# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Wire API key credentials into stdio MCP child env

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #89316: \[Bug\]: stdio catalog api_key credentials are saved but not wired into the MCP child environment
- PR #89330: fix(mcp-catalog): wire api_key auth.env into the stdio child environment

A bug was identified where stdio catalog API key credentials were saved but not passed into the MCP child process environment. Two related fixes address wiring auth.env credentials into the stdio child environment.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.67`: 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.

## Open related issues

- #89316: \[Bug\]: stdio catalog api_key credentials are saved but not wired into the MCP child environment

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#89330: fix(mcp-catalog): wire api_key auth.env into the stdio child environment**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#88965`, `#89175`
  - files: `hermes_cli/mcp_catalog.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_catalog.py`
- **#89518: fix(mcp_catalog): wire auth.env credentials into stdio MCP child environment**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#89330`, `#89316`

## Fix status

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