# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Tool search deferral exemption for pinned tools

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #86620: \[Feature\] Configurable deferral-exemption whitelist for Tool Search — pin specific plugin/MCP tools to always-eager
- PR #91125: feat(tool-search): support always-visible deferred-tool pins
- PR #110714: feat(tool-search): tools.tool_search.eager keeps named tools out of deferral
- PR #114578: feat(tool-search): pin one MCP server eager with mcp_servers.<name>.defer: false (salvage #110714, port kimi-code#3667)

These issues and pull requests propose a configuration mechanism to exempt specific tools or MCP servers from deferred loading in tool search, keeping named tools always eagerly available. Multiple approaches are explored, including per-tool flags and per-MCP-server settings.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #86620: \[Feature\] Configurable deferral-exemption whitelist for Tool Search — pin specific plugin/MCP tools to always-eager

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91125: feat(tool-search): support always-visible deferred-tool pins**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config_defaults.py`, `tests/tools/test_tool_search.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-search.md`
- **#110714: feat(tool-search): tools.tool_search.eager keeps named tools out of deferral**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#86620`, `#114578`, `#3667`, `#114578`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_tool_search.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-search.md`
- **#114578: feat(tool-search): pin one MCP server eager with mcp_servers.<name>.defer: false (salvage #110714, port kimi-code#3667)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#135762`
  - files: `contributors/emails/[redacted:email]`, `tests/tools/test_tool_search.py`, `tools/tool_search.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/mcp.md`, `website/docs/user-guide/features/tool-search.md`

## Fix status

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