# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Fix single-word entity extraction in holographic memory

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #97493: \[Bug\]: \[holographic\] _extract_entities never matches single-word proper nouns; lone names produce zero entities
- PR #97520: fix(memory): extract single-word proper nouns in holographic entity extraction (#97493)
- PR #97562: fix(memory): extract single-word proper nouns in holographic store

These issues and PRs address a bug where the holographic memory store's entity extraction logic was failing to match single-word proper nouns, resulting in zero entities for lone names. Multiple fix attempts target the same underlying regex or parsing issue.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 2 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97493: \[Bug\]: \[holographic\] _extract_entities never matches single-word proper nouns; lone names produce zero entities

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97520: fix(memory): extract single-word proper nouns in holographic entity extraction (#97493)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `plugins/memory/holographic/store.py`
- **#97534: fix(memory): extract single-word entities**. closed without merge
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97520`, `#97493`
- **#97562: fix(memory): extract single-word proper nouns in holographic store**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97520`, `#97534`, `#97493`
  - files: `plugins/memory/holographic/store.py`, `tests/plugins/memory/test_holographic_store.py`

## Fix status

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