diff --git a/.planning/HANDOFF.json b/.planning/HANDOFF.json
index c5c8b1b..a1a1646 100644
--- a/.planning/HANDOFF.json
+++ b/.planning/HANDOFF.json
@@ -1,24 +1,32 @@
 {
   "version": "1.0",
-  "timestamp": "2026-04-07T22:40:56+09:00",
-  "phase": "05",
-  "phase_name": "vs-code-extension-packaging",
-  "phase_dir": ".planning/phases/05-vscode-extension-packaging",
-  "plan": null,
-  "task": null,
-  "total_tasks": 0,
-  "status": "paused_between_phases",
-  "completed_tasks": [],
-  "remaining_tasks": [],
+  "timestamp": "2026-04-08T08:55:39.024Z",
+  "phase": "06",
+  "phase_name": "install-and-evaluate-hermes-agent",
+  "phase_dir": ".planning/phases/06-install-and-evaluate-hermes-agent",
+  "plan": 1,
+  "task": 4,
+  "total_tasks": 4,
+  "status": "paused",
+  "completed_tasks": [
+    {"id": 1, "name": "Hermes Agent Repository Clone", "status": "done", "commit": "uncommitted"},
+    {"id": 2, "name": "Variet Engine 로컬 연결 (터미널) 설정 및 테스트", "status": "done", "commit": "uncommitted"},
+    {"id": 3, "name": "필수 권한 및 스킬 연동 (디스코드 게이트웨이 테스트 및 환경 구축 완료)", "status": "done", "commit": "uncommitted"}
+  ],
+  "remaining_tasks": [
+    {"id": 4, "name": "GSD Phase 06 마일스톤 생성 및 wiki, vikunja 동기화 기록 완료", "status": "not_started"}
+  ],
   "blockers": [],
   "human_actions_pending": [],
   "decisions": [
-    {"decision": "OpenAI-compatible shim (CLAUDE_CODE_USE_OPENAI=1) for Variet Engine connection", "rationale": "llama-server exposes /v1 endpoints, matches OpenClaude Option 2 pattern", "phase": "03"},
-    {"decision": "agentRouting with single 'variet-fast' model", "rationale": "Variet Engine loads one model at a time, hot-swap via /engine/switch/{role} API", "phase": "04"},
-    {"decision": "Machine A IP = 192.168.10.4", "rationale": "Confirmed via Get-NetIPAddress, LAN ethernet interface", "phase": "03"},
-    {"decision": "--print mode sufficient for CLI validation", "rationale": "Interactive tool calls (bash, file) require terminal session, deferred to VS Code Extension phase", "phase": "04"}
+    {"decision": "Hermes Agent config directory", "rationale": "Used ~/.hermes/config.yaml for CLI connection settings, and forced cp949 fix in run_hermes_discord.bat", "phase": "06"},
+    {"decision": "Custom Provider Override", "rationale": "Used --provider custom --model custom/gemma-4-26b injection inside discord batch script to bypass CLI config parsing errors", "phase": "06"}
   ],
-  "uncommitted_files": ["openclaude (submodule — node_modules/dist built locally)"],
-  "next_action": "/gsd-plan-phase 05 — Create VS Code Extension packaging plan, build .vsix, install on Machine B",
-  "context_notes": "Milestone v1.1 is 2/3 complete. Phases 03-04 done (CLI build, provider connection, agent routing, hot-swap, streaming). Phase 05 remains: package openclaude-vscode extension as .vsix with Variet Engine preset config. Variet Engine is currently running on this machine (192.168.10.4:8000, Gemma 4 26B fast role). OpenClaude CLI is built at openclaude/dist/cli.mjs."
+  "uncommitted_files": [
+    ".hermes/config.yaml",
+    ".hermes/.env",
+    "run_hermes_discord.bat"
+  ],
+  "next_action": "Complete phase 06 milestones, run wiki updates, and sync with vikunja as per user's GSD mandate.",
+  "context_notes": "We successfully linked Hermes Agent via local Variet LLM Engine. The CLI discord gateway boots cleanly now with cp949 fix and custom provider injector. Need to officially write 06-PLAN.md and update remote docs when resuming."
 }
diff --git a/.planning/phases/06-install-and-evaluate-hermes-agent/.continue-here.md b/.planning/phases/06-install-and-evaluate-hermes-agent/.continue-here.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..219a16c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.planning/phases/06-install-and-evaluate-hermes-agent/.continue-here.md
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+---
+phase: 06-install-and-evaluate-hermes-agent
+task: 4
+total_tasks: 4
+status: in_progress
+last_updated: 2026-04-08T08:55:39.024Z
+---
+
+<current_state>
+We have successfully connected Hermes Agent CLI and Discord Gateway (gateway/run.py) to our local Variet Engine via `custom` provider. Configs are set up in `~/.hermes/` and the batch runner `run_hermes_discord.bat` incorporates CP949 encoding fixes. We are paused before formally completing the GSD phase artifacts, wiki update, and Vikunja syncing.
+</current_state>
+
+<completed_work>
+
+- Task 1: Hermes Agent Repository Clone - Done
+- Task 2: Variet Engine 로컬 연결 및 `.env` 세팅 - Done
+- Task 3: 필수 권한 및 스킬 연동 (로컬 작업공간 바인딩, Discord Gateway 설정 및 연결) - Done
+</completed_work>
+
+<remaining_work>
+
+- Task 4: GSD Phase 06 마일스톤 생성 (`06-PLAN.md` 작성 밎 승인), Wiki 및 Vikunja 동기화
+</remaining_work>
+
+<decisions_made>
+
+- Decided to hardcode `--provider custom --model custom/...` inside the bat script to bypass config file loading bugs in `gateway/run.py`
+- Added `PYTHONIOENCODING=utf-8` to `run_hermes_discord.bat` to prevent Windows cp949 console Unicode errors when printing Hermes ASCII art / logs.
+</decisions_made>
+
+<blockers>
+- None
+</blockers>
+
+<context>
+The integration phase went smoothly. The architecture allows `start_variet_engine.bat` (inference logic) and `run_hermes_discord.bat` (agent interaction via discord) to run nicely in parallel. We paused right before documenting the success to Wiki/Vikunja so we don't forget the accomplishments during context resets.
+</context>
+
+<next_action>
+Start with: Draft and finalize `06-PLAN.md` retrospectively and sync the work done to Git, local Wiki pages, and Vikunja.
+</next_action>