# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Piper TTS missing from CLI setup menus

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #35439: \[Bug\]: \`piper\` missing from \`hermes setup tts\` menu — TTS provider list drift across CLI surfaces
- PR #35450: fix(cli): restore TTS provider parity across setup and tools menus
- PR #62568: fix(cli): add Piper to TTS setup menu

A bug was identified where the Piper TTS provider was absent from the CLI setup wizard and tools menus, causing inconsistency across CLI surfaces. Several fixes were proposed or applied to restore provider parity by adding Piper to the relevant menus.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #35439: \[Bug\]: \`piper\` missing from \`hermes setup tts\` menu — TTS provider list drift across CLI surfaces

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35453: fix: add Piper to TTS setup wizard**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#35450`, `#35439`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35450: fix(cli): restore TTS provider parity across setup and tools menus**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `ba865e403`
  - files: `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tts_picker.py`
- **#62568: fix(cli): add Piper to TTS setup menu**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `0d99c6f40`, `#35439`
  - files: `hermes_cli/setup_summary.py`, `hermes_cli/setup_tts.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_setup_tts.py`

## Fix status

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