# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP stdio server workdir config not honored

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #5467: mcp_tool: stdio MCP server config silently ignores \`workdir\` / \`cwd\` field
- PR #10438: fix(mcp): honor stdio cwd/workdir config
- PR #106946: fix(mcp): honor workdir as cwd alias for stdio servers

These issues and PRs concern a bug where the \`workdir\`/\`cwd\` configuration field for stdio MCP servers is silently ignored. The members include the bug report and associated fix attempts.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #5467: mcp_tool: stdio MCP server config silently ignores \`workdir\` / \`cwd\` field

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#10438: fix(mcp): honor stdio cwd/workdir config**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_stdio_workdir.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_tool.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_transport.py`, `website/docs/reference/mcp-config-reference.md`
- **#18226: fix(mcp): honor stdio server workdir config**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#10438`
- **#106946: fix(mcp): honor workdir as cwd alias for stdio servers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#10438`, `#18226`, `#63759`, `#5467`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_mcp_stdio_workdir.py`, `tests/tools/test_mcp_tool.py`, `tools/mcp_tool_transport.py`

## Fix status

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