# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Skills cache keyed by name causes wrong installs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #78004: \[Bug\]: hermes skills install resolves/caches by skill name, not source identifier — silently installs wrong same-name skill, overwriting local content
- PR #78017: fix(skills): key security-scan cache by source identifier, not name (#78004)

A bug where the skills system resolves and caches by skill name rather than source identifier, which can silently install an incorrect same-named skill and overwrite local content. Related fixes address cache keying and preventing metadata/bundle mixing across sources.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78004: \[Bug\]: hermes skills install resolves/caches by skill name, not source identifier — silently installs wrong same-name skill, overwriting local content

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78017: fix(skills): key security-scan cache by source identifier, not name (#78004)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#78004`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skills_hub_clawhub.py`, `tools/skills_hub.py`
- **#88022: fix(skills): never join metadata and bundle across sources**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#88020`, `#78004`, `#78017`

## Fix status

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