# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Custom provider model selection: custom:<name>:<model> triple syntax handling

## Open now

- 1 issue, 1 PR open on GitHub.
- #9147: Bug: custom:<name>:<model> triple syntax broken when currently on a custom provider
- PR #109923: fix(cli): route custom:<name>:<model> inputs through parse_model_input in /model

These issues and pull requests all concern the /model command's handling of the custom:<name>:<model> triple syntax when using custom providers. Some also mention passing api_mode through validation and custom provider model listing, but the titles alone do not show whether those are separate problems.

## TL;DR

- 5 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 1 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.34`: 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

- #9147: Bug: custom:<name>:<model> triple syntax broken when currently on a custom provider

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #9138: fix(model): custom:<name>:<model> triple syntax broken on custom providers

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#9134: fix(model): pass api_mode through validation chain and support custom:name:model triple syntax**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#9152: fix(model): api_mode propagation, triple syntax, and custom provider model listing**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#109923: fix(cli): route custom:<name>:<model> inputs through parse_model_input in /model**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
  - files: `hermes_cli/model_switch.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_model_switch_custom_providers.py`

## Fix status

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