# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP tool discovery timing before agent or worker startup

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #43273: \[Bug\]: Kanban worker starts before MCP tools finish initializing — tools missing from early API calls
- PR #43348: fix(mcp): increase MCP discovery timeout for kanban workers

These members all concern MCP tool discovery not finishing before a kanban worker or one-shot/non-interactive agent is built, with one bug report about tools missing from early API calls. The pull requests propose waiting for discovery or lengthening its timeout; the titles alone do not show whether any approach works.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #75933. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #75933 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #43273: \[Bug\]: Kanban worker starts before MCP tools finish initializing — tools missing from early API calls

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#75933: fix(mcp): ensure MCP discovery completes before agent build in non-interactive sessions**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/mcp_startup.py`, `hermes_cli/oneshot.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_discovery_timing.py`
- **#43348: fix(mcp): increase MCP discovery timeout for kanban workers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_startup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_startup.py`
- **#68162: fix(cli): wait for background MCP discovery before building the one-shot agent (#68137)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3572d4bca`, `#68137`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #75933 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-01`.
- Subsystem: `cron`