diff --git a/apps/content/docs/openapi/integrations/implement-contract-in-nest.md b/apps/content/docs/openapi/integrations/implement-contract-in-nest.md
index 3fc378e55..ac91ce3cb 100644
--- a/apps/content/docs/openapi/integrations/implement-contract-in-nest.md
+++ b/apps/content/docs/openapi/integrations/implement-contract-in-nest.md
@@ -223,18 +223,36 @@ Configure the `@orpc/nest` module by importing `ORPCModule` in your NestJS appli
 import { REQUEST } from '@nestjs/core'
 import { onError, ORPCModule } from '@orpc/nest'
 import { Request } from 'express' // if you use express adapter
+import { experimental_SmartCoercionPlugin as SmartCoercionPlugin } from '@orpc/json-schema'
+import { ZodToJsonSchemaConverter } from '@orpc/zod/zod4'
+
+declare module '@orpc/nest' {
+  /**
+   * Extend oRPC global context to make it type-safe inside your handlers/middlewares
+   */
+  interface ORPCGlobalContext {
+    request: Request
+  }
+}
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
-    ORPCModule.forRootAsync({ // or .forRoot
+    ORPCModule.forRootAsync({ // use forRoot for static configuration
       useFactory: (request: Request) => ({
+        context: { request }, // oRPC context, accessible from middlewares, etc.
+        eventIteratorKeepAliveInterval: 5000, // 5 seconds
         interceptors: [
           onError((error) => {
             console.error(error)
           }),
         ],
-        context: { request }, // oRPC context, accessible from middlewares, etc.
-        eventIteratorKeepAliveInterval: 5000, // 5 seconds
+        plugins: [
+          new SmartCoercionPlugin({
+            schemaConverters: [
+              new ZodToJsonSchemaConverter(),
+            ],
+          }),
+        ],
       }),
       inject: [REQUEST],
     }),
@@ -244,10 +262,7 @@ export class AppModule {}
 ```
 
 ::: info
-
-- **`interceptors`** - [Server-side client interceptors](/docs/client/server-side#lifecycle) for intercepting input, output, and errors.
-- **`eventIteratorKeepAliveInterval`** - Keep-alive interval for event streams (see [Event Iterator Keep Alive](/docs/rpc-handler#event-iterator-keep-alive))
-
+These configurations are optional and support most options available in [OpenAPIHandler](/docs/openapi/openapi-handler).
 :::
 
 ## Create a Type-Safe Client
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/implement.test.ts b/packages/nest/src/implement.test.ts
index 9dd5f9185..59b0906dd 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/implement.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nest/src/implement.test.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { REQUEST } from '@nestjs/core'
 import { FastifyAdapter } from '@nestjs/platform-fastify'
 import { Test } from '@nestjs/testing'
 import { oc, ORPCError } from '@orpc/contract'
+import * as StandardOpenAPIClientModule from '@orpc/openapi-client/standard'
 import { implement, lazy } from '@orpc/server'
 import * as StandardServerNode from '@orpc/standard-server-node'
 import supertest from 'supertest'
@@ -15,6 +16,15 @@ import * as z from 'zod'
 import { Implement } from './implement'
 import { ORPCModule } from './module'
 
+vi.mock('@orpc/openapi-client/standard', async (importActual) => {
+  const actual = await importActual<any>()
+  return {
+    ...actual,
+    StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer: vi.fn().mockImplementation((...args: any[]) => new actual.StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer(...args)),
+    StandardBracketNotationSerializer: vi.fn().mockImplementation((...args: any[]) => new actual.StandardBracketNotationSerializer(...args)),
+  }
+})
+
 const sendStandardResponseSpy = vi.spyOn(StandardServerNode, 'sendStandardResponse')
 
 beforeEach(() => {
@@ -387,11 +397,21 @@ describe('@Implement', async () => {
 
   it('works with ORPCModule.forRoot', async () => {
     const interceptor = vi.fn(({ next }) => next())
+    const interceptors = [interceptor]
+    const customJsonSerializers = [
+      {
+        condition: (data: unknown) => data === 'special',
+        serialize: () => 'SPECIAL_SERIALIZED',
+      },
+    ]
     const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
       imports: [
         ORPCModule.forRoot({
-          interceptors: [interceptor],
+          interceptors,
+          context: { customValue: 42 },
           eventIteratorKeepAliveComment: '__TEST__',
+          customJsonSerializers,
+          maxBracketNotationArrayIndex: 9404,
         }),
       ],
       controllers: [ImplProcedureController],
@@ -410,7 +430,18 @@ describe('@Implement', async () => {
     expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(200)
     expect(res.body).toEqual('pong')
 
+    expect(StandardOpenAPIClientModule.StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      customJsonSerializers,
+    }))
+    // make sure the config object is cloned internally
+    expect(vi.mocked(StandardOpenAPIClientModule.StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer).mock.calls[0]![0]?.customJsonSerializers).not.toBe(customJsonSerializers)
+
