# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Memory review fork bypassing skill creation kill switch

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #82708: \[Bug\]: memory-review fork creates skills even with skills.creation_nudge_interval: 0 — kill switch bypassed
- PR #139450: fix(agent): honor the skill creation kill switch in the memory review fork

These items concern the memory-review (background review) fork creating skills even when the skill creation kill switch (skills.creation_nudge_interval: 0) is set. One is a bug report and two are pull requests proposing to make the fork honor that setting; their outcome is not stated in the titles.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82708: \[Bug\]: memory-review fork creates skills even with skills.creation_nudge_interval: 0 — kill switch bypassed

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82849: fix(background_review): honor the skill-creation kill switch in the memory-only review fork**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#139450: fix(agent): honor the skill creation kill switch in the memory review fork**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `agent/background_review.py`, `tests/agent/test_background_review_skill_kill_switch.py`

## Fix status

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