# NousResearch/hermes-agent · config set CLI bugs and fixes for complex values

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #76974: \`hermes config set\` cannot create list-of-dicts values (hooks: unreachable via CLI); exits 0 with ✓ in all cases
- PR #76978: fix(config): \`hermes config set\` cannot create list-of-dicts values (hooks: unreachable via CLI)

These items concern bugs in \`hermes config set\` that prevent creating list-of-dicts values and mishandle dotted keys under open-dict containers, along with associated fixes.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #76974: \`hermes config set\` cannot create list-of-dicts values (hooks: unreachable via CLI); exits 0 with ✓ in all cases

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#76978: fix(config): \`hermes config set\` cannot create list-of-dicts values (hooks: unreachable via CLI)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `partial_fix`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `1d0b459e53de`, `#76974`, `#76978`, `#374151`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_set_config_value.py`
- **#80007: fix(config): preserve dotted keys under open-dict leaf containers (#80006)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#80253`, `#80006`, `#76978`

## Fix status

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