+    expect(StandardOpenAPIClientModule.StandardBracketNotationSerializer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      maxBracketNotationArrayIndex: 9404,
+    }))
+
     expect(interceptor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+    expect(interceptor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ context: { customValue: 42 } }))
     expect(sendStandardResponseSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(sendStandardResponseSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.anything(), expect.anything(), expect.objectContaining({
       eventIteratorKeepAliveComment: '__TEST__',
@@ -419,15 +450,22 @@ describe('@Implement', async () => {
 
   it('works with ORPCModule.forRootAsync', async () => {
     const interceptor = vi.fn(({ next }) => next())
+    const interceptors = [interceptor]
+    const customJsonSerializers = [
+      {
+        condition: (data: unknown) => data === 'special',
+        serialize: () => 'SPECIAL_SERIALIZED',
+      },
+    ]
     const moduleRef = await Test.createTestingModule({
       imports: [
         ORPCModule.forRootAsync({
           useFactory: async (request: Request) => ({
-            interceptors: [interceptor],
+            interceptors,
             eventIteratorKeepAliveComment: '__TEST__',
-            context: {
-              request,
-            },
+            context: { request, customValue: 42 },
+            customJsonSerializers,
+            maxBracketNotationArrayIndex: 23979,
           }),
           inject: [REQUEST],
         }),
@@ -448,6 +486,16 @@ describe('@Implement', async () => {
     expect(res.statusCode).toEqual(200)
     expect(res.body).toEqual('pong')
 
+    expect(StandardOpenAPIClientModule.StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      customJsonSerializers,
+    }))
+    // make sure the config object is cloned internally
+    expect(vi.mocked(StandardOpenAPIClientModule.StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer).mock.calls[0]![0]?.customJsonSerializers).not.toBe(customJsonSerializers)
+
+    expect(StandardOpenAPIClientModule.StandardBracketNotationSerializer).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
+      maxBracketNotationArrayIndex: 23979,
+    }))
+
     expect(interceptor).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
     expect(interceptor).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({
       context: expect.objectContaining({
@@ -457,6 +505,7 @@ describe('@Implement', async () => {
             'x-custom': 'value',
           }),
         }),
+        customValue: 42,
       }),
     }))
     expect(sendStandardResponseSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/implement.ts b/packages/nest/src/implement.ts
index 0bc923fbe..c0c0cbc7a 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/implement.ts
+++ b/packages/nest/src/implement.ts
@@ -3,19 +3,17 @@ import type { ContractRouter } from '@orpc/contract'
 import type { Router } from '@orpc/server'
 import type { StandardParams } from '@orpc/server/standard'
 import type { Promisable } from '@orpc/shared'
-import type { StandardResponse } from '@orpc/standard-server'
 import type { Request, Response } from 'express'
 import type { FastifyReply, FastifyRequest } from 'fastify'
 import type { Observable } from 'rxjs'
 import type { ORPCModuleConfig } from './module'
 import { applyDecorators, Delete, Get, Head, Inject, Injectable, Optional, Patch, Post, Put, UseInterceptors } from '@nestjs/common'
-import { toORPCError } from '@orpc/client'
 import { fallbackContractConfig, isContractProcedure } from '@orpc/contract'
 import { StandardBracketNotationSerializer, StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer, StandardOpenAPISerializer } from '@orpc/openapi-client/standard'
 import { StandardOpenAPICodec } from '@orpc/openapi/standard'
-import { createProcedureClient, getRouter, isProcedure, ORPCError, unlazy } from '@orpc/server'
-import { get } from '@orpc/shared'
-import { flattenHeader } from '@orpc/standard-server'
+import { getRouter, isProcedure, unlazy } from '@orpc/server'
+import { StandardHandler } from '@orpc/server/standard'
+import { clone, get } from '@orpc/shared'
 import * as StandardServerFastify from '@orpc/standard-server-fastify'
 import * as StandardServerNode from '@orpc/standard-server-node'
 import { mergeMap } from 'rxjs'
@@ -90,20 +88,20 @@ export function Implement<T extends ContractRouter<any>>(
   }
 }
 
-const codec = new StandardOpenAPICodec(
-  new StandardOpenAPISerializer(
-    new StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer(),
-    new StandardBracketNotationSerializer(),
-  ),
-)
-
 type NestParams = Record<string, string | string[]>
 
 @Injectable()
 export class ImplementInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
+  private readonly config: ORPCModuleConfig
+
   constructor(
-    @Inject(ORPC_MODULE_CONFIG_SYMBOL) @Optional() private readonly config: ORPCModuleConfig | undefined,
+    @Inject(ORPC_MODULE_CONFIG_SYMBOL) @Optional() config: ORPCModuleConfig | undefined,
   ) {
+    // @Optional() doesn't support default values, so we handle it here.
