# NousResearch/hermes-agent · /model provider/model switching with custom providers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #8470: \[Bug\]: /model provider/model syntax fails to switch to custom provider models
- PR #8623: fix(cli): preserve named custom providers in /model switching

The members concern the /model command's provider/model syntax not switching to user-defined custom providers, with reports of it routing to the default provider instead. Two items appear to be bug reports and two are CLI fix proposals aimed at preserving or routing to named custom providers.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.39`: 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

- #8470: \[Bug\]: /model provider/model syntax fails to switch to custom provider models

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #6242: Bug: /model provider/model syntax routes to default provider instead of specified custom provider

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#6255: fix(cli): route /model provider/model to user-defined providers**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#8623: fix(cli): preserve named custom providers in /model switching**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_model_picker.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_custom_providers.py`

## Fix status

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