# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot avatar think/work pose during active turns

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

These members add a thinking or working pose animation to bot avatars when the focused bot is actively processing. The feature introduces state-aware mood expressions tied to live bot activity.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `1.00`: 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

- #88133: \[Feature\]: Play a think pose when the focused bot is working

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#88134: feat(desktop): play a think pose when the focused bot is working**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#89101`
- **#89724: feat(bot-mode): avatars gain eight state-aware moods; work pose fires on live turns (#89099, #88133, salvage #89101)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#89101`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `apps/desktop`