diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/dashboard.py b/agent-team/agent_team/dashboard.py
index 69f5711..2fd5179 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/dashboard.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/dashboard.py
@@ -55,7 +55,11 @@ _WAITING_STATUSES = frozenset({"waiting_human"})
 _PARKED_STATUSES = frozenset({"parked", "failed"})
 
 # Map a topology node id back to the budget_ledger ``stage`` key for cost join.
-# Most node ids equal their stage; the P3 build/verify vertices differ.
+# Most node ids equal their stage; the P3 build/verify vertices differ. The
+# Confluence vertices (conf_draft / conf_gate / conf_write) need NO entry — their
+# node id already equals both their Phase value and their ledger stage key, so the
+# identity fallback (``_NODE_TO_STAGE.get(node_id, node_id)``) resolves them and
+# they render on the timeline like any other stage.
 _NODE_TO_STAGE = {"build_node": "build", "verify_node": "verify"}
 
 
diff --git a/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/confluence_writer.py b/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/confluence_writer.py
index 688ff6c..e63d7da 100644
--- a/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/confluence_writer.py
+++ b/agent-team/agent_team/nodes/confluence_writer.py
@@ -94,24 +94,30 @@ except Exception:  # noqa: BLE001 - graph may not define it yet on this branch
 # always terminates.
 MAX_CONFLUENCE_GATE_VISITS = 3
 
-# Per-call turn headroom + budget for the AGENTIC draft call. The subscription
-# invoker defaults to single-shot (max_turns=1), which an agentic repo-inspecting
-# call exhausts before it can finish ("Reached maximum number of turns (1)"; PR
-# #61 / issue #60). This call READS the repo to write accurate docs, so it needs
-# real turns and a READ-ONLY toolset — it emits the draft as DATA and writes
-# nothing, so no Edit/Write/Bash.
-_DRAFT_MAX_TURNS = 8
-_DRAFT_ALLOWED_TOOLS: tuple[str, ...] = ("Read", "Grep", "Glob")
-_DRAFT_BUDGET_USD = 4.0
+# Per-call turn headroom for the draft call. This is a reasoning->JSON node (it
+# turns the task/plan/diff already in state into a documentation draft), so it
+# follows the SAME shape as the planner/clarifier: a few turns, NO tools. The
+# subscription invoker's single-shot default (max_turns=1) crashes the reasoning
+# nodes ("Reached maximum number of turns (1)"), so the planner uses max_turns=4;
+# we match it.
+#
+# Deliberately NOT agentic + NOT tool-using: the merged #60 fix (PR #61) proved
+# live that giving a generative node read-only tools + a higher turn cap just
+# moves the failure — the tool session exhausts the cap reading files before it
+# emits output, or returns narration instead of the artifact (observed at
+# max_turns=8). The lesson (memory feedback_claude_sdk_single_shot): reasoning
+# nodes run tools-off; any repo context the draft needs is gathered
+# deterministically INTO the prompt (build_confluence_prompt folds in plan +
+# candidate_diff), never via Claude tool calls.
+_DRAFT_MAX_TURNS = 4
 
-# Phase .value strings this stage routes on. The graph wires vertices that read
-# these; kept as Phase members so a future dedicated Phase enum value is a
-# one-line swap. Until the foundation adds CONF_* members the stage reuses the
-# closest existing phases (VERIFY/BUILD/DONE/PARKED) for routing — the graph-agent
-# repoints these if dedicated phases are introduced.
-CONF_DRAFT_PHASE = Phase.VERIFY.value
-CONF_GATE_PHASE = Phase.REVIEW.value
-CONF_WRITE_PHASE = Phase.BUILD.value
+# Phase .value strings this stage routes on. Now that task_model defines dedicated
+# CONF_* phases, the stage records them directly (durable current_phase reflects
+# the real lane in the ledger / transitions / dashboard instead of borrowing
+# VERIFY/REVIEW/BUILD).
+CONF_DRAFT_PHASE = Phase.CONF_DRAFT.value
+CONF_GATE_PHASE = Phase.CONF_GATE.value
+CONF_WRITE_PHASE = Phase.CONF_WRITE.value
 CONF_DONE_PHASE = Phase.DONE.value
 
 # Disjoint namespace base for the Confluence gate's stable ``turn`` derivation.
@@ -235,17 +241,17 @@ def _conf_approval_question_set(
 def conf_draft_node(
     state: PipelineState, config: dict[str, Any] | None = None
 ) -> PipelineState:
-    """CONF_DRAFT stage: agentic repo inspection -> Confluence draft (as DATA).
+    """CONF_DRAFT stage: reasoning over in-state context -> Confluence draft (as DATA).
 
