# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill lookup falsely matches nested or shared asset files

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes addressing skill discovery and skill_view incorrectly matching internal asset files, support docs, or nested markdown during skill lookup. Includes related Hermes bug fixes.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #35743: \[Bug\]: skill_view falsely reports collision when another skill has an asset file with the same name

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#35768: fix(skills): ignore nested assets in skill lookup**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35794: Fix 3 Hermes bugs**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#35889: fix(skills): ignore nested markdown assets in skill_view**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#35768`, `#35743`
- **#37164: fix(skills): ignore internal asset markdown during skill lookup**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#35768`, `#36895`

## Fix status

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