diff --git a/adapters/common/src/nemo_fabric_adapters/common/utils.py b/adapters/common/src/nemo_fabric_adapters/common/utils.py
index e8dad5d3..cf8433b8 100644
--- a/adapters/common/src/nemo_fabric_adapters/common/utils.py
+++ b/adapters/common/src/nemo_fabric_adapters/common/utils.py
@@ -183,6 +183,9 @@ def merge_unique(*values: Any) -> list[str]:
                 merged.append(item)
     return merged
 
+def without_none(mapping: dict[str, Any]) -> dict[str, Any]:
+    return {key: value for key, value in mapping.items() if value is not None}
+
 
 def dump_yaml(value: dict[str, Any]) -> str:
     try:
diff --git a/examples/harbor/calculator/README.md b/examples/harbor/calculator/README.md
index 26d48dbd..a95887c4 100644
--- a/examples/harbor/calculator/README.md
+++ b/examples/harbor/calculator/README.md
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ Expected Harbor summary: one trial, zero exceptions, and mean reward `1.000`.
 ```bash
 : "${NVIDIA_API_KEY:?Export NVIDIA_API_KEY before running Hermes Agent}"
 
-uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
+uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor --extra hermes-agent harbor run \
   --path "$TASK_DIR" \
   --agent nemo_fabric.integrations.harbor:FabricAgent \
   --model nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b \
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ typed config. The API key is passed separately as a task credential.
 ```bash
 : "${NVIDIA_API_KEY:?Export NVIDIA_API_KEY before running Hermes Agent}"
 
-uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
+uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor --extra hermes-agent --extra relay harbor run \
   --path "$TASK_DIR" \
   --agent nemo_fabric.integrations.harbor:FabricAgent \
   --model nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b \
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ Claude authentication variables selected by the adapter; this command uses
 ```bash
 : "${ANTHROPIC_API_KEY:?Export ANTHROPIC_API_KEY before running Claude}"
 
-uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
+uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor --extra claude harbor run \
   --path "$TASK_DIR" \
   --agent nemo_fabric.integrations.harbor:FabricAgent \
   --model anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-5 \
diff --git a/examples/harbor/prepare_swebench.sh b/examples/harbor/prepare_swebench.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 5930013d..00000000
--- a/examples/harbor/prepare_swebench.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2026, NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-# TEMPORARY SOURCE-CHECKOUT BOOTSTRAP — remove when Fabric is released.
-#
-# The wheel-building path exists only because the Fabric distributions are not
-# yet available from PyPI. Once they are published, the Harbor README should use
-# a pinned PyPI requirement directly and this script's wheelhouse,
-# .fabric-package file, and PIP_FIND_LINKS plumbing should be deleted.
-#
-# Claude Relay also needs the standalone nemo-relay executable. If that binary
-# is not distributed or discovered automatically when the wheels ship, retain
-# only the Relay CLI preparation below until its packaging is resolved.
-
-set -euo pipefail
-
-repo_root="$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-bundle_dir="$repo_root/examples/harbor/swebench"
-wheelhouse="$bundle_dir/.wheelhouse"
-relay_root="$bundle_dir/.relay"
-relay_cli_version="0.6.0"
-
-if [[ "$(uname -s)" != "Linux" || "$(uname -m)" != "x86_64" ]]; then
-    echo "This SWE-Bench example currently requires an x86_64 Linux host." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-mkdir -p "$wheelhouse" "$relay_root"
-find "$wheelhouse" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'nemo_fabric*.whl' -delete
-
-# TEMP: Build the unpublished Python packages from this source checkout.
-for project in adapters/common adapters/claude adapters/hermes .; do
-    uv build --wheel --out-dir "$wheelhouse" "$repo_root/$project"
-done
-
-docker run --rm \
-    -e CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/target \
-    -e HOST_UID="$(id -u)" \
-    -e HOST_GID="$(id -g)" \
-    -v "$repo_root:/io:ro" \
-    -v "$wheelhouse:/out" \
-    -w /io/python \
-    --entrypoint /bin/bash \
-    ghcr.io/pyo3/maturin:v1.9.6 \
-    -lc 'maturin build --release --locked --out /out --compatibility manylinux2014 && chown "$HOST_UID:$HOST_GID" /out/*.whl'
-
-# TEMP: Keep only this block if PyPI wheels land before Relay CLI distribution.
