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-# HERMES-OSA-HANDOFF
-
-## Task checklist
-
-- [ ] Pull latest `layered-soul` and confirm `docs/HOST-MATRIX.md` is current.
-- [ ] Pull latest `hermes-bsd` from Forgejo.
-- [ ] Wait for or include the `hermes-bsd` PR #3 shebang fix before running setup.
-- [ ] Probe disk before install:
-  ```sh
-  df -h /
-  zfs list
-  python3 /home/clawdie/ai/layered-soul/scripts/verify_facts_probe.py --storage --text
-  ```
-- [ ] Validate Hermes locally only, with Telegram off and no new secrets:
-  ```sh
-  cd /home/clawdie/ai/hermes-bsd
-  HERMES_HOME=/home/clawdie/.hermes ./setup-hermes.sh
-  HERMES_HOME=/home/clawdie/.hermes ./venv/bin/hermes --version
-  HERMES_HOME=/home/clawdie/.hermes ./venv/bin/hermes --help
-  ```
-- [ ] Do not start or enable `hermes_daemon` until local validation is clean.
-- [ ] Do not use `/home/clawdie/clawdie-ai` as Hermes state; preserve/retire that old Clawdie runtime separately.
-- [ ] Do not reuse any existing Telegram bot token for Hermes.
-
-## Current decisions
-
-- `HERMES_HOME=/home/clawdie/.hermes` is the authoritative local validation state home on `osa`.
-- `/var/db/hermes` remains the rc.d service default for a later daemon phase.
-- `AUTOLYCUS_HOME` is not used for hermes-osa.
-- `hermes-bsd` is the intended FreeBSD implementation repo; the older `hermes-freebsd` checkout is not the install target.
-- Deferred upstream items are tracked separately: PR #3 shebang fix, issue #4 Node Dockerfile, issue #7 disk.
-
-## Deletion criteria
-
-Delete this handoff after Codex reports:
-
-- the exact `layered-soul` and `hermes-bsd` commits used,
-- disk probe output before installation,
-- local Hermes command validation output,
-- whether any service/daemon work was intentionally deferred,
-- confirmation that Telegram stayed off and no secrets were printed.
-
-## Results
-
-Pending Codex run on `osa`.