# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Slash worker PATH missing Hermes and user bin dirs

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

A bug was identified where the slash_worker PATH omitted Hermes venv and user-local bin directories, preventing CLI tool discovery. Multiple fix attempts address prepending those directories to the PATH.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 2 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #86374. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #86374 (and any competing PRs below) before filing. Confirm the merged change covers your symptom.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-86374`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #83845: \[Bug\]: Dashboard slash_worker PATH omits Hermes venv/user bin, causing browser_exec CLI discovery to fail

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#86339: fix(browser): managed-first browser-use CLI resolution**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `scripts/install.ps1`, `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`, `tests/tools/test_browser_use_cli.py`, `tools/browser_use_cli.py`
- **#86374: fix(tui): prepend Hermes tool dirs to slash_worker PATH (salvage #83854)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `tests/gateway/test_tui_slash_worker_path.py`, `tui_gateway/server.py`
- **#83854: fix(tui): prepend Hermes venv and user-local bin to slash_worker PATH (#83845)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86374`, `#86339`, `#83845`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #86374 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-08-14`.
- Subsystem: `dashboard`