# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Adding an /approvals slash command for approval mode

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members relate to implementing an \`/approvals\` slash command that allows users to set or toggle approval mode. The work spans CLI and cross-surface contexts.

## 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 #63517. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #63517 (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-63517`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #39425: \`/approvals\` slash command to toggle approval mode

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40482: feat(cli): add /approvals slash command to set approval mode**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#63517: feat(approvals): add cross-surface mode command**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/index.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/lib/desktop-slash-commands.ts`, `cli.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/approval_mode.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `tests/gateway/test_approvals_command.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_approvals_command.py`, `tests/test_tui_gateway_server.py`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #63517 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-27`.
- Subsystem: `gateway`