# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix broken related_skills references in skill docs

## Open now

- 0 issues, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #37415: fix(skills): remove stale related skill references
- PR #38820: docs(skills): fix 8 broken related_skills references in bundled SKILL.md (#37338)

These members address auditing and repairing broken or stale related_skills references across skill documentation files. Work includes identifying problematic references, removing stale entries, and correcting links in SKILL.md files repo-wide.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 0 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70517. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70517 (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-70517`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #37338: Skill metadata audit: broken related_skills references, body-level stale skill names, and empty category directories

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70517: docs(skills): fix all broken related_skills references repo-wide (#37338)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/bedirhancode@users.noreply.github.com`, `optional-skills/creative/concept-diagrams/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/kanban-video-orchestrator/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/meme-generation/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/devops/hermes-s6-container-supervision/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/devops/pinggy-tunnel/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/mcp/fastmcp/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/mcp/mcp-oauth-remote-gateway/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/mlops/obliteratus/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/research/gitnexus-explorer/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/research/qmd/SKILL.md`, `skills/autonomous-ai-agents/computer-use/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/comfyui/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/touchdesigner-mcp/SKILL.md`, `skills/research/research-paper-writing/SKILL.md`, `skills/software-development/node-inspect-debugger/SKILL.md`, `skills/software-development/python-debugpy/SKILL.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/skills/bundled/autonomous-ai-agents/autonomous-ai-agents-computer-use.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/skills/bundled/creative/creative-comfyui.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/skills/bundled/creative/creative-touchdesigner-mcp.md` (+25 more)
- **#37415: fix(skills): remove stale related skill references**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `38d3c49aa`
  - files: `skills/apple/macos-computer-use/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/architecture-diagram/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/comfyui/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/touchdesigner-mcp/SKILL.md`, `skills/mcp/native-mcp/SKILL.md`, `skills/media/heartmula/SKILL.md`, `skills/mlops/inference/obliteratus/SKILL.md`, `skills/research/research-paper-writing/SKILL.md`, `skills/research/research-paper-writing/references/sources.md`, `skills/software-development/hermes-s6-container-supervision/SKILL.md`
- **#38820: docs(skills): fix 8 broken related_skills references in bundled SKILL.md (#37338)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `38d3c49aaf2e1751e414a312d7e7986df40994e3`
  - files: `skills/creative/architecture-diagram/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/comfyui/SKILL.md`, `skills/creative/touchdesigner-mcp/SKILL.md`, `skills/mcp/native-mcp/SKILL.md`, `skills/media/heartmula/SKILL.md`, `skills/mlops/inference/obliteratus/SKILL.md`, `skills/research/research-paper-writing/SKILL.md`, `skills/software-development/hermes-s6-container-supervision/SKILL.md`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70517 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.
- Subsystem: `skills`