# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Terminal hardline command blocklist agent awareness

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #40063: bug(agent): Agent lacks awareness of terminal-tool hardline command blocklist
- PR #40068: fix(terminal): add hardline blocklist awareness to tool description

These items address a gap where the agent lacks awareness of terminal tool hardline command restrictions. The work involves surfacing blocklist boundaries in tool descriptions and agent context.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #40063: bug(agent): Agent lacks awareness of terminal-tool hardline command blocklist

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#40068: fix(terminal): add hardline blocklist awareness to tool description**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `2ef1f34a0b84`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_hardline_blocklist.py`, `tools/terminal_tool.py`
- **#40081: fix(agent): surface terminal hardline boundaries**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#40068`

## Fix status

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