# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP per-server env_file loading before probe interpolation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #53646: fix(mcp): load per-server env_file before CLI probe interpolation
- PR #53647: fix(mcp): load per-server env_file before probe interpolation

All three titles concern the MCP component and how a per-server env_file is handled, with two specifically about loading it before CLI probe interpolation and one about isolating per-server env_file resolution. Only titles are available, so the exact changes and their status are not established.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Open related issues

- #53646: fix(mcp): load per-server env_file before CLI probe interpolation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#53647: fix(mcp): load per-server env_file before probe interpolation**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_config.py`
- **#74809: fix(mcp): isolate per-server env_file resolution**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `46b8ebefbaaa0542bbe8a7c16a0b43403d8a9559`, `22c5684b983eac6a81ee015ae80296c4b3dbf5bb`, `a688e7d5f`

## Fix status

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