# NousResearch/hermes-agent · ACP session skills flag and dependency fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #54672: \[Bug\]: hermes-acp --check tracebacks when ACP extra is missing
- PR #54673: fix(acp): handle missing check dependencies

These issues and pull requests address bugs in the ACP tooling, specifically passing the --skills argument through to ACP sessions and handling missing dependencies or extras during --check operations.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #54672: \[Bug\]: hermes-acp --check tracebacks when ACP extra is missing

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#24474: fix(acp): pass --skills flag through to ACP sessions**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`
- **#24521: fix(acp): pass --skills arg through to ACP session preloader**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#24474`
- **#54673: fix(acp): handle missing check dependencies**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `acp_adapter/entry.py`, `tests/acp/test_entry.py`

## Fix status

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