# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Model slug validation in hermes config set

## Open now

- 1 issue, 2 PRs open on GitHub.
- #97656: \[Bug\]: hermes config set accepts nonexistent model slugs with no catalog validation
- PR #97660: fix(cli): warn on model slugs missing from the provider catalog
- PR #98130: feat(config): write-time model-slug validation in hermes config set

These items address a bug where hermes config set accepts nonexistent model slugs without checking the provider catalog, and introduce write-time validation or warnings for invalid slugs.

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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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

- #97656: \[Bug\]: hermes config set accepts nonexistent model slugs with no catalog validation

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97660: fix(cli): warn on model slugs missing from the provider catalog**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `implemented_elsewhere`; implication `superseded`; refs `#97656`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_set_model_catalog_guard.py`
- **#98130: feat(config): write-time model-slug validation in hermes config set**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97660`
  - files: `hermes_cli/config.py`, `tests/hermes_cli/test_config_model_slug_validation.py`

## Fix status

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