# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify tool bug with choices 'value' field

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #62146: bug: clarify tool fails when LLM emits choices with 'value' field
- PR #63106: fix(62146): bug: clarify tool fails when LLM emits choices with 'value' field

These members concern a bug where the clarify tool fails or behaves incorrectly when an LLM emits choices containing a 'value' field, along with a fix that flattens such choices.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #62146: bug: clarify tool fails when LLM emits choices with 'value' field

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#62164: fix: clarify tool flattens choices emitted with 'value' key (#62146)**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#49647`, `#62146`, `#48846`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#63106: fix(62146): bug: clarify tool fails when LLM emits choices with 'value' field**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `2c3aebcadccef685c96b8106361abed904a43a26`, `#48846`
  - files: `tools/clarify_tool.py`

## Fix status

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