# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Community plugin index URL and catalog work

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These items cover the introduction of a curated, SHA-pinned plugin catalog and a reported issue where the community plugin index URL returns 404, causing plugin search to silently fall back to a bundled seed and preventing installation of its first entry, along with a fix pointing the index and seed entry at live endpoints.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #69446. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #69446 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #86154: \[Bug\]: community plugin index URL 404s, so plugins search silently serves the bundled seed forever and its first entry cannot install

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#69446: feat: plugin catalog — curated SHA-pinned plugin index (CLI, admission CI, docs, dashboard)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `.github/actions/plugin-validate/action.yml`, `.github/workflows/deploy-site.yml`, `.github/workflows/plugin-catalog-ci.yml`, `.gitignore`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugin-install-modal.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugins-settings.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/settings/plugins-settings.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/index.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/plugins-tab.test.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/app/skills/plugins-tab.tsx`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/en.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/ru.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/types.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/i18n/zh.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/agent-plugins.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/store/plugin-install-request.ts`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/data/plugin_index.json`, `hermes_cli/plugin_catalog.py`, `hermes_cli/plugin_index.py` (+48 more)
- **#86214: fix(plugins): point community plugin index and seed entry at live endpoints**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `e74c4a00ca`, `#69446`, `#86154`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #69446 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-09`.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`