-relay_version="$({ "$relay_root/bin/nemo-relay" --version 2>/dev/null || true; })"
-if [[ "$relay_version" != "nemo-relay $relay_cli_version" ]]; then
-    docker run --rm \
-        --user "$(id -u):$(id -g)" \
-        -e CARGO_HOME=/tmp/cargo \
-        -e CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/target \
-        -v "$relay_root:/out" \
-        rust:1.94-bullseye \
-        cargo install nemo-relay-cli --version "$relay_cli_version" --locked --force --root /out
-fi
-
-# TEMP: Record the source-built meta-wheel path for installation in the task.
-fabric_wheel="$(find "$wheelhouse" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name 'nemo_fabric-*-py3-none-any.whl' -printf '%f\n' | sort | tail -n 1)"
-if [[ -z "$fabric_wheel" ]]; then
-    echo "The nemo-fabric wheel was not created." >&2
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-printf '%s\n' \
-    "nemo-fabric[claude,harbor,hermes,hermes-agent,relay,runtime] @ file:///tmp/nemo-fabric-config/.wheelhouse/$fabric_wheel" \
-    > "$bundle_dir/.fabric-package"
-
-echo "Prepared $bundle_dir"
-echo "Fabric requirement: $(< "$bundle_dir/.fabric-package")"
diff --git a/examples/harbor/swebench/.gitignore b/examples/harbor/swebench/.gitignore
index c4984b47..831f5c07 100644
--- a/examples/harbor/swebench/.gitignore
+++ b/examples/harbor/swebench/.gitignore
@@ -2,5 +2,3 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
 .relay/
-.wheelhouse/
-.fabric-package
diff --git a/examples/harbor/swebench/README.md b/examples/harbor/swebench/README.md
index 8102eb01..f6eaff2e 100644
--- a/examples/harbor/swebench/README.md
+++ b/examples/harbor/swebench/README.md
@@ -19,34 +19,30 @@ then continue in the same shell. Export `NVIDIA_API_KEY` for Hermes Agent runs o
 
 ## Prepare the Task Bundle
 
-Build the NeMo Fabric wheels and Relay executable that will be uploaded into the
-isolated task container:
+Build the standalone Relay executable that will be uploaded into the isolated
+task container for the Claude walkthrough:
 
-> **TEMP — remove when NeMo Fabric is released:** This source-checkout bootstrap is
-> needed only while NeMo Fabric wheels are unavailable from PyPI. At release, the
-> docs writer should replace `FABRIC_PACKAGE` with a pinned PyPI requirement and
-> remove `prepare_swebench.sh`, `.fabric-package`, `.wheelhouse`,
-> `FABRIC_FIND_LINKS`, and every `PIP_FIND_LINKS` argument. If the Claude Relay
-> executable is not yet distributed or discovered automatically, retain only
-> the Relay CLI preparation until that is resolved.
+> **TEMP — replace the pre-release alpha tag with a stable release once available.**
 
 ```bash
 cd "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)"
-./examples/harbor/prepare_swebench.sh
 
 export FABRIC_AGENT='nemo_fabric.integrations.harbor:FabricAgent'
 export FABRIC_BUNDLE="$PWD/examples/harbor/swebench"
-export FABRIC_PACKAGE="$(< "$FABRIC_BUNDLE/.fabric-package")"
-export FABRIC_FIND_LINKS='/tmp/nemo-fabric-config/.wheelhouse'
+export FABRIC_PACKAGE='nemo-fabric[claude,harbor,hermes-agent,relay,runtime]==0.1.0a20260724'
 export RUNS_DIR="$PWD/.tmp/harbor/fabric-swebench"
+
+curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Relay/main/install.sh |
+  NEMO_RELAY_VERSION=0.6.0 sh -s -- \
+    --install-dir "$FABRIC_BUNDLE/.relay/bin"
 ```
 
-The preparation script builds the native runtime in a manylinux2014 container,
-builds the standalone Relay 0.6.0 CLI in Debian Bullseye, and writes the exact
-task-local package requirement to `.fabric-package`. The generated files are
-ignored by Git. The uploaded bundle contains adapter descriptors, the example
-MCP server, generated wheels, and Relay; it does not contain a persisted
-`FabricConfig`.
