# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Clarify webhook payload token documentation

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #84173: docs: webhook template {payload} is invalid — only dot-notation field refs work
- PR #84348: docs(webhook): call out that {payload} is not a token, {__raw__} is

These items address misleading or incomplete documentation around the \`{payload}\` placeholder in webhook templates, clarifying that it does not represent the whole payload and pointing to the correct token or syntax.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113411. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113411 (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: `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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.40`: 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

- #84173: docs: webhook template {payload} is invalid — only dot-notation field refs work

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113411: docs(bot-mode): state what makes message_agent available on headless installs (#105359, salvage #105362)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#84348: docs(webhook): call out that {payload} is not a token, {__raw__} is**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `website/docs/user-guide/messaging/webhooks.md`
- **#88291: docs(webhook): clarify {payload} is not a whole-payload token**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#84348`
- **#105822: docs: four clarifications from open type/docs issues (webhook template token, plugin hook table, delegation transcripts, message_agent requirements)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `bb8ce96f420c`, `#113411`, `#105359`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113411 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `docs`