# Phase 27: Hermes Adapter - Context
**Gathered:** 2026-04-02
**Status:** Ready for planning
**Mode:** Auto-generated (discuss skipped via workflow.skip_discuss)
## Phase Boundary
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.
## 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.
## Existing Code Insights
Codebase context will be gathered during plan-phase research.
## Specific Ideas
No specific requirements — discuss phase skipped. Refer to ROADMAP phase description and success criteria.
## Deferred Ideas
None — discuss phase skipped.