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+"@united-workforce/cli": patch
+"@united-workforce/eval": patch
+---
+
+fix: resolve --agent override via config alias before raw command
+
+`resolveAgentConfig()` now checks `config.agents[alias]` first before falling back to `parseAgentOverride()`. Eval CLI default `--agent` changed from `"hermes"` to `"uwf-hermes"`.