Fix relative external_dirs path resolution base directory
Cluster 9949 · skills. Data as of
Nothing open on GitHub. Fix merged in #17289 on 29 Apr 2026. Check it covers your case.
The short answer
- Known?
- Yes. 5 related items grouped here, 1 issue already closed.
- Fix event
- A fix was merged to main in PR #17289. Check it covers your case. No release data is tracked.
- Tracker
- The maintainers' tracker marks this
resolved, deciding PR #17289. That is separate from the fix event. - Still open
- Nothing open on GitHub.
These issues and PRs address a bug where relative paths in skills.external_dirs are handled against the process working directory instead of a consistent reference point such as the config file location or HERMES_HOME. Multiple fix attempts approach the same underlying problem.
Open issues0
Open PRs0
Fixes on record
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#17289 fix(skills): resolve external_dirs relative to HERMES_HOME, not cwd (salvage #9966)
files:
agent/skill_utils.py
3 PRs closed without merging
From the close comments: done elsewhere 3
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#9966 fix: resolve external_dirs relative to HERMES_HOME instead of cwd (#9949) · done elsewhere →
d682f32,#10017 -
#10017 fix: resolve external skill dirs from config path · done elsewhere →
8860237,#9949,#9966 -
#10050 fix: resolve relative external_dirs paths against config location, not cwd · done elsewhere →
8860237,#17289,#9966,#9949
Closed issues · 1
- Closed#9949skills.external_dirs relative paths depend on process cwd instead of config location
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- Subsystem
- skills
- Merged PRs
- #17289
- Closed issues
- 1
- Attempts
- 3 PRs closed without merging
- Fix link checked
- 29 Apr 2026