# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Self-modification skill authorization and policy audit

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #8218: Split from #8152: define MVP self-modifying skill authorization contract
- PR #15674: feat(skills): record why a skill changed in the audit ledger

These items concern defining an authorization contract for self-modifying skills and adding a corresponding policy audit mechanism. The work appears to involve both specification and implementation aspects of governing self-modification behavior.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #8218: Split from #8152: define MVP self-modifying skill authorization contract

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#15665: feat(skills): add self-modification policy audit**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#15674: feat(skills): record why a skill changed in the audit ledger**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#79686`, `#86022`, `#135039`, `#91202`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `hermes_cli/curator.py`, `tests/tools/test_skill_manage_reason.py`, `tools/skill_manager_batch.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/configuration.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/curator.md`

## Fix status

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