# NousResearch/hermes-agent · skill_manage and write_file parameter alias handling

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where skill_manage (and relatedly write_file) would fail when agents passed 'content' or 'file_path' instead of the expected 'file_content' parameter name. The work involves accepting these parameter aliases interchangeably.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #35736: \[Bug\]: skill_manage tool fails with "file_content is required" when agent mistakenly passes content instead of file_content

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39953: fix(tools): accept file_path/file_content aliases in write_file & skill_manage**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35741`, `#35736`, `#39964`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35741: fix(skills): accept content/file_content interchangeably in skill_manage (#35736)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#39528: fix(skills): accept content fallback in skill_manage**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35736`

## Fix status

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