# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Bot mode custom handle and name resolution fixes

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #89720: feat(bot-mode): allow a custom @handle for the default profile
- PR #90328: fix(desktop): support custom handles for the default bot

These items add support for custom @handles on the default bot profile and fix how renamed or aliased bots are addressed in group prompts, delivery notices, and message dispatch. Work spans both bot-mode logic and desktop support.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 1 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 1 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #113410. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #113410 (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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #89720: feat(bot-mode): allow a custom @handle for the default profile

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#113410: fix(bot-mode): message_agent resolves friendly names, keeps default on the root home, stays dispatchable (#100671, #108564, #96105, salvage #108580, #96109)**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`
  - files: `apps/desktop/e2e/bot-chat-message-agent-friendly-name.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/e2e/group-prompt-renamed-primary-handle.spec.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-round-prompt.ts`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/group-rounds.test.ts`, `tests-js/scripts/mock-server.ts`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_dm.py`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tools/bot_mode_dm.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`, `website/docs/user-guide/bot-mode.md`
- **#90328: fix(desktop): support custom handles for the default bot**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/plugin.js`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/bot-meta-sync.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/bots-search.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/group-chat.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/multi-source-roster.test.mjs`, `apps/desktop/src/plugins/hermes-bots/tests/soul-protocol-backfill.test.mjs`, `tests/tools/test_bot_mode_probe.py`, `tools/bot_mode_probe.py`
- **#113396: fix(bot-mode): a renamed primary bot is addressed by its own @tag in group prompts, delivery notices and message_agent (#89720, supersedes #90328)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `58c6f6fa201c`, `#113410`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #113410 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-09-17`.
- Subsystem: `agent`