# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Response box width control and formatting options

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #37293: \[Feature\]: Response box should not stretch to terminal width (copy-paste pain)
- PR #99607: feat(cli): add display.response_box_width config to clamp response box (closes #37293)
- PR #104659: feat(cli): add display.response_box boxed|plain setting

These items address controlling the width of the CLI response box, including clamping it to avoid stretching to full terminal width and adding configuration settings for box style and width. The work spans both a user-reported copy-paste pain point and the features/fixes introduced to address it.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #37293: \[Feature\]: Response box should not stretch to terminal width (copy-paste pain)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#99607: feat(cli): add display.response_box_width config to clamp response box (closes #37293)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/cli/test_response_box_width.py`
- **#104659: feat(cli): add display.response_box boxed|plain setting**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `hermes_cli/cli_chat_turn_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_init_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_stream_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_response_box.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skins.md`

## Fix status

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