# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Constrained vertical agents guide and scaffolding for Hermes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #7179: \[Feature\]: Guidance for building constrained vertical agents with Hermes
- PR #85853: docs: add constrained vertical agents guide
- PR #86210: feat(cli): add hermes vertical-agent scaffolding kit

These members cover documentation and CLI tooling to help users build constrained vertical agents using Hermes. The work includes a written guide and a scaffolding kit accessible via the CLI.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #7179: \[Feature\]: Guidance for building constrained vertical agents with Hermes

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#85853: docs: add constrained vertical agents guide**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `1509cde708`
  - files: `website/docs/guides/vertical-agents.md`, `website/sidebars.ts`
- **#86210: feat(cli): add hermes vertical-agent scaffolding kit**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `wontfix_bydesign`; implication `wontfix`
  - files: `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit.py`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/OPERATIONS.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/README.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/SOUL.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/USER.template.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/config.patch.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/required-skills.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/research/skills.manifest.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/OPERATIONS.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/README.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/SOUL.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/USER.template.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/config.patch.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/required-skills.md`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/blueprints/support/skills.manifest.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/templates/configs/display-clean.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/templates/configs/platform-toolsets-minimal.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/templates/configs/profile-config.template.yaml`, `hermes_cli/vertical_agent_kit_data/templates/molding/README.md` (+25 more)

## Fix status

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