# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Hindsight dependency fix for Intel macOS builds

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items address a problem with Hindsight package selection on Intel macOS, where the wrong or overly large package variant was being used. Changes involve routing to a slimmer runtime and adding a post-install verification step.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #81421: fix(update): Hindsight dependency heal backtracks to ancient full packages on Intel macOS

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#81530: fix(memory): use slim Hindsight stack on Intel macOS instead of bare hindsight-all**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `stale_abandoned`; implication `active`; refs `9d799e0531c`, `4cbf862abe4`, `dc75038866a3966b5bf5c82ff57c7a758bb4070a`, `#119888`
- **#81559: fix(memory-setup): route Hindsight Intel-macOS local_embedded to slim runtime + post-install smoke check**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `a624f7ee256d303e9cb3e8fd0d78949f6c5631c8`, `#81530`, `#81421`

## Fix status

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