# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Curator skill delete reporting and cleanup bugs

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #91442: curator: skill_manage delete reports success but leaves skill dir in place (ledger before==after)
- PR #91457: fix(skills): verify the live dir is gone before reporting a curator delete
- PR #91464: fix(tools): pass exact skill_dir to archive_skill on curator delete

These issues and fixes address a bug where the curator's skill delete operation reports success without actually removing the skill directory. The fixes involve verifying directory removal before reporting success and passing the correct skill directory path during archival.

## TL;DR

- 3 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 0 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #91442: curator: skill_manage delete reports success but leaves skill dir in place (ledger before==after)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#91457: fix(skills): verify the live dir is gone before reporting a curator delete**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#91442`, `#91464`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#91464: fix(tools): pass exact skill_dir to archive_skill on curator delete**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`, `tools/skill_usage.py`

## Fix status

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