+    // We clone the config to prevent conflicts when multiple handlers
+    // modify the same object through the plugins system.
+    // TODO: improve plugins system to avoid mutating config directly.
+    this.config = clone(config) ?? {}
   }
 
   intercept(ctx: ExecutionContext, next: CallHandler<any>): Observable<any> {
@@ -124,40 +122,29 @@ export class ImplementInterceptor implements NestInterceptor {
           ? StandardServerFastify.toStandardLazyRequest(req, res as FastifyReply)
           : StandardServerNode.toStandardLazyRequest(req, res as Response)
 
-        const standardResponse: StandardResponse = await (async () => {
-          let isDecoding = false
-
-          try {
-            const client = createProcedureClient(procedure, this.config)
-
-            isDecoding = true
-            const input = await codec.decode(standardRequest, flattenParams(req.params as NestParams), procedure)
-            isDecoding = false
-
-            const output = await client(input, {
-              signal: standardRequest.signal,
-              lastEventId: flattenHeader(standardRequest.headers['last-event-id']),
-            })
-
-            return codec.encode(output, procedure)
+        const codec = new StandardOpenAPICodec(
+          new StandardOpenAPISerializer(
+            new StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializer(this.config),
+            new StandardBracketNotationSerializer(this.config),
+          ),
+        )
+
+        const handler = new StandardHandler(procedure, {
+          init: () => {},
+          match: () => Promise.resolve({ path: [], procedure, params: flattenParams(req.params as NestParams) }),
+        }, codec, this.config)
+
+        const result = await handler.handle(standardRequest, {
+          context: this.config.context,
+        })
+
+        if (result.matched) {
+          if ('raw' in res) {
+            await StandardServerFastify.sendStandardResponse(res, result.response, this.config)
           }
-          catch (e) {
-            const error = isDecoding && !(e instanceof ORPCError)
-              ? new ORPCError('BAD_REQUEST', {
-                  message: `Malformed request. Ensure the request body is properly formatted and the 'Content-Type' header is set correctly.`,
-                  cause: e,
-                })
-              : toORPCError(e)
-
-            return codec.encodeError(error)
+          else {
+            await StandardServerNode.sendStandardResponse(res, result.response, this.config)
           }
-        })()
-
-        if ('raw' in res) {
-          await StandardServerFastify.sendStandardResponse(res, standardResponse, this.config)
-        }
-        else {
-          await StandardServerNode.sendStandardResponse(res, standardResponse, this.config)
         }
       }),
     )
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/index.test.ts b/packages/nest/src/index.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f0a9e309
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nest/src/index.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import * as ServerModule from '@orpc/server'
+import { expect, it, vi } from 'vitest'
+import { implement } from './index'
+
+vi.mock('@orpc/server', async (importOriginal) => {
+  const original = await importOriginal<typeof import('@orpc/server')>()
+  return {
+    ...original,
+    implement: vi.fn(original.implement),
+  }
+})
+
+it('implement is aliased', () => {
+  const contract = { nested: {} }
+  const options = { dedupeLeadingMiddlewares: false }
+  const impl = implement(contract, options)
+
+  expect(ServerModule.implement).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1)
+  expect(ServerModule.implement).toHaveBeenCalledWith(contract, options)
+  expect(impl).toBe(vi.mocked(ServerModule.implement).mock.results[0]!.value)
+})
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/index.ts b/packages/nest/src/index.ts
index 1681f48c8..364742e65 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nest/src/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,14 @@
+import type { AnyContractRouter } from '@orpc/contract'
+import type { BuilderConfig, Context, Implementer } from '@orpc/server'
+import type { ORPCGlobalContext } from './module'
+import { implement as baseImplement } from '@orpc/server'
+
 export * from './implement'
 export { Implement as Impl } from './implement'
 export * from './module'
 export * from './utils'
 
-export { implement, onError, onFinish, onStart, onSuccess, ORPCError } from '@orpc/server'
+export { onError, onFinish, onStart, onSuccess, ORPCError } from '@orpc/server'
 export type {
   ImplementedProcedure,
   Implementer,
@@ -13,3 +18,13 @@ export type {
   RouterImplementer,
   RouterImplementerWithMiddlewares,
 } from '@orpc/server'
+
+/**
+ * Alias for `implement` from `@orpc/server` with default context set to `ORPCGlobalContext`
+ */
+export function implement<T extends AnyContractRouter, TContext extends Context = ORPCGlobalContext>(
+  contract: T,
+  config: BuilderConfig = {},
+): Implementer<T, TContext, TContext> {
+  return baseImplement(contract, config)
+}
diff --git a/packages/nest/src/module.ts b/packages/nest/src/module.ts
index eb78e234d..6938a17fd 100644
--- a/packages/nest/src/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nest/src/module.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,33 @@
 import type { DynamicModule } from '@nestjs/common'
-import type { AnySchema } from '@orpc/contract'
-import type { CreateProcedureClientOptions } from '@orpc/server'
+import type { StandardBracketNotationSerializerOptions, StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializerOptions } from '@orpc/openapi-client/standard'
+import type { StandardHandlerOptions } from '@orpc/server/standard'
 import type { SendStandardResponseOptions } from '@orpc/standard-server-node'
 import { Module } from '@nestjs/common'
 import { ImplementInterceptor } from './implement'
 
 export const ORPC_MODULE_CONFIG_SYMBOL = Symbol('ORPC_MODULE_CONFIG')
 
+/**
+ * You can extend this interface to add global context properties.
