hermes - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug]: GUI Office Kanban — "Install TASK-MANAGER skill" throws Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim') [1 comments, 1 participants]

Description

In the Hermes Agent GUI (desktop app), the Office Kanban board shows a modal prompting to install the "TASK-MANAGER" skill. Clicking the Install TASK-MANAGER skill button throws a JavaScript error:

Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')

The skill never gets installed and the Kanban board remains unusable.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Open Hermes Agent GUI (desktop app / Electron)
2. Navigate to Office in the sidebar
3. The Kanban board loads and immediately shows the modal: "Kanban Skill Not Installed — Install the TASK-MANAGER skill to let your agents capture work as tasks and open the Kanban desk."
4. Click Install TASK-MANAGER skill
5. Error appears: Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim')

Expected Behavior

The TASK-MANAGER skill should install successfully and the Kanban board should become functional.

Environment

• Hermes Agent version: v0.13.0 (2026.5.7)
• Platform: macOS (Darwin 25.4.0)
• GUI: Hermes Agent desktop app (Electron)
• Python: 3.11.15

Additional Context

• The task-manager skill does exist in the repo at hermes-office/assets/skills/task-manager/SKILL.md, but the GUI install flow fails with the .trim() error before it can complete.
• The error Cannot read properties of undefined (reading 'trim') suggests the code is calling .trim() on a value that is undefined — likely a missing field in the skill metadata or a null response from the skill registry lookup.
• Manually copying the skill file to ~/.hermes/skills/openclaw-imports/task-manager/SKILL.md makes hermes skills list show it as installed, but the GUI still shows the same error modal, suggesting the GUI checks a different mechanism than the CLI skill list.

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