# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Make npm/Node package manager command configurable

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items propose adding configuration support to specify a custom npm or Node package manager command, motivated in part by supply-chain security concerns. The feature would be exposed via config settings such as a config.yaml option.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 3 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #115728. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #115728 (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-115728`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #35448: feat(lsp): make npm command configurable for supply-chain security

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#115728: feat(lsp): lsp.package_manager selects npm, pnpm or yarn for language-server installs (#35448, salvage #70001)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/lsp/install.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/agent/lsp/test_install_and_lint_fixes.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/lsp.md`
- **#35475: feat(lsp): make npm command configurable for supply-chain security**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
- **#63925: feat(lsp): configurable npm command via config.yaml for supply-chain security**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `06e76129cd6`, `#115728`
- **#70001: feat(lsp): configure Node package manager**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `06e76129cd6`, `#115728`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #115728 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-19`.
- Subsystem: `agent/lsp`