# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill description length fixes and CJK concerns

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #46005: Skill description YAML bug (15 files) + 57-char truncation too restrictive for CJK

These items address trimming skill descriptions to fit a character-limit routing budget, fixing duplicate prefixes, and correcting over-limit entries across multiple files. One item raises concern that the 57-character truncation threshold is too restrictive for CJK languages.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70531. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70531 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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

- #46005: Skill description YAML bug (15 files) + 57-char truncation too restrictive for CJK

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70512: feat(skills): add pinecone-research optional skill + trim pinecone description (salvage #46519)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `optional-skills/mlops/pinecone/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/research/pinecone-research/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/research/pinecone-research/scripts/memory_manager.py`, `optional-skills/research/pinecone-research/scripts/rag_pipeline.py`, `tests/skills/test_pinecone_research_skill.py`
- **#70531: docs(skills): bring 69 skill descriptions under the 60-char routing budget**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `optional-skills/autonomous-ai-agents/blackbox/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/autonomous-ai-agents/honcho/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/blockchain/solana/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/concept-diagrams/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/hyperframes/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/kanban-video-orchestrator/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/meme-generation/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/creative/unreal-mcp/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/devops/cli/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/devops/docker-management/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/devops/hermes-s6-container-supervision/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/dogfood/adversarial-ux-test/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/email/agentmail/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/3-statement-model/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/comps-analysis/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/dcf-model/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/excel-author/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/lbo-model/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/merger-model/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/finance/pptx-author/SKILL.md` (+120 more)
- **#46519: fix(skills): strip duplicate description prefix + fix 15 over-limit descriptions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#70512`, `#70531`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70531 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.
- Subsystem: `skills`