# NousResearch/hermes-agent · --force bypassing dangerous verdict in skills install guard

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Three members center on the \`--force\` flag in \`should_allow_install()\` appearing to override a dangerous security verdict, which would let skills with critical findings be installed. Two are fix proposals (one also mentions verdict logic in skills_guard) and one reports the behavior; the titles alone don't show what any change actually does.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #388. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #388 (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-388`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #387: \`--force\` flag bypasses dangerous verdict in \`should_allow_install()\`, allowing installation of skills with critical security findings

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#388: fix: prevent --force from overriding dangerous verdict in should_allow_install**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_force_dangerous_override.py`, `tests/tools/test_skills_guard.py`, `tools/skills_guard.py`
- **#3256: fix(security): correct skills_guard verdict logic and --force bypass**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `0f8215f63`, `789043b69`, `6942b1836`, `#30865`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #388 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-05`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.