     Builds the draft prompt (Flow A from ``state['task']``; Flow B folding in
     ``plan`` + ``candidate_diff`` + repo name; ``confluence_feedback`` folded in
-    on a ``request_changes`` loop-back), then makes ONE **agentic** Claude call
-    that may READ the repository to write accurate docs. The call is pinned to a
-    READ-ONLY toolset (``Read``/``Grep``/``Glob``), ``max_turns=8``, and a
-    ``budget_usd`` cap — the agentic-config rationale builders use (PR #61 /
-    issue #60: single-shot defaults die with "Reached maximum number of turns
-    (1)"). The node emits the draft as DATA and writes NOTHING to the repo, so no
-    Edit/Write/Bash tool is granted.
+    on a ``request_changes`` loop-back), then makes ONE single-shot, **tool-less**
+    Claude call (``max_turns=4``) that turns that context into a documentation
+    draft. This is a reasoning->JSON node like the planner: it does NOT read the
+    repository agentically — the merged #60 fix (PR #61) proved live that handing
+    a generative node read-only tools just exhausts the turn cap or returns
+    narration. Any repo context the draft needs is folded into the prompt by
+    :func:`build_confluence_prompt`, never fetched via tools.
 
     Returns a **partial** :class:`PipelineState`: the parsed ``confluence_draft``
     plus the phase advanced to the Confluence gate and ``status`` ACTIVE.
@@ -259,8 +265,6 @@ def conf_draft_node(
         prompt,
         config=config,
         max_turns=_DRAFT_MAX_TURNS,
-        allowed_tools=list(_DRAFT_ALLOWED_TOOLS),
-        budget_usd=_DRAFT_BUDGET_USD,
     )
     draft = parse_confluence_reply(result.text)
 
diff --git a/agent-team/tests/test_confluence_writer.py b/agent-team/tests/test_confluence_writer.py
index 49c6407..f448ae4 100644
--- a/agent-team/tests/test_confluence_writer.py
+++ b/agent-team/tests/test_confluence_writer.py
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@
 
 Covers the three LangGraph nodes plus the conditional-edge router:
 
-* :func:`conf_draft_node` — the AGENTIC draft call. Pins the PR #61 contract:
-  ``max_turns > 1`` and a READ-ONLY toolset (Read/Grep/Glob, NO Edit/Write/Bash).
+* :func:`conf_draft_node` — the reasoning->JSON draft call. Pins the post-#60
+  contract: a small turn headroom (``max_turns == 4``, like the planner) and
+  TOOLS-OFF (no allowed_tools / budget) — the high-cap + read-only-tools approach
+  was reverted live in PR #61 (feedback_claude_sdk_single_shot).
 * :func:`conf_gate_node` — the resumable human gate. Driven through a real
   in-memory LangGraph (interrupt + ``Command(resume=...)``) to assert the
   interrupt payload ``kind`` and the approve / request_changes / abandon /
@@ -204,28 +206,24 @@ def test_conf_draft_node_builds_draft_and_advances_to_gate() -> None:
     assert out["confluence_draft"]["page_id"] == "1540098"
 
 
-def test_conf_draft_node_passes_agentic_max_turns() -> None:
-    # PR #61: single-shot defaults die with "Reached maximum number of turns (1)";
-    # the agentic draft call must request real turn headroom (> 1).
+def test_conf_draft_node_passes_reasoning_turn_headroom() -> None:
+    # The single-shot default (max_turns=1) crashes reasoning nodes; the draft
+    # asks for the same small headroom the planner uses (4) — NOT a high agentic
+    # cap (the merged #60 fix / PR #61 reverted the high-cap + tools approach).
     calls = _bind_invoker(json.dumps(_VALID_DRAFT))
     conf_draft_node(_state(task="x"))
-    assert calls[0]["kw"].get("max_turns", 1) > 1
+    assert calls[0]["kw"].get("max_turns", 1) == 4
 
 
-def test_conf_draft_node_grants_only_read_only_tools() -> None:
-    # The draft emits DATA and writes nothing, so it gets a READ-ONLY toolset:
-    # Read/Grep/Glob present, and NO Edit/Write/Bash (the load-bearing pin).
+def test_conf_draft_node_runs_tools_off() -> None:
+    # Load-bearing pin (memory feedback_claude_sdk_single_shot): the draft is a
+    # reasoning->JSON node and must run TOOLS-OFF. Giving it repo tools was proven
+    # live to exhaust the turn cap / return narration (#60). Any repo context goes
+    # INTO the prompt, never via Claude tools — so no allowed_tools, no budget.
     calls = _bind_invoker(json.dumps(_VALID_DRAFT))
     conf_draft_node(_state(task="x"))
-    tools = set(calls[0]["kw"].get("allowed_tools") or [])
-    assert {"Read", "Grep", "Glob"} <= tools
-    assert tools.isdisjoint({"Edit", "Write", "Bash", "MultiEdit", "NotebookEdit"})
-
-
-def test_conf_draft_node_passes_budget_cap() -> None:
-    calls = _bind_invoker(json.dumps(_VALID_DRAFT))
-    conf_draft_node(_state(task="x"))
-    assert isinstance(calls[0]["kw"].get("budget_usd"), (int, float))
+    assert not calls[0]["kw"].get("allowed_tools")
+    assert "budget_usd" not in calls[0]["kw"]
 
 
 def test_conf_draft_node_forwards_config_to_billing_seam() -> None: