diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 34b22e3..a51be54 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -8545,6 +8545,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
  "tokio-test",
  "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
  "uuid",
  "which",
  "xxhash-rust",
@@ -8632,9 +8633,9 @@ checksum = "13c2bddecc57b384dee18652358fb23172facb8a2c51ccc10d74c157bdea3292"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "surrealdb"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "2679904b834ec4481a5305c5ac5ab68c0b6c8e3538e744c40b5a9b9867d3f5fa"
+checksum = "62b7720b39ce2985efbfa10858b7397ffd95655a9bab6d9dfaa03622bbdc3bc2"
 dependencies = [
  "arrayvec",
  "async-channel",
@@ -8674,9 +8675,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "surrealdb-core"
-version = "2.5.0"
+version = "2.6.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "3e764f99f016ddfaedafc9c777a830b371a1b2e536b5d146a1ef69674e041ed6"
+checksum = "c48e42c81713be2f9b3dae64328999eafe8b8060dd584059445a908748b39787"
 dependencies = [
  "addr",
  "affinitypool",
@@ -8706,6 +8707,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "geo 0.28.0",
  "geo-types",
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
+ "hashbrown 0.14.5",
  "hex",
  "http 1.4.0",
  "ipnet",
@@ -9731,9 +9733,9 @@ checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
-version = "1.19.0"
+version = "1.20.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "e2e054861b4bd027cd373e18e8d8d8e6548085000e41290d95ce0c373a654b4a"
+checksum = "ee48d38b119b0cd71fe4141b30f5ba9c7c5d9f4e7a3a8b4a674e4b6ef789976f"
 dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.4",
  "js-sys",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f72e94e..70b0e62 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ fastembed = "5.8"
 
 # Vector storage
 lancedb = "0.23"
-surrealdb = { version = "2.5", features = ["kv-mem"] }
+surrealdb = { version = "2.6", features = ["kv-mem"] }
 # LOCKED: Arrow 56.x required for LanceDB 0.23 compatibility
 # LanceDB 0.23 uses Arrow 56.2.0 internally - Arrow 57 breaks API compatibility
 # DO NOT upgrade to Arrow 57 until LanceDB supports it
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ prometheus = "0.14"
 xxhash-rust = { version = "0.8", features = ["xxh3"] }
 dirs = "6.0"
 chrono = "0.4"
-uuid = "1.19"
+uuid = "1.20"
 which = "8.0"
 
 # Testing
diff --git a/crates/stratum-llm/Cargo.toml b/crates/stratum-llm/Cargo.toml
index bf54f01..e1371be 100644
--- a/crates/stratum-llm/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/stratum-llm/Cargo.toml
@@ -63,3 +63,4 @@ all = [
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tokio-test = { workspace = true }
+tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/stratum-llm/examples/fallback_demo.rs b/crates/stratum-llm/examples/fallback_demo.rs
index f07420b..d587a44 100644
--- a/crates/stratum-llm/examples/fallback_demo.rs
+++ b/crates/stratum-llm/examples/fallback_demo.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use stratum_llm::{FallbackStrategy, Message, Role, UnifiedClient};
+use stratum_llm::{Message, Role, UnifiedClient};
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
diff --git a/justfiles/ci.just b/justfiles/ci.just
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac875da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfiles/ci.just
@@ -0,0 +1,196 @@
+# CI/CD Just Recipes
+# Generated by dev-system/ci - Dynamic template
+# Provides `just` recipes for running CI checks locally
+# Based on detected languages and enabled tools
+
+# Show CI help
+[doc("Show ci help")]
+help:
+    @echo "CI/CD Just Recipes"
+    @echo ""
+    @echo "Main Commands:"
+    @echo "  just ci-full          - Run all CI checks"
+    @echo "  just ci-fmt           - Format code"
+    @echo "  just ci-lint          - Run all linting checks"
+    @echo "  just ci-test          - Run all tests"
+    @echo "  just ci-audit         - Run security audits"
+    @echo ""
+    @echo "Language-Specific:"
+    @echo "  just ci-lint-rust     - Lint Rust (clippy)"
+    @echo "  just ci-fmt-toml      - Check TOML formatting"
+    @echo "  just ci-lint-toml     - Lint TOML files (taplo)"
+    @echo "  just ci-lint-nickel   - Type check Nickel"
+    @echo "  just ci-lint-markdown - Lint Markdown (markdownlint-cli2)"
+    @echo "  just ci-lint-prose    - Lint prose (Vale)"
+    @echo ""
+    @echo "Other:"
+    @echo "  just ci-sbom          - Generate SBOM"
+    @echo "  just ci-test-coverage - Run tests with coverage"
+    @echo "  just setup-hooks      - Install pre-commit hooks"
+    @echo "  just hooks-run-all    - Run pre-commit on all files"
+    @echo "  just clean            - Clean build artifacts"
+
+# Run all CI checks
+ci-full: ci-lint-rust ci-fmt-toml ci-lint-toml ci-lint-nickel ci-lint-markdown ci-lint-prose ci-test ci-audit
+    @echo "✅ All CI checks passed!"