+The curl command downloads and installs the standalone NeMo Relay 0.6.0 CLI tool
+and verifies its checksum. For other installation methods, refer to the
+[NeMo Relay installation instructions](../../../docs/getting-started/install.mdx#install-nemo-relay).
+
+The generated files are ignored by Git. The uploaded bundle contains the example
+MCP server and Relay; it does not contain a persisted `FabricConfig`.
 
 Keep this shell open for the commands below.
 
@@ -61,7 +57,6 @@ uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
   --ak fabric_adapter_id=nvidia.fabric.hermes \
   --ak fabric_config_bundle="$FABRIC_BUNDLE" \
   --ak "fabric_package=$FABRIC_PACKAGE" \
-  --ae "PIP_FIND_LINKS=$FABRIC_FIND_LINKS" \
   --install-only \
   --job-name django-13741-install \
   --jobs-dir "$RUNS_DIR" \
@@ -84,7 +79,6 @@ uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
   --ak fabric_adapter_id=nvidia.fabric.hermes \
   --ak fabric_config_bundle="$FABRIC_BUNDLE" \
   --ak "fabric_package=$FABRIC_PACKAGE" \
-  --ae "PIP_FIND_LINKS=$FABRIC_FIND_LINKS" \
   --ae "NVIDIA_API_KEY=$NVIDIA_API_KEY" \
   --job-name django-13741-hermes \
   --jobs-dir "$RUNS_DIR" \
@@ -115,7 +109,6 @@ uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
   --ak fabric_telemetry=relay \
   --ak 'fabric_harness_settings={"nemo_relay_command":"/tmp/nemo-fabric-config/.relay/bin/nemo-relay"}' \
   --ak "fabric_package=$FABRIC_PACKAGE" \
-  --ae "PIP_FIND_LINKS=$FABRIC_FIND_LINKS" \
   --ae "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=$ANTHROPIC_API_KEY" \
   --job-name django-13741-claude \
   --jobs-dir "$RUNS_DIR" \
@@ -154,7 +147,6 @@ uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
   --ak fabric_config_bundle="$FABRIC_BUNDLE" \
   --ak fabric_telemetry=relay \
   --ak "fabric_package=$FABRIC_PACKAGE" \
-  --ae "PIP_FIND_LINKS=$FABRIC_FIND_LINKS" \
   --ae "NVIDIA_API_KEY=$NVIDIA_API_KEY" \
   --job-name django-13741-hermes-skill \
   --jobs-dir "$RUNS_DIR" \
@@ -245,7 +237,6 @@ uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run \
   --ak fabric_config_bundle="$FABRIC_BUNDLE" \
   --ak fabric_telemetry=relay \
   --ak "fabric_package=$FABRIC_PACKAGE" \
-  --ae "PIP_FIND_LINKS=$FABRIC_FIND_LINKS" \
   --ae "NVIDIA_API_KEY=$NVIDIA_API_KEY" \
   --job-name swebench-verified-hermes-5 \
   --jobs-dir "$RUNS_DIR" \
diff --git a/examples/harbor/swebench/sample-artifacts/README.md b/examples/harbor/swebench/sample-artifacts/README.md
index bf46bb1e..c5751608 100644
--- a/examples/harbor/swebench/sample-artifacts/README.md
+++ b/examples/harbor/swebench/sample-artifacts/README.md
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ ATOF and ATIF output before running the example yourself.
