# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Avoid literal tool-call syntax in help guidance text

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #56816: z.ai Coding Plan endpoint rejects every request (HTTP 429, code 1305) triggered by literal skill_view(...) syntax in HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE
- PR #56823: Fix: avoid bare skill_view() call syntax in plain-text prompt guidance (z.ai 429/1305)

A specific syntax pattern in HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE was triggering HTTP 429 (code 1305) rejections from the z.ai coding plan endpoint. The members address identifying and removing bare skill_view() call syntax from plain-text prompt guidance to prevent this.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #56816: z.ai Coding Plan endpoint rejects every request (HTTP 429, code 1305) triggered by literal skill_view(...) syntax in HERMES_AGENT_HELP_GUIDANCE

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#56823: Fix: avoid bare skill_view() call syntax in plain-text prompt guidance (z.ai 429/1305)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#56847`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`
- **#56847: fix(agent): avoid plaintext tool-call syntax in help guidance**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#56823`, `#56816`

## Fix status

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