# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix placeholder syntax in config set CLI examples

## Open now

- Nothing open on GitHub.

Multiple fixes and docs updates addressing copy-paste unsafe examples in the 'hermes config set' command, replacing literal placeholder text with angle-bracket syntax. The changes span the CLI setup completion screen and related documentation.

## TL;DR

- 6 member(s): 0 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 1 merged PR(s), 4 PR(s) closed without merging.
- A fix was merged to main in PR #1322. Verify it addresses your case.
- **Recommended:** read PR #1322 (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: `resolved` · deciding PR(s): `pr-1322`. 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.33`: 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.

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #926: Setup completion screen: 'hermes config set KEY VALUE' example is copy-paste unsafe

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#1322: fix: make config set examples use placeholder syntax**. merged to main · fix tier `verified`
  - maintainer direction: category `merged`; implication `superseded`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/setup.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_placeholder_usage.py`
- **#957: fix: make config set examples use placeholder syntax**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `merged_via`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1322`
- **#1027: fix(cli): use angle brackets for config set placeholders**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#1322`
- **#1198: fix: use angle-bracket placeholders in setup completion screen**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `silent_close`; implication `active`
- **#1217: docs: improve CLI safety with quotes and fix alignment (fixes #926)**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `superseded_by_pr`; implication `superseded`; refs `#961`, `#892`

## Fix status

- Merged to main in PR #1322 (cited above). No release data is tracked. Verify downstream.
- Fix last verified (merged) `2026-03-14`. This confirmation is old and may be out of date (a revert/reopen would not have invalidated it here); re-verify.
- Subsystem: `hermes_cli`