# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Per-function tool filtering configuration feature

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #68964: \[Feature\]: Per-function tool filtering — finer-grained control than toolset-level enable/disable
- PR #69675: feat: per-function tool filtering via tools.disabled_functions config
- PR #113678: feat(cli): --disable-tools and tools.disabled_functions remove single tools below toolset granularity (salvage #110774, #69675)

These members concern adding finer-grained tool filtering that allows disabling individual functions within a toolset, rather than only enabling or disabling entire toolsets. Proposals include a config option and a CLI flag for specifying which functions to disable.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #68964: \[Feature\]: Per-function tool filtering — finer-grained control than toolset-level enable/disable

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69675: feat: per-function tool filtering via tools.disabled_functions config**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `8f08fb21f216`, `#31375`, `#68964`, `#69675`, `#374151`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/tool_executor.py`, `cli.py`, `cron/scheduler.py`, `gateway/platforms/api_server.py`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_agent_setup_mixin.py`, `model_tools.py`, `tests/test_model_tools.py`
- **#113678: feat(cli): --disable-tools and tools.disabled_functions remove single tools below toolset granularity (salvage #110774, #69675)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `b94a4824978fc4b558962cdf0ba2675d422ebb14`
  - files: `agent/agent_init.py`, `agent/memory_manager.py`, `cli-config.yaml.example`, `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `gateway/run.py`, `hermes_cli/_parser.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/update_cmd_windows.py`, `model_tools.py`, `tests/test_model_tools_disabled_functions.py`, `website/docs/reference/cli-commands.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/cli.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`

## Fix status

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