# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills: prevent blocked updates from force installing

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #38041: fix(skills): stop blocked updates from force installing
- PR #38043: fix(skills): stop blocked updates from force installing

All three members share the same title, which refers to a fix in the skills area intended to stop blocked updates from force installing. The titles alone do not show whether these are duplicates, related changes, or what their outcome is.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #38041: fix(skills): stop blocked updates from force installing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39278: fix(skills): stop blocked updates from force installing**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#38043`, `#39278`, `#38041`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#38043: fix(skills): stop blocked updates from force installing**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `477c08b44766ace8b890faa72bf82ecbcf2b3ba8`, `cc5b5805c`
  - files: `hermes_cli/skills_hub.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_skills_hub.py`

## Fix status

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