# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Proposed autoresearch skill: autonomous git-based experiment loop

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #5114: \[Feature\]: Autoresearch skill - autonomous git-based experiment loop for ML optimization and knowledge research
- PR #76350: feat(skills): add autoresearch — autonomous git-based experiment loop (rescope)

These issues and pull requests all concern a proposed 'autoresearch' skill featuring an autonomous, git-based experiment loop for ML optimization and knowledge research. The members appear to be duplicates, variants, or iterative rescopes of the same feature proposal.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 4 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.27`: 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

- #5114: \[Feature\]: Autoresearch skill - autonomous git-based experiment loop for ML optimization and knowledge research

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #4822: Feature: Autoresearch Skill - Autonomous Git-Based Experiment Loop for ML Optimization and Knowledge Research
- #4823: Feature: Autoresearch Skill — Autonomous Git-Based Experiment Loop for ML Optimization and Knowledge Research
- #4824: Feature: Autoresearch Skill — Autonomous Git-Based Experiment Loop (inspired by Karpathy's autoresearch)
- #4832: \[Feature\]: Autoresearch skill - autonomous git-based experiment loop for ML optimization and knowledge research

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#5175: feat(skills): add autoresearch — autonomous git-based experiment loop**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#5112`, `#7911`
- **#76350: feat(skills): add autoresearch — autonomous git-based experiment loop (rescope)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `3c1ace9f2`
  - files: `optional-skills/research/DESCRIPTION.md`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/_util.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/evaluate.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/plan.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/registry.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/report.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/state.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/usage.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/scripts/workspace.py`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/templates/cron_prompt.md`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/templates/resume_prompt.md`, `optional-skills/research/autoresearch/templates/watchdog_prompt.md`, `tests/skills/test_autoresearch_skill.py`

## Fix status

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