# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Board default_workdir kind inheritance for new tasks

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #69787: \[Bug\]: Docs still promise board default_workdir inheritance for every new task, but CLI/tool-created tasks default to scratch — default the workspace KIND from the board instead
- PR #70468: fix(kanban): board default_workdir inheritance for CLI/tool-created tasks (#69787)
- PR #104749: fix(kanban): inherit board default_workdir kind on CLI/tool create (salvage of #69945)
- PR #134040: fix(kanban): derive omitted workspace kind from the board's default_workdir

A bug was identified where CLI/tool-created tasks did not inherit the board's default_workdir kind as documented, defaulting to scratch instead. These members address the fix and related documentation discrepancy.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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

- #69787: \[Bug\]: Docs still promise board default_workdir inheritance for every new task, but CLI/tool-created tasks default to scratch — default the workspace KIND from the board instead

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69945: fix(kanban): inherit board default_workdir kind on CLI/tool create**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#104749`
- **#70468: fix(kanban): board default_workdir inheritance for CLI/tool-created tasks (#69787)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `fe5e0bf5a34912b9a1b9ebf3398ea586810bd8a3`, `d1d164d5446b`, `#25920`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#69787`, `#25920`, `#25430`, `#28394`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#69945`, `#70920`, `#70468`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#69945`, `#69787`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#51864`, `#25920`, `#25430`, `#25920`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#69945`, `#69787`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#69945`, `#374151`, `#69787`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#70920: fix(kanban): board default_workdir inheritance for CLI/tool-created tasks**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `16d00b2f14c4`, `#25920`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#25920`, `#25430`, `#28394`, `#28679`, `#51864`, `#51938`, `#51864`, `#69945`, `#69787`, `#70468`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#70468`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#69945`, `#69787`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#51864`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`, `#69945`, `#28679`, `#51938`, `#25920`, `#1`, `#1`, `#15803`, `#14532`, `#6`, `#1`, `#9`, `#374151`, `#4338`, `#69787`, `#69945`, `#70468`, `#70920`
- **#104749: fix(kanban): inherit board default_workdir kind on CLI/tool create (salvage of #69945)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#69945`, `#70468`, `#69787`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_parser.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_core_functionality.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/tools/test_kanban_tools.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`
- **#134040: fix(kanban): derive omitted workspace kind from the board's default_workdir**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/kanban_db.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_attachments.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_db_workspace.py`, `hermes_cli/kanban_parser.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_kanban_db_board_default.py`, `tools/kanban_tools.py`

## Fix status

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