# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Improve /usage message for fresh sessions

## Open now

- 1 issue, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #64360: /usage shows unhelpful "No active agent" message on a fresh session instead of guiding the user

These items address the unhelpful 'No active agent' message shown by /usage on a fresh session, proposing clearer, more guiding text for new users.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #64360: /usage shows unhelpful "No active agent" message on a fresh session instead of guiding the user

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#64396: fix(cli): improve /usage message for fresh sessions (#64360)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `46e87b14f`
- **#64551: fix(cli): clarify /usage 'no agent' message on fresh sessions (#64360)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`

## Fix status

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