# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix empty toolset selection and tool discovery consistency

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #94090: \[Bug\]: Classic CLI splash reports all/default tools for an explicit empty --toolsets selection
- PR #94108: fix(cli): preserve explicit empty toolsets
- PR #94180: fix(tools): unify callable tool discovery across CLI and TUI

These items address a bug where an empty explicit --toolsets selection was not preserved in the classic CLI splash output, and unify how callable tools are discovered across CLI and TUI interfaces.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #94090: \[Bug\]: Classic CLI splash reports all/default tools for an explicit empty --toolsets selection

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#94108: fix(cli): preserve explicit empty toolsets**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_empty_toolsets_banner.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner.py`
- **#94180: fix(tools): unify callable tool discovery across CLI and TUI**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#85125`, `#94182`
  - files: `cli.py`, `hermes_cli/banner.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_info_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/cli_session_mixin.py`, `hermes_cli/config.py`, `hermes_cli/main.py`, `hermes_cli/tool_resolution.py`, `hermes_cli/tools_config.py`, `model_tools.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_preloaded_skills.py`, `tests/cli/test_cli_tool_surface.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_argparse_flag_propagation.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_banner_skills_width.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_cli_startup_model_cost_guard.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_safe_mode.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tool_resolution.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_tools_config.py`, `tests/test_model_tools.py`, `tests/tools/test_registry.py` (+6 more)

## Fix status

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