# Roadmap: v1.4 Hermes Default Provider

**Milestone:** v1.4
**Status:** Active
**Phases:** 27-29 (3 phases)
**Granularity:** Coarse
**Coverage:** 16/16 requirements mapped

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## Phases

- [ ] **Phase 27: Hermes Adapter** — Install and enable the Hermes adapter, expose it in the Add Agent dialog, and deliver working heartbeat execution with session persistence
- [ ] **Phase 28: Ollama Integration & Agent Surface** — Detect Ollama, list and recommend models, expose skill/cost/dashboard data for Hermes agents
- [ ] **Phase 29: Default Provider & End-to-End** — Onboarding fallback to Hermes, agent template compatibility, GSD workflow validation, full end-to-end smoke test

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## Phase Details

### Phase 27: Hermes Adapter
**Goal**: Users can create a Hermes agent in Nexus, configure it, and have it execute heartbeats that spawn `hermes chat -q`, return a result, and persist the session across runs
**Depends on**: Nothing (first phase of v1.4; depends on v1.3 milestone being shipped)
**Requirements**: HERM-01, HERM-02, HERM-03, HERM-04
**Success Criteria** (what must be TRUE):
  1. "Hermes" appears in the "Add Agent" dropdown and can be selected to create a new agent
  2. When creating a Hermes agent, the user can pick a model and toggle tool permissions; the agent is saved and appears in the agent list
  3. When a heartbeat fires for a Hermes agent, Nexus spawns `hermes chat -q` with the task, the process completes, and the result is written back as a task update
  4. A second heartbeat on the same Hermes agent resumes the prior session via `--resume`; context from the previous run is accessible
**Plans**: TBD

### Phase 28: Ollama Integration & Agent Surface
**Goal**: Users can see which Ollama models are available, get a recommendation for their hardware, configure any Hermes agent to use a local model, and see Hermes-specific runtime data in the dashboard and agent config
**Depends on**: Phase 27
**Requirements**: OLLA-01, OLLA-02, OLLA-03, OLLA-04, OLLA-05, HERM-05, HERM-06, HERM-07
**Success Criteria** (what must be TRUE):
  1. When Ollama is installed, a status indicator in the Hermes agent config shows "Ollama detected" with the version; when Ollama is absent, the config shows installation instructions with a link
  2. A Hermes agent's model selector lists all locally available Ollama models pulled from `ollama list`
  3. User can save a Hermes agent with any Ollama model from the list; heartbeats use the selected model
  4. The model selector shows a recommended model (highlighted) based on detected RAM/VRAM, derived from a shipped catalog
  5. The agent config page shows Nexus-managed skills alongside Hermes native skills in a single unified list
  6. The dashboard agent card for a Hermes agent shows model name, memory usage, and native skill count
  7. Token usage and estimated model cost are recorded per heartbeat and surfaced in the cost tracking view
**Plans**: TBD
**UI hint**: yes

### Phase 29: Default Provider & End-to-End
**Goal**: 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
**Depends on**: Phase 28
**Requirements**: DFLT-01, DFLT-02, DFLT-03, DFLT-04
**Success Criteria** (what must be TRUE):
  1. During onboarding, if no cloud provider API key is detected, the setup flow offers "Use Hermes (local, free)" as the default provider with a one-click path to configure it
  2. Creating a PM agent or Engineer agent from the predefined templates and assigning it to a Hermes runtime produces a working agent — heartbeats execute and return meaningful results
  3. Running a full GSD workflow task (create issue, assign to Engineer, execute heartbeat, mark complete) with Hermes as the sole runtime completes without errors
  4. A machine with only Nexus, Hermes, and Ollama installed (no Anthropic/OpenAI key) can complete the entire onboarding-to-first-task flow with no paywalls or missing-key errors
**Plans**: TBD

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## Coverage Validation

All 16 v1 requirements are mapped to exactly one phase. No orphans.

| Requirement | Phase |
|-------------|-------|
| HERM-01 | 27 |
| HERM-02 | 27 |
| HERM-03 | 27 |
| HERM-04 | 27 |
| HERM-05 | 28 |
| HERM-06 | 28 |
| HERM-07 | 28 |
| OLLA-01 | 28 |
| OLLA-02 | 28 |
| OLLA-03 | 28 |
| OLLA-04 | 28 |
| OLLA-05 | 28 |
| DFLT-01 | 29 |
| DFLT-02 | 29 |
| DFLT-03 | 29 |
| DFLT-04 | 29 |

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## Progress

| Phase | Milestone | Plans Complete | Status | Completed |
|-------|-----------|----------------|--------|-----------|
| 27. Hermes Adapter | v1.4 | 0/? | Not started | - |
| 28. Ollama Integration & Agent Surface | v1.4 | 0/? | Not started | - |
| 29. Default Provider & End-to-End | v1.4 | 0/? | Not started | - |