 The checked-in trajectories record Relay 0.5.0 and the earlier
 `nvidia/nemotron-3-nano` model identifier because they are historical evidence
 from the original runs. New runs use the compatible Relay CLI version pinned by
-[`prepare_swebench.sh`](../../prepare_swebench.sh) and the model selected in the
-current walkthrough; do not treat sample metadata as installation guidance.
+the [task-bundle setup](../README.md#prepare-the-task-bundle) in the walkthrough
+and the selected model; do not treat sample metadata as installation guidance.
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 0986794b..00a547ea 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ nemo-fabric-adapters-hermes = { path = "adapters/hermes", editable = true }
 [tool.pytest.ini_options]
 asyncio_mode = "auto"
 asyncio_default_fixture_loop_scope = "session"
+testpaths = ["tests"]
 
 [tool.ruff.lint]
 # flake8-bugbear: enforce only the cached-instance-method rule (B019).
diff --git a/tests/e2e/test_hermes_e2e.py b/tests/e2e/test_hermes_e2e.py
index eb63e298..96331d65 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/test_hermes_e2e.py
+++ b/tests/e2e/test_hermes_e2e.py
@@ -236,13 +236,19 @@ async def test_atif_artifacts(self):
         trajectory = json.loads(atif_paths[0].read_text())
         assert trajectory["agent"]["name"] in {"code-review-agent", "Hermes Agent"}
         steps = trajectory["steps"]
-        assert len(steps) == 5
+        assert len(steps) == 2
 
         first_step = steps[0]
-        assert first_step["message"] == "hermes.turn.start"
-        assert first_step["extra"]["event_payload"]["is_first_turn"] is True
+        assert first_step["source"] == "user"
+        assert first_step["message"] == "Reply with exactly: relay ok"
+        assert (
+            first_step["extra"]["llm_request"]["model"]
+            == "nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b"
+        )
 
         last_step = steps[-1]
-        assert last_step["message"] == "hermes.session.end"
+        assert last_step["source"] == "agent"
+        assert last_step["message"] == self.output["response"]
+        assert last_step["model_name"] == "nvidia/nemotron-3-nano-30b-a3b"
         assert last_step["extra"]["invocation"]["framework"] == "nemo_relay"
         assert last_step["extra"]["invocation"]["status"] == "completed"
diff --git a/tests/integrations/test_harbor_runner.py b/tests/integrations/test_harbor_runner.py
index 3e8f239e..d1d99f0b 100644
--- a/tests/integrations/test_harbor_runner.py
+++ b/tests/integrations/test_harbor_runner.py
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 CALCULATOR_FABRIC_ROOT = CALCULATOR_ROOT / "task" / "environment" / "fabric"
 SWEBENCH_ROOT = ROOT / "examples" / "harbor" / "swebench"
 SWEBENCH_README = SWEBENCH_ROOT / "README.md"
-SWEBENCH_PREPARE = ROOT / "examples" / "harbor" / "prepare_swebench.sh"
 SWEBENCH_MCP_CONFIG = SWEBENCH_ROOT / "mcp" / "repo-inspector.mcp.json"
 INTEGRATION_README = ROOT / "examples" / "harbor" / "README.md"
 SDK_INTEGRATION_README = (
@@ -287,7 +286,7 @@ def test_harbor_calculator_documents_explicit_cli_commands():
     swebench = SWEBENCH_README.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
 
     assert "run.sh" not in calculator
-    assert calculator.count("uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run") == 4
+    assert calculator.count(" harbor run \\") == 4
     assert landing.count("uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run") == 0
     assert swebench.count("uv run --extra runtime --extra harbor harbor run") == 5
     assert "--agent-import-path" not in landing + calculator + swebench
