# NousResearch/hermes-agent · STT initial_prompt support and language resolution

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items relate to adding and wiring initial_prompt configuration for faster-whisper and unifying language resolution across STT providers. A recurring focus is enabling prompt-based bias for Chinese script variants (simplified vs. traditional).

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #73067. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #73067 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-73067`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #50181: STT: 支持 initial_prompt 配置以偏置简体/繁体中文输出

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#73067: feat(stt): unify language resolution across all STT providers (wrong-language transcription class fix)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `cli-config.yaml.example`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/tools/test_stt_language_resolution.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription.py`, `tests/tools/test_transcription_tools.py`, `tools/transcription_tools.py`, `website/docs/reference/environment-variables.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tts.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/voice-mode.md`
- **#50684: feat(stt): pass local initial_prompt to faster-whisper**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#73067`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #73067 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-28`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`