# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skill size-limit handling and actionable oversize guidance

## Open now

- 0 issues, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- PR #51499: fix(skills): make size-limit recovery actionable
- PR #51526: fix(skills): make oversize skill refusal actionable
- PR #52054: fix(skills): harden oversized skill guidance

The members appear to center on how skill management behaves when a SKILL.md exceeds the size limit, including one bug report of repeated small-trim retries and several fix-titled changes aimed at making oversize refusals or recovery guidance more actionable. Details of the changes and their outcomes are not stated in the titles.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #51470: Bug: skill_manage retry loop on SKILL.md >100k chars — agent ignores split suggestion and burns tool calls shaving ~200 chars at a time

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#51499: fix(skills): make size-limit recovery actionable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `05a06645b`, `569b912d7`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_size_limits.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#51526: fix(skills): make oversize skill refusal actionable**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#52054: fix(skills): harden oversized skill guidance**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#51499`, `#51526`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_size_limits.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`

## Fix status

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