# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix MCP tool name sanitization for hyphenated servers

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #82876: tool_search: hyphenated MCP server names break tool_describe/tool_call (registry lookup uses unsanitized name)
- PR #82933: fix(mcp): make deferred tools callable from hyphenated servers

These members address a bug where hyphenated MCP server names cause tool lookup failures due to unsanitized or improperly handled tool name prefixes in the registry.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #82876: tool_search: hyphenated MCP server names break tool_describe/tool_call (registry lookup uses unsanitized name)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#82933: fix(mcp): make deferred tools callable from hyphenated servers**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tool_search.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`
- **#83251: fix(tools): sanitize MCP-prefixed tool names at lookup time (#82876)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#82933`

## Fix status

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