# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Add 'local' provider overlay via env var

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #43052: \[UX/Config\] Add support for 'local' provider overlay and env var (like LM_BASE_URL)
- PR #43110: feat(providers): add 'local' provider overlay with LOCAL_BASE_URL env var

These issues and pull requests propose adding a 'local' provider overlay that can be configured through an environment variable such as LOCAL_BASE_URL, similar to existing provider patterns. The members consistently describe the same feature request across different framings.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #43052: \[UX/Config\] Add support for 'local' provider overlay and env var (like LM_BASE_URL)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59101: Add local provider overlay**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#43110: feat(providers): add 'local' provider overlay with LOCAL_BASE_URL env var**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/models.py`, `hermes_cli/providers.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_local_provider.py`

## Fix status

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