# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Cap and sort skills pending queue

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #76795: /skills pending: no pagination or cap — queue grows unbounded from background curator, newest records sort last
- PR #76812: fix(cli): cap and newest-first-sort the skills/memory pending list
- PR #77038: fix(skills): cap pending list at 20, newest-first sort, group by name, add --all

These items address an unbounded, unsorted pending skills queue by adding a cap, newest-first ordering, and grouping by name. A CLI flag is also introduced to optionally show all entries.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76795: /skills pending: no pagination or cap — queue grows unbounded from background curator, newest records sort last

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76812: fix(cli): cap and newest-first-sort the skills/memory pending list**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `6730f7423553`, `#76795`, `#76812`, `#77038`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/write_approval_commands.py`, `tests/tools/test_write_approval_pending_fmt.py`
- **#77038: fix(skills): cap pending list at 20, newest-first sort, group by name, add --all**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `a874805fd`
  - files: `hermes_cli/write_approval_commands.py`, `tests/tools/test_write_approval.py`, `tools/write_approval.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/skills.md`

## Fix status

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