# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Blank slate setup toolset handling and missing tools

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members concern the blank slate installation flow and how toolsets are handled, including a bug report that tools do not load after being enabled and two changes touching how posture/coding bundle toolsets interact with disabled_toolsets. The titles suggest a shared theme, but the details of cause and outcome are not stated.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #59150. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #59150 (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-59150`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #57315: \[Bug\]: Blank Slate Installation doesn't load the tools even after enabling

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#59150: fix(setup+toolsets): blank slate no longer strips its own core tools via the coding posture bundle**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `model_tools.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_setup_blank_slate.py`, `tests/test_model_tools.py`
- **#57332: fix(setup): exclude posture toolsets from blank-slate disabled_toolsets**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#59150`, `#57315`, `#57546`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #59150 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-05`.
- Subsystem: `agent`