# NousResearch/hermes-agent · absorbed_into field missing from skill_manage schema

## Open now

- 1 issue, 3 PRs open on GitHub.
- #97959: Curator consolidation can never complete: absorbed_into is accepted by the skill_manage handler but omitted from the tool schema
- PR #97964: fix(skills): advertise absorbed_into in skill_manage operations schema (#97959)
- PR #98538: fix(agent): add absorbed_into to skill_manage schema (#97959)
- PR #109413: fix(curator): advertise absorbed_into fork-locally and surface refused consolidation deletes (#97959)

A bug where the absorbed_into field was accepted internally but omitted from the tool/operations schema, preventing curator consolidation from completing. Multiple fixes advertise the field correctly across curator, skills, and agent components.

## TL;DR

- 4 member(s): 1 open issue(s), 0 closed issue(s), 3 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evidence (`STRUCTURAL_SPANNING`): every member is connected by structural evidence: shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference.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 `0.50`: 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

- #97959: Curator consolidation can never complete: absorbed_into is accepted by the skill_manage handler but omitted from the tool schema

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#97964: fix(skills): advertise absorbed_into in skill_manage operations schema (#97959)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `#97964`, `#97959`
  - files: `tests/tools/test_skill_manage_schema_diet.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#98538: fix(agent): add absorbed_into to skill_manage schema (#97959)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `duplicate_of`; implication `duplicate`; refs `#97964`, `#97964`, `#97959`, `#97959`, `#97959`
  - files: `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`
- **#109413: fix(curator): advertise absorbed_into fork-locally and surface refused consolidation deletes (#97959)**. open
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - files: `agent/curator.py`, `tests/agent/test_curator_absorbed_into.py`, `tools/skill_manager_tool.py`

## Fix status

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