# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Plugin discovery for pip-installed package subdirectories

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #47651: Improvement: plugin discovery should handle __init__.py in subdirectory for pip-installed packages
- PR #47925: fix(memory): load package-style user plugins

These items address how the memory component discovers and loads user plugins installed as packages, specifically improving handling of subdirectories and __init__.py files in pip-installed plugins.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #47651: Improvement: plugin discovery should handle __init__.py in subdirectory for pip-installed packages

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#47673: feat(memory): discover plugins in subdirectories for pip-installed packages**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `d7339ae04`
- **#47925: fix(memory): load package-style user plugins**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `#47673`
  - files: `plugins/memory/__init__.py`, `tests/agent/test_memory_provider.py`

## Fix status

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