# NousResearch/hermes-agent · TUI skill loading errors and quick skill calling

## Open now

- 0 issues, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- PR #43120: fix(tui): surface descriptive error when skill fails to load (#43053)

Two members are pull requests (both referencing #43053) about showing a more specific or descriptive error in the TUI when a skill or skill payload fails to load. A third is a bug report that quick calling of skills is not working; its connection to the load-error changes is not clear from the title alone.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #43053: \[Bug\]: Quick calling of skills not working

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#43120: fix(tui): surface descriptive error when skill fails to load (#43053)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tui_gateway/test_skill_dispatch_error_message.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#43215: fix(tui): return specific error when skill payload fails to load (#43053)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#43120`, `#43053`

## Fix status

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