@@ -305,9 +304,13 @@ def test_harbor_calculator_documents_explicit_cli_commands():
     assert "swebench/README.md" in landing
     assert "fabric_adapter_id" in landing
     assert 'export TMPDIR="$HOME/harbor-tmp"' in landing
-    assert "./examples/harbor/prepare_swebench.sh" in swebench
-    assert 'FABRIC_PACKAGE="$(< "$FABRIC_BUNDLE/.fabric-package")"' in swebench
-    assert '--ae "PIP_FIND_LINKS=$FABRIC_FIND_LINKS"' in swebench
+    assert "raw.githubusercontent.com/NVIDIA/NeMo-Relay/main/install.sh" in swebench
+    assert (
+        "FABRIC_PACKAGE="
+        "'nemo-fabric[claude,harbor,hermes-agent,relay,runtime]==0.1.0a20260724'"
+        in swebench
+    )
+    assert "PIP_FIND_LINKS" not in swebench
     assert "--dataset swe-bench/swe-bench-verified" in swebench
     for flag in (
         "--path",
@@ -340,17 +343,14 @@ def test_harbor_generated_paths_are_ignored():
     assert "task/environment/.vendor.*/" in ignore
 
 
-def test_swebench_bootstrap_pins_a_supported_relay_cli():
+def test_swebench_setup_pins_a_supported_relay_cli():
     from nemo_fabric_adapters.common.relay_gateway import RELAY_MINIMUM_VERSION
 
-    prepare = SWEBENCH_PREPARE.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+    swebench = SWEBENCH_README.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
     minimum = ".".join(str(part) for part in RELAY_MINIMUM_VERSION)
 
-    assert f'relay_cli_version="{minimum}"' in prepare
-    assert '"nemo-relay $relay_cli_version"' in prepare
-    assert 'nemo-relay-cli --version "$relay_cli_version" --locked' in prepare
-    assert '"$(uname -s)" != "Linux"' in prepare
-    assert '"$(uname -m)" != "x86_64"' in prepare
+    assert f"NEMO_RELAY_VERSION={minimum}" in swebench
+    assert '--install-dir "$FABRIC_BUNDLE/.relay/bin"' in swebench
 
 
 def test_harbor_calculator_setup_and_solution_fail_fast():
diff --git a/tests/python/test_installed_adapter_discovery.py b/tests/python/test_installed_adapter_discovery.py
index 61771b90..b2a02a50 100644
--- a/tests/python/test_installed_adapter_discovery.py
+++ b/tests/python/test_installed_adapter_discovery.py
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ def _python_sysconfig_path(python: Path, name: str) -> Path:
 @pytest.fixture(name="adapter_python")
 def adapter_python_fixture(tmp_path: Path) -> tuple[Path, Path]:
     adapter_env = tmp_path / "adapter-env"
-    venv.EnvBuilder(with_pip=False).create(adapter_env)
+    venv.EnvBuilder(with_pip=False, symlinks=os.name != "nt").create(adapter_env)
     python = adapter_env / ("Scripts/python.exe" if os.name == "nt" else "bin/python")
     data_root = _python_sysconfig_path(python, "data")
     descriptor = _write_descriptor(data_root, "configured.adapter")
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ def test_adapter_python_data_directory_replaces_current_data_directory(
     patch_sysconfig_data(current_data_root)
 
     adapter_env = tmp_path / "adapter-env"
-    venv.EnvBuilder(with_pip=False).create(adapter_env)
+    venv.EnvBuilder(with_pip=False, symlinks=os.name != "nt").create(adapter_env)
     adapter_python = adapter_env / (
         "Scripts/python.exe" if os.name == "nt" else "bin/python"
     )
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ def test_unset_harness_python_env_uses_sdk_interpreter(
 
 def test_adapter_python_data_path_query_times_out(tmp_path: Path):
     adapter_env = tmp_path / "slow-adapter-env"
-    venv.EnvBuilder(with_pip=False).create(adapter_env)
+    venv.EnvBuilder(with_pip=False, symlinks=os.name != "nt").create(adapter_env)
     adapter_python = adapter_env / (
         "Scripts/python.exe" if os.name == "nt" else "bin/python"
     )