diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/README.md b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/README.md
index d62a2cce..e899a5c2 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/README.md
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ Identical in every respect except:
 
 - `image: local-monolith-fips` instead of `local-monolith`
 - Compose project names are prefixed `local-monolith-fips-`, so a FIPS stack and a
-  normal stack can run side by side without sharing containers, volumes or networks
+  normal stack keep separate volumes. Both join the shared `semoss-net` network
+  (see [Shared network](../local-docker-compose/README.md#shared-network))
 - `init.sql` and `init-bucket.sh` are referenced from `../local-docker-compose/`
   rather than duplicated
 
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml
index ff292e9e..ae24b4d3 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ x-semoss-env: &semoss-env
   CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
   FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+  # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+  NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+  AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+  # semoss-maintained services, run from
+  # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+  UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+  NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
   # local master
   CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE: "postgres"
   CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -237,4 +246,8 @@ volumes:
   redis_data:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml
index ab7c40fe..3007a615 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml
@@ -28,6 +28,15 @@ x-semoss-env: &semoss-env
   CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
   FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+  # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+  NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+  AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+  # semoss-maintained services, run from
+  # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+  UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+  NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
   # local master
   CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE: "postgres"
   CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -226,4 +235,8 @@ volumes:
   zk_datalog:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml
index 33b2a595..357bf4c4 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ services:
       CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
       FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+      # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+      NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+      AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+      # semoss-maintained services, run from
+      # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+      UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+      NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
       # local master
       CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE : "postgres"
       CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -170,4 +179,8 @@ volumes:
   minio_data:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres.yml
index f188bf36..e90826dd 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose-fips/semoss-with-postgres.yml
@@ -36,6 +36,15 @@ services:
       CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
       FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+      # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+      NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+      AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+      # semoss-maintained services, run from
+      # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+      UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+      NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
       # local master
       CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE : "postgres"
       CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -147,4 +156,8 @@ volumes:
   pgdata:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/README.md b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/README.md
index 33a599ba..4fb11f5b 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/README.md
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/README.md
@@ -44,6 +44,30 @@ All four use `image: local-monolith` and the Postgres credentials
   client (`mc`) to create the `semoss` bucket. Used by every variant except the
   basic one.
 
+## Shared network
+
+Every variant joins the external Docker network `semoss-net`, the same one the
+[SEMOSS compose examples](../../../Semoss/docker-compose-examples/) use. A
+`local-monolith` stack and a stack on the published image therefore reach the
+same supporting containers by name:
+
+- the engines in `Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/` (Weaviate, Chroma,
+  pgvector, ClickHouse, MinIO, SFTP, mail, ...)
+- the services in `Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/`.
+  Every variant sets `UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'` and
+  `NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'`, so bringing those
+  up turns on document conversion and app builds.
+
+Create the network once (it persists until you delete it):
+
+```bash
+docker network create semoss-net
+```
+
+Both sets of stacks use the same container names (`semoss`, `postgres`,
+`minio`, ...), so run one SEMOSS stack at a time, local or published. The
+supporting containers can stay up across the switch.
+
 ## Usage
 
 After building `local-monolith`, from this directory choose one variant with `-f`:
@@ -101,3 +125,6 @@ ZooKeeper, `echo ruok | nc localhost 2181` should return `imok`.
   only - change the credentials and integrate an external SSO before exposing any
   of this.
 - Python is enabled (`NETTY_PYTHON` / `NATIVE_PY_SERVER`); R is off (`R_ON: 'false'`).
+- The node agent execution environment is on (`AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'`),
+  which registers the `ExecuteNodeCode` agent tool. The image already sets
+  `NODE_HOME=/opt/node`; the compose files set it as well so the path is visible.
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml
index ec7816ca..2a9eeebf 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-redis.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ x-semoss-env: &semoss-env
   CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
   FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+  # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+  NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+  AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+  # semoss-maintained services, run from
+  # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+  UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+  NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
   # local master
   CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE: "postgres"
   CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -233,4 +242,8 @@ volumes:
   redis_data:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml
index 2d23bbc6..459040d4 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio-zk.yml
@@ -24,6 +24,15 @@ x-semoss-env: &semoss-env
   CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
   FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+  # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+  NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+  AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+  # semoss-maintained services, run from
+  # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+  UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+  NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
   # local master
   CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE: "postgres"
   CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -222,4 +231,8 @@ volumes:
   zk_datalog:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml
index a08f69fe..139c57c5 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres-minio.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,15 @@ services:
       CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
       FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+      # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+      NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+      AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+      # semoss-maintained services, run from
+      # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+      UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+      NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
       # local master
       CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE : "postgres"
       CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -166,4 +175,8 @@ volumes:
   minio_data:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net
diff --git a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres.yml b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres.yml
index f02133f2..6b283e08 100644
--- a/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres.yml
+++ b/local-docker-testing/local-docker-compose/semoss-with-postgres.yml
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ services:
       NETTY_PYTHON: 'true'
       NATIVE_PY_SERVER: 'true'
       SMSS_PYTHONHOME: /usr/lib/python/semossvenv
-
-      NODE_HOME: /opt/node
-      AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
       R_ON: 'false'
       MODEL_INFERENCE_LOGS_ENABLED: 'true'
       USER_TRACKING_ENABLED: 'true'
@@ -35,6 +32,15 @@ services:
       CHROOT_SYMLINK_PATHS: /usr/lib/python
       FAKECHROOT_EXCLUDE_PATH: /dev
 
+      # node agent execution environment (ExecuteNodeCode agent tool)
+      NODE_HOME: /opt/node
+      AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE: 'true'
+
+      # semoss-maintained services, run from
+      # Semoss/docker-compose-examples/engines/semoss-maintained/
+      UNOSERVER: 'http://semoss-unoserver:8080'
+      NODE_SERVER_ENDPOINT: 'http://semoss-node-builder:3000'
+
       # local master
       CUSTOM_LM_RDBMS_TYPE : "postgres"
       CUSTOM_LM_DRIVER: "org.postgresql.Driver"
@@ -100,7 +106,7 @@ services:
       CUSTOM_AUDITLOGS_PASSWORD: "mypassword"
       CUSTOM_AUDITLOGS_CONNECTION_URL: "jdbc:postgresql://db:5432/semoss_audit?currentSchema=public"
 
-    command: /bin/bash -c "sed -i 's@^AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE.*@AGENT_DEFAULT_TOOLS_ENABLE_NODE\ttrue@' /opt/semosshome/RDF_Map.prop && runCS.sh"
+    command: /bin/bash -c "runCS.sh"
     depends_on:
       db:
         condition: service_healthy
@@ -147,4 +153,8 @@ volumes:
   pgdata:
 
 networks:
+  # the same network as Semoss/docker-compose-examples, so this stack reaches the
+  # engines/ and engines/semoss-maintained/ services there by container name
   mynetwork:
+    external: true
+    name: semoss-net