diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f271cdd..a202782 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,83 +2,41 @@
 <project xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    
     <parent>
-        <groupId>com.embabel.build</groupId>
-        <artifactId>embabel-build-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-boot-starter-parent</artifactId>
+        <version>3.5.0</version>
+        <relativePath/> <!-- Lookup parent from repository -->
     </parent>
     <groupId>com.embabel.template</groupId>
     <artifactId>ProjectName</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>My first agent</name>
     <description>Generated agent project</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <embabel-common.version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</embabel-common.version>
-        <embabel-agent-api.version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</embabel-agent-api.version>
-        <examples-common.version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</examples-common.version>
-
+        <java.version>21</java.version>
+        <embabel-agent.version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</embabel-agent.version>
     </properties>
 
-    <!-- Embabel BOM(s) -->
-    <dependencyManagement>
-        <dependencies>
-            <!-- Embabel Agent BOM -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.embabel.agent</groupId>
-                <artifactId>embabel-agent-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${embabel-agent-api.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <!-- Embabel Common BOM -->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.embabel.common</groupId>
-                <artifactId>embabel-common-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${embabel-common.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-            <!-- Embabel Common BOM For Unit Tests-->
-            <dependency>
-                <groupId>com.embabel.common</groupId>
-                <artifactId>embabel-common-test-dependencies</artifactId>
-                <version>${embabel-common.version}</version>
-                <type>pom</type>
-                <scope>import</scope>
-            </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-    </dependencyManagement>
-
     <dependencies>
 
+        <!-- Main Dependencies --> 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.embabel.agent</groupId>
-            <artifactId>embabel-agent-api</artifactId>
+            <artifactId>embabel-agent-starter</artifactId>
+            <version>${embabel-agent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.embabel.agent</groupId>
             <artifactId>embabel-agent-test</artifactId>
+            <version>${embabel-agent.version}</version>
         </dependency>
 
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.embabel.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>embabel-common-core</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.embabel.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>embabel-common-util</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.embabel.common</groupId>
-            <artifactId>embabel-common-ai</artifactId>
-        </dependency>
-
+        
         <!-- Unit and Integration Testing -->
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
@@ -86,32 +44,14 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
-
-
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- Production Build Plugins -->
-
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
                 <artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <!-- Testing and Quality Build Plugins -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            
+            </plugin>   
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/embabel/template/ProjectNameApplication.java b/src/main/java/com/embabel/template/ProjectNameApplication.java
index 6d32326..bd8a71a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/embabel/template/ProjectNameApplication.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/embabel/template/ProjectNameApplication.java
@@ -15,33 +15,11 @@
  */
 package com.embabel.template;
 
-import com.embabel.common.util.WinUtils;
 import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
-import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationPropertiesScan;
 
-@SpringBootApplication(
-        scanBasePackages = {
-                "com.embabel.agent",
-                "com.embabel.template"
-        }
-)
-@ConfigurationPropertiesScan(
-        basePackages = {
-                "com.embabel.agent",
-                "com.embabel.template"
-        }
-)
+@SpringBootApplication
 class ProjectNameApplication {
-
-    static {
-        if (WinUtils.IS_OS_WINDOWS()) {
-            // Set console to UTF-8 on Windows
-            // This is necessary to display non-ASCII characters correctly
-            WinUtils.CHCP_TO_UTF8();
-        }
-    }
-
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         SpringApplication.run(ProjectNameApplication.class, args);
     }