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Formatting Checks
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Check Rust code formatting
+ci-fmt:
+    @echo "📝 Checking Rust code formatting..."
+    cargo fmt --all -- --check
+# Check TOML file formatting
+ci-fmt-toml:
+    @echo "📝 Checking TOML formatting..."
+    @command -v taplo >/dev/null || (echo "❌ taplo not installed: cargo install taplo-cli"; exit 1)
+    taplo format --check
+
+
+# Format all code
+fmt:
+    @echo "🎨 Formatting code..."
+    cargo fmt --all
+    just fmt-toml
+
+# Format TOML files
+fmt-toml:
+    @echo "🎨 Formatting TOML files..."
+    @command -v taplo >/dev/null || (echo "❌ taplo not installed: cargo install taplo-cli"; exit 1)
+    taplo format
+# ==============================================================================
+# Linting
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Run all linting checks
+ci-lint: ci-lint-rust ci-lint-toml ci-lint-nickel ci-lint-markdown ci-lint-prose 
+    @echo "✅ All lint checks passed!"
+
+# Lint Rust code
+ci-lint-rust:
+    @echo "🔍 Linting Rust (clippy)..."
+    cargo clippy --all-targets --all-features -- -D warnings
+# Lint TOML files
+ci-lint-toml:
+    @echo "🔍 Linting TOML files..."
+    @command -v taplo >/dev/null || (echo "❌ taplo not installed: cargo install taplo-cli"; exit 1)
+    taplo lint
+
+# Lint Nickel schemas
+ci-lint-nickel:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    echo "🔍 Type checking Nickel..."
+    SCHEMAS=$(find . -name "*.ncl" -type f \
+      ! -path "./target/*" \
+      ! -path "./.git/*" \
+      ! -path "./node_modules/*" \
+      | head -20)
+    if [ -z "$SCHEMAS" ]; then
+        echo "  ℹ️  No Nickel schemas found"
+        exit 0
+    fi
+    export NICKEL_IMPORT_PATH="/Users/Akasha/Tools/dev-system/ci/schemas:/Users/Akasha/Tools/dev-system/ci/validators:/Users/Akasha/Tools/dev-system/ci/defaults:."
+    for schema in $SCHEMAS; do
+        echo "  Checking: $schema"
+        nickel typecheck "$schema" || exit 1
+    done
+    echo "  ✓ All Nickel schemas valid"
+
+# Lint Markdown files
+ci-lint-markdown:
+    @echo "🔍 Linting Markdown files..."
+    @command -v markdownlint-cli2 >/dev/null || (echo "❌ markdownlint-cli2 not installed: npm install markdownlint-cli2"; exit 1)
+    markdownlint-cli2 "**/*.md" "#node_modules" "#.git"
+# Lint prose/documentation
+ci-lint-prose:
+    @echo "🔍 Linting prose with Vale..."
+    @command -v vale >/dev/null || (echo "❌ vale not installed: brew install vale"; exit 1)
+    vale sync
+    vale .
+
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Testing
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Run all tests
+ci-test:
+    @echo "🧪 Running tests..."
+    cargo test --workspace --all-features
+
+# Run tests with coverage (requires cargo-llvm-cov)
+ci-test-coverage:
+    @echo "📊 Running tests with coverage..."
+    cargo llvm-cov --all-features --lcov --output-path lcov.info
+
+
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Security Auditing
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Run all security audits
+ci-audit: ci-audit-rust
+    @echo "✅ All security audits passed!"
+
+# Audit Rust dependencies
+ci-audit-rust:
+    @echo "🔒 Auditing Rust dependencies..."
+    cargo audit
+    cargo deny check licenses
+    cargo deny check advisories
+
+# Generate SBOM
+ci-sbom:
+    @echo "📦 Generating Software Bill of Materials..."
+    cargo sbom > sbom.json
+    @echo "✓ SBOM generated: sbom.json"
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Documentation
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Generate documentation
+docs:
+    @echo "📚 Generating documentation..."
+    cargo doc --no-deps --open
+
+# Check documentation
+ci-docs:
+    @echo "📚 Checking documentation..."
+    cargo doc --no-deps --document-private-items 2>&1 | grep -i "warning:" && exit 1 || true
+    @echo "✓ Documentation check passed"
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Pre-commit Setup
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Install pre-commit hooks
+setup-hooks:
+    @echo "🪝 Installing pre-commit hooks..."
+    @if command -v pre-commit &> /dev/null; then \
+        pre-commit install && pre-commit install --hook-type pre-push; \
+        echo "✓ Pre-commit hooks installed"; \
+    else \
+        echo "❌ pre-commit not found. Install with: pip install pre-commit"; \
+        exit 1; \
+    fi
+
+# Run pre-commit on all files
+hooks-run-all:
+    @echo "🪝 Running pre-commit on all files..."
+    pre-commit run --all-files
+
+# ==============================================================================
+# Utility Commands
+# ==============================================================================
+
+# Clean build artifacts
+clean:
+    @echo "🧹 Cleaning..."
+    cargo clean
+    rm -rf target/
+    rm -f sbom.json lcov.info