# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Pre-route hook event for multi-role message routing

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #5143: \[Feature\] Multi-Role Auto-Routing via Gateway Hooks
- PR #74272: feat(hooks): add message:pre_route event + multi-role-router reference hook

These members propose adding a message:pre_route hook event to the gateway, enabling a reference implementation for automatically routing messages to multiple roles. The work is focused on exposing a routing interception point via the hooks system.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #5143: \[Feature\] Multi-Role Auto-Routing via Gateway Hooks

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#74192: feat(hooks): add message:pre_route event + multi-role-router reference hook**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#74269: feat(hooks): add message:pre_route event + multi-role-router reference hook**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `cfa43f520a`
- **#74272: feat(hooks): add message:pre_route event + multi-role-router reference hook**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `e7f96e442`
  - files: `gateway/hooks.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `optional-skills/multi-role-router/HOOK.yaml`, `optional-skills/multi-role-router/README.md`, `optional-skills/multi-role-router/SKILL.md`, `optional-skills/multi-role-router/handler.py`, `tests/gateway/test_message_pre_route_hook.py`, `tests/test_multi_role_router.py`
- **#78269: feat(hooks): add message:pre_route event + multi-role-router reference hook**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#78326`, `#74272`
- **#78326: feat(hooks): add message:pre_route event + multi-role-router reference hook**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#74272`

## Fix status

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