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+# 2026-02-27 Session Notes
+
+## Default Configuration Values Fix
+
+Nicholai submitted a detailed plan to fix Signet's disabled-by-default features. The core issue: pipeline, graph, reranker, and autonomous maintenance are all shipped disabled, leaving new users with a hollow product. Existing users who never explicitly configured these values get suboptimal performance because `loadPipelineConfig` uses `=== true` checks, hardcoding absent booleans to `false` regardless of the `DEFAULT_PIPELINE_V2` constant.
+
+## Plan Structure
+
+The fix involves four files and six discrete steps:
+
+**Step 1:** Update `DEFAULT_PIPELINE_V2` constant in `packages/daemon/src/memory-config.ts` to enable pipeline, graph, reranker, autonomous features, and change maintenance mode from `"observe"` to `"execute"`.
+
+**Step 2:** Fix boolean resolution in `loadPipelineConfig` (lines 159-268) to respect absent values. Current pattern `raw.enabled === true` will change to `typeof raw.enabled === "boolean" ? raw.enabled : d.enabled`. A `resolveBool()` helper will handle nested + flat fallback patterns for graph, reranker, and autonomous fields.
+
+**Step 3:** Add runtime auto-detection of extraction provider in daemon startup—check if `claude` CLI is available (fallback to `opencode`, then `ollama`).
+
+**Step 4:** Add auto-detection in CLI setup wizard to suggest appropriate provider based on PATH.
+
+**Step 5:** Write full nested `pipelineV2` config in setup wizard instead of minimal flat format.
+
+**Step 6:** Update `agent.yaml.template` with documented `pipelineV2` section showing all options.
+
+## Key Design Decision
+
+User-explicit values are preserved: if a user has `enabled: false` in their YAML, the `typeof` check catches it and respects their choice. Only truly absent keys get new defaults. This maintains backward compatibility.
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