# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Files panel insert-into-chat shortcuts and context menus

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #69741: \[Desktop\]: Files panel — no quick-add-to-input shortcut (lost shift-click multi-select + no right-click "Insert into chat" menu)
- PR #70550: feat(desktop): keyboard-accessible "Insert into Chat" in the Files panel
- PR #85222: feat(desktop): add 'Add as context' right-click to message blocks and file explorer

These items concern adding keyboard shortcuts, right-click menus, and other quick actions to insert files or message blocks into the chat input from the desktop Files panel. They address missing or requested interaction methods for adding content as context.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #69741: \[Desktop\]: Files panel — no quick-add-to-input shortcut (lost shift-click multi-select + no right-click "Insert into chat" menu)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#70550: feat(desktop): keyboard-accessible "Insert into Chat" in the Files panel**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `c3b5e3a25dd1`, `#69741`, `#70550`, `#374151`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/file-actions.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/file-actions.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/files/tree.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ja.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`
- **#85222: feat(desktop): add 'Add as context' right-click to message blocks and file explorer**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `apps/desktop/screenshots/add-file-chip.png`, `apps/desktop/screenshots/add-text-chip.png`, `apps/desktop/screenshots/paste-as-text.png`, `apps/desktop/src/app/chat/composer/attachments.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/context-menu/app-context-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/file-actions.test.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/file-actions.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/file-tree.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/right-sidebar/review/file-tree.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/session/hooks/use-prompt-actions/submit.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/assistant-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/message-context-menu.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/message-context-menu.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/components/assistant-ui/thread/user-message.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh-hant.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/composer.test.ts` (+2 more)

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`