sync (#34237)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#106270`
- **#106270: fix(skills): don't create empty category dirs on sync (salvage of #34251)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#34251`, `#11275`, `#48733`, `#34237`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_sync.py`, `tools/skills_sync.py`

## Fix status

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