# NousResearch/hermes-agent · write_file tool argument alias support bug fixes

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was reported where the write_file tool rejects calls using 'file_path' or 'file_content' as parameter names instead of 'path' and 'content'. Multiple fix attempts address accepting these alternative argument aliases in the write_file (and related) tools.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 6 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.29`: 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

- #39964: \[Bug\]: write_file tool rejects a complete call when content is sent as file_content (or path as file_path)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#39967: fix(tools): accept file_path/file_content aliases in the write_file tool**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#39964`, `#39967`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#40030: fix(write_file): accept file_path/file_content as aliases for path/content**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#39964`, `#39967`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#40036: fix(file): accept write_file argument aliases**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `55c8eb4321ae5a0409c9a945857cd1232822f1d2`, `#39964`, `#40038`, `#40106`, `#41174`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#41174: fix(tools): accept write_file argument aliases**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#39967`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#40038: fix(tools): accept write_file file aliases**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39967`
- **#40106: fix(file): accept file_path/file_content aliases in write_file tool**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#39967`, `#39964`

## Fix status

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