# NousResearch/hermes-agent · HERMES_HOME export missing from install script

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #89231: install.sh: --hermes-home is never exported — launcher and skills_sync silently use the platform default
- PR #89240: fix(installer): propagate --hermes-home to launchers and skills sync

These issues and PRs concern a bug in the install script where the --hermes-home flag is never exported as an environment variable, causing child processes like the launcher and skills_sync to silently ignore it and fall back to platform defaults. The members propose exporting HERMES_HOME so the custom path propagates correctly.

## TL;DR

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #89231: install.sh: --hermes-home is never exported — launcher and skills_sync silently use the platform default

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89240: fix(installer): propagate --hermes-home to launchers and skills sync**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `scripts/install.sh`, `tests/test_install_sh_hermes_home_export.py`
- **#89261: fix(install): export HERMES_HOME so --hermes-home reaches skills and the launcher**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
- **#89267: fix(install): export HERMES_HOME so child tools honor --hermes-home**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#89261`

## Fix status

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