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+# Phase 29: Default Provider & End-to-End - Context
+
+**Gathered:** 2026-04-02
+**Status:** Ready for planning
+**Mode:** Auto-generated (discuss skipped via workflow.skip_discuss)
+
+<domain>
+## Phase Boundary
+
+A fresh Nexus install with only Hermes and Ollama works end-to-end — onboarding offers Hermes as the default, PM and Engineer templates run correctly on the Hermes runtime, and GSD workflow tasks complete successfully.
+
+</domain>
+
+<decisions>
+## Implementation Decisions
+
+### Claude's Discretion
+All implementation choices are at Claude's discretion — discuss phase was skipped per user setting. Use ROADMAP phase goal, success criteria, and codebase conventions to guide decisions.
+
+</decisions>
+
+<code_context>
+## Existing Code Insights
+
+Codebase context will be gathered during plan-phase research.
+
+</code_context>
+
+<specifics>
+## Specific Ideas
+
+No specific requirements — discuss phase skipped. Refer to ROADMAP phase description and success criteria.
+
+</specifics>
+
+<deferred>
+## Deferred Ideas
+
+None — discuss phase skipped.
+
+</deferred>