# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Opt-in whitelist filtering for bundled skills

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #35511: \[Feature\]: Bundled skills whitelist option
- PR #97308: feat(skills): opt-in bundled-skills whitelist (bundled_whitelist / bundled_enabled)
- PR #127835: feat(skills): skills.enabled allowlists and external_dirs filters on one shared visibility check

These items propose adding a whitelist or allowlist mechanism to control which bundled skills are enabled or visible. The feature would let users explicitly opt in to specific bundled skills rather than enabling all by default.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #35511: \[Feature\]: Bundled skills whitelist option

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97308: feat(skills): opt-in bundled-skills whitelist (bundled_whitelist / bundled_enabled)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35511`, `#65828`
  - files: `agent/skill_utils.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_bundled_whitelist.py`, `tools/skills_tool.py`
- **#127835: feat(skills): skills.enabled allowlists and external_dirs filters on one shared visibility check**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `agent/curator.py`, `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `agent/skill_bundles.py`, `agent/skill_commands.py`, `agent/skill_utils.py`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/profile-config.tsx`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/run_inbound.py`, `hermes_cli/commands_platforms.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/managed_scope.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_config.py`, `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `hermes_cli/web_routers/skills.py`, `tests/agent/test_org_skill_namespace.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_app_snapshot.py`, `tests/agent/test_skill_commands.py` (+17 more)

## Fix status

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