diff --git a/default-task-profile-templates.js b/default-task-profile-templates.js
index 8cdd4e6..647fbaa 100644
--- a/default-task-profile-templates.js
+++ b/default-task-profile-templates.js
@@ -191,12 +191,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_TASK_PROFILE_TEMPLATES = {
       "stages": {
         "input.userMessage": true,
         "input.recentMessages": true,
-        "input.candidateText": true,
-        "input.finalPrompt": true,
-        "output.rawResponse": true,
-        "output.beforeParse": true,
+        "input.candidateText": false,
+        "input.finalPrompt": false,
+        "output.rawResponse": false,
+        "output.beforeParse": false,
         "input": true,
-        "output": true
+        "output": false
       },
       "localRules": []
     },
@@ -395,12 +395,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_TASK_PROFILE_TEMPLATES = {
       "stages": {
         "input.userMessage": true,
         "input.recentMessages": true,
-        "input.candidateText": true,
-        "input.finalPrompt": true,
-        "output.rawResponse": true,
-        "output.beforeParse": true,
+        "input.candidateText": false,
+        "input.finalPrompt": false,
+        "output.rawResponse": false,
+        "output.beforeParse": false,
         "input": true,
-        "output": true
+        "output": false
       },
       "localRules": []
     },
@@ -575,12 +575,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_TASK_PROFILE_TEMPLATES = {
       "stages": {
         "input.userMessage": true,
         "input.recentMessages": true,
-        "input.candidateText": true,
-        "input.finalPrompt": true,
-        "output.rawResponse": true,
-        "output.beforeParse": true,
+        "input.candidateText": false,
+        "input.finalPrompt": false,
+        "output.rawResponse": false,
+        "output.beforeParse": false,
         "input": true,
-        "output": true
+        "output": false
       },
       "localRules": []
     },
@@ -767,12 +767,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_TASK_PROFILE_TEMPLATES = {
       "stages": {
         "input.userMessage": true,
         "input.recentMessages": true,
-        "input.candidateText": true,
-        "input.finalPrompt": true,
-        "output.rawResponse": true,
-        "output.beforeParse": true,
+        "input.candidateText": false,
+        "input.finalPrompt": false,
+        "output.rawResponse": false,
+        "output.beforeParse": false,
         "input": true,
-        "output": true
+        "output": false
       },
       "localRules": []
     },
@@ -971,12 +971,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_TASK_PROFILE_TEMPLATES = {
       "stages": {
         "input.userMessage": true,
         "input.recentMessages": true,
-        "input.candidateText": true,
-        "input.finalPrompt": true,
-        "output.rawResponse": true,
-        "output.beforeParse": true,
+        "input.candidateText": false,
+        "input.finalPrompt": false,
+        "output.rawResponse": false,
+        "output.beforeParse": false,
         "input": true,
-        "output": true
+        "output": false
       },
       "localRules": []
     },
@@ -1187,12 +1187,12 @@ export const DEFAULT_TASK_PROFILE_TEMPLATES = {
       "stages": {
         "input.userMessage": true,
         "input.recentMessages": true,
-        "input.candidateText": true,
-        "input.finalPrompt": true,
-        "output.rawResponse": true,
-        "output.beforeParse": true,
+        "input.candidateText": false,
+        "input.finalPrompt": false,
+        "output.rawResponse": false,
+        "output.beforeParse": false,
         "input": true,
-        "output": true
+        "output": false
       },
       "localRules": []
     },
diff --git a/prompt-profiles.js b/prompt-profiles.js
index 409bcbe..8cedb9e 100644
--- a/prompt-profiles.js
+++ b/prompt-profiles.js
@@ -620,10 +620,11 @@ const TASK_REGEX_STAGE_GROUPS = Object.freeze({
 const DEFAULT_TASK_REGEX_STAGES = Object.freeze({
   "input.userMessage": true,
   "input.recentMessages": true,
-  "input.candidateText": true,
-  "input.finalPrompt": true,
-  "output.rawResponse": true,
-  "output.beforeParse": true,
+  "input.candidateText": false,
+  "input.finalPrompt": false,
+  "output.rawResponse": false,
+  "output.beforeParse": false,
+  output: false,
 });
 
 function normalizeRegexStageKey(stageKey = "") {
diff --git a/tests/task-regex.mjs b/tests/task-regex.mjs
index df0c742..ca15fc8 100644
--- a/tests/task-regex.mjs
+++ b/tests/task-regex.mjs
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ try {
     defaultProfiles.extract?.profiles?.[0]?.regex?.stages || {};
   assert.equal(
     isTaskRegexStageEnabled(defaultExtractStages, "input.finalPrompt"),
-    true,
+    false,
   );
   assert.equal(
     isTaskRegexStageEnabled(defaultExtractStages, "input.userMessage"),
@@ -211,15 +211,19 @@ try {
   );
   assert.equal(
     isTaskRegexStageEnabled(defaultExtractStages, "input.candidateText"),
-    true,
+    false,
   );
   assert.equal(
     isTaskRegexStageEnabled(defaultExtractStages, "output.rawResponse"),
-    true,
+    false,
   );
   assert.equal(
     isTaskRegexStageEnabled(defaultExtractStages, "output.beforeParse"),
-    true,
+    false,
+  );
+  assert.equal(
+    isTaskRegexStageEnabled(defaultExtractStages, "output"),
+    false,
   );
 
   const normalizedLegacyOnlyProfile = normalizeTaskProfile(