# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Wheel packaging missing files: skills and path module

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #66733: \[Bug\]: Built-in skills missing from wheel
- PR #52113: fix(packaging): ship bundled skills in the wheel via setup.py data_files
- PR #68310: fix(packaging): ship bundled skills in wheel by unifying data-files in setup.py (#66733)

Multiple bug reports and fix attempts address two related packaging gaps: the minisweagent_path.py module and bundled/built-in skills are not included in the distributed wheel. Various approaches via pyproject.toml and setup.py data_files are proposed.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #66733: \[Bug\]: Built-in skills missing from wheel

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#52113: fix(packaging): ship bundled skills in the wheel via setup.py data_files**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `pyproject.toml`, `setup.py`, `tests/test_packaging_metadata.py`
- **#66768: fix(build): ship built-in skills in wheel by consolidating data_files in setup.py**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`
- **#66846: fix(packaging): ship skills/optional-skills/locales/optional-mcps in wheel**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#66768`
- **#67058: fix(packaging): ship built-in skills in wheel via setup.py data_files**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#67048`
- **#68310: fix(packaging): ship bundled skills in wheel by unifying data-files in setup.py (#66733)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `d84e11af4d`, `b81efcb3147b`, `#23738`, `#28421`, `#23884`, `#28368`, `#52113`, `#66768`, `#66846`, `#67058`, `#68310`, `#23725`, `#66733`, `#374151`
  - files: `pyproject.toml`, `setup.py`, `tests/test_packaging_metadata.py`

## Fix status

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