# NousResearch/hermes-agent · MCP discovery ignoring managed-scope server config

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #91073: \[Bug\]: MCP discovery probe reads only the raw user config — mcp_servers declared in Managed Scope never starts discovery
- PR #91076: fix(mcp): honor Managed Scope in the discovery gate

A bug where the MCP discovery probe only reads raw user config, missing servers declared in Managed Scope. Related fixes address making discovery honor the managed-scope configuration.

## 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91073: \[Bug\]: MCP discovery probe reads only the raw user config — mcp_servers declared in Managed Scope never starts discovery

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91076: fix(mcp): honor Managed Scope in the discovery gate**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#109556`, `#112373`, `#91073`
  - files: `agent/coding_context.py`, `hermes_cli/mcp_startup.py`, `tests/agent/test_coding_context_managed_scope_mcp.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_discovery_managed_scope_gate.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_mcp_startup.py`
- **#91102: fix(mcp): discovery probe honors managed-scope mcp_servers (#91073)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#91076`

## Fix status

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