# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix home directory path in system prompt hint

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #63093: \[Bug\]: System prompt reports incorrect home directory path (/opt/data instead of $HOME)
- PR #63098: Fix prompt home directory hint for subprocess environments

Multiple fixes and a bug report addressing incorrect home directory resolution in system prompts, favoring the HOME environment variable over expanduser to handle subprocess or non-standard environments.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #63093: \[Bug\]: System prompt reports incorrect home directory path (/opt/data instead of $HOME)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63097: fix(prompt): use HOME env var over expanduser for system prompt**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#63098`, `#63093`
- **#63098: Fix prompt home directory hint for subprocess environments**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/prompt_builder.py`, `tests/agent/test_prompt_builder.py`
- **#63117: Fix user home path in local terminal prompt hint**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#63118: Fix user home path in local terminal prompt hint**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#63098`, `#63097`, `#63093`, `#49066`

## Fix status

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