# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Load goal content from external files

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #63341: Feature request: /goal --file for reading goals from a file
- PR #70015: feat(goals): load persistent goals from files

These items cover a feature for reading goal text from files, including a CLI flag (such as --file) and the underlying implementation for loading persistent goals from file paths.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #63341: Feature request: /goal --file for reading goals from a file

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#63518: feat(cli): load /goal text from file**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#70015: feat(goals): load persistent goals from files**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `70a3a2cee`, `9cfbef4989e2`, `#63341`, `#63518`, `#70015`, `#374151`
  - files: `gateway/slash_commands.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_commands_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/commands.py`, `hermes_cli/goals.py`, `tests/gateway/test_gateway_command_help.py`, `tests/gateway/test_goal_file_command.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_goal_file_command.py`, `tests/tui_gateway/test_goal_command.py`, `tui_gateway/methods_tools.py`, `website/docs/reference/slash-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/goals.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/reference/slash-commands.md`, `website/i18n/zh-Hans/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/current/user-guide/features/goals.md`

## Fix status

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