# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Discord tools excluded from tool_search deferral

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where tool_search was deferring Discord and Discord admin tools, making them invisible to agents in Discord sessions. Fixes involve marking Discord toolsets as core so they are protected from deferral.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #46400: tool_search defers Discord tools — agents on Discord sessions can't see discord/discord_admin when 'on'

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#46401: fix(toolsets): include discord tools in core so tool_search never defers them**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#35527`, `#56660`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#46449: fix: hindsight local timestamps + discord tool_search deferral + rename_thread (#46424, #46400, #46396)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#48207`, `#48208`, `#48209`
- **#46570: fix(tool_search): protect platform tools from deferral (#46400)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#48208: fix(tools): add discord/discord_admin to _HERMES_CORE_TOOLS**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `#46570`, `#46400`

## Fix status

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