# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider model id handling in model picker

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

The members appear to concern custom providers where the model picker may supply a prefixed provider/model string rather than the configured model id field. One issue describes this behavior, and two pull request titles refer to fixes for model id resolution or prefix handling.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #71144. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #71144 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #68347: custom_providers ignores model id field when selecting from model picker; sends prefixed provider/model string instead

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#71144: fix(model_switch): don't send a picker prefix as the custom provider model id**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_custom_providers.py`
- **#68436: fix(models): resolve custom provider model ids**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#71144`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #71144 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-07-25`.
- Subsystem: `agent`