# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix invalid tool content steering for chat-completions providers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #78598: \[Bug\]: /steer on a tool result with non-string content produces invalid content for chat-completions providers (400 loop)
- PR #78615: fix: keep steered tool content valid for chat completions
- PR #78706: fix(agent): steer on non-string tool content only as anthropic blocks, coerce for chat-completions (#78598)

A bug where non-string tool result content passed through the /steer path produced invalid payloads for chat-completions providers, causing 400 errors. The members cover the bug report and two related fix attempts addressing how non-string content is handled or coerced depending on provider type.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #78598: \[Bug\]: /steer on a tool result with non-string content produces invalid content for chat-completions providers (400 loop)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#78615: fix: keep steered tool content valid for chat completions**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_steer.py`
- **#78706: fix(agent): steer on non-string tool content only as anthropic blocks, coerce for chat-completions (#78598)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/agent_runtime_helpers.py`, `tests/run_agent/test_steer.py`

## Fix status

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