# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Make goal/work item required in delegate_task schema

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #41823: delegate_task schema has required: \[\], causing weak models to generate empty calls
- PR #41842: fix(tools): require goal in delegate_task schema to prevent empty pay…
- PR #41843: fix(delegate): require work item and honor model override
- PR #41847: fix(delegation): make goal required in delegate_task schema

Multiple fixes tightening the delegate_task tool schema by making the goal or work item field required, preventing weak models from generating empty or incomplete delegation calls. Related changes also touch CLI and title timeout bugs.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #41823: delegate_task schema has required: \[\], causing weak models to generate empty calls

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#41878: fix: three targeted bug fixes for CLI, delegate_task schema, and title timeout**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `5126902f1`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#41842: fix(tools): require goal in delegate_task schema to prevent empty pay…**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#41843: fix(delegate): require work item and honor model override**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `run_agent.py`, `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`
- **#41847: fix(delegation): make goal required in delegate_task schema**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_delegate.py`, `tools/delegate_tool.py`

## Fix status

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