# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Enforce 60-char skill description limit

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These issues and PRs address a bug where skill descriptions exceed the documented 60-character limit, with fixes applied at skill creation and the /learn command to enforce that standard.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #70545. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #70545 (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-52372`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #52367: \[Bug\]: \`/learn\` writes skill descriptions that exceed its own documented ≤60-char standard

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52372: fix(learn): teach /learn the full CONTRIBUTING.md skill standards**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `agent/learn_prompt.py`, `tests/agent/test_learn_prompt.py`
- **#70545: fix(skills): enforce 60-char description budget at skill creation (salvage #52379)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#52379: fix(tools): enforce 60-char description limit for skills**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#41290`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #70545 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-24`.
- Subsystem: `skills`