+ * @example
+ * ```ts
+ * declare module '@orpc/nest' {
+ *   interface ORPCGlobalContext {
+ *     user: { id: string; name: string }
+ *   }
+ * }
+ * ```
+ */
+export interface ORPCGlobalContext {
+
+}
+
 export interface ORPCModuleConfig extends
-  CreateProcedureClientOptions<object, AnySchema, object, object, object>,
-  SendStandardResponseOptions {
+  StandardHandlerOptions<ORPCGlobalContext>,
+  SendStandardResponseOptions,
+  StandardOpenAPIJsonSerializerOptions,
+  StandardBracketNotationSerializerOptions {
+  context?: ORPCGlobalContext
 }
 
 @Module({})
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/object.test.ts b/packages/shared/src/object.test.ts
index 6a6998ce6..32ba0cdf8 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/object.test.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/object.test.ts
@@ -76,13 +76,17 @@ it('isTypescriptObject', () => {
 it('clone', () => {
   expect(clone(null)).toBeNull()
 
-  const obj = { a: 1, arr: [2, 3], nested: { arr: [{ b: 4 }] } }
+  const symbol = Symbol('a')
+  const obj = { a: 1, arr: [2, 3], nested: { arr: [{ b: 4 }], [symbol]: { [symbol]: 5 } } }
   const cloned = clone(obj)
 
   expect(cloned).toEqual(obj)
   expect(cloned).not.toBe(obj)
   expect(cloned.arr).not.toBe(obj.arr)
   expect(cloned.nested.arr).not.toBe(obj.nested.arr)
+  expect(cloned.nested[symbol]).toEqual(obj.nested[symbol])
+  expect(cloned.nested[symbol]).not.toBe(obj.nested[symbol])
+  expect(cloned.nested[symbol][symbol]).toBe(5)
 })
 
 it('get', () => {
diff --git a/packages/shared/src/object.ts b/packages/shared/src/object.ts
index 4d219da84..4ed6afd4b 100644
--- a/packages/shared/src/object.ts
+++ b/packages/shared/src/object.ts
@@ -70,6 +70,10 @@ export function clone<T>(value: T): T {
       result[key] = clone(value[key])
     }
 
+    for (const sym of Object.getOwnPropertySymbols(value)) {
+      result[sym] = clone(value[sym])
+    }
+
     return result as any
   }
 
diff --git a/playgrounds/nest/package.json b/playgrounds/nest/package.json
index 145e7919c..af68720d9 100644
--- a/playgrounds/nest/package.json
+++ b/playgrounds/nest/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
     "@nestjs/schematics": "^11.0.9",
     "@orpc/client": "next",
     "@orpc/contract": "next",
+    "@orpc/json-schema": "next",
     "@orpc/nest": "next",
     "@orpc/openapi": "next",
     "@orpc/openapi-client": "next",
diff --git a/playgrounds/nest/src/app.module.ts b/playgrounds/nest/src/app.module.ts
index 37742fb4c..0252e733b 100644
--- a/playgrounds/nest/src/app.module.ts
+++ b/playgrounds/nest/src/app.module.ts
@@ -6,16 +6,32 @@ import { PlanetService } from './planet/planet.service'
 import { ReferenceController } from './reference/reference.controller'
 import { ReferenceService } from './reference/reference.service'
 import { onError, ORPCModule } from '@orpc/nest'
+import { experimental_SmartCoercionPlugin as SmartCoercionPlugin } from '@orpc/json-schema'
+import { ZodToJsonSchemaConverter } from '@orpc/zod/zod4'
+
+declare module '@orpc/nest' {
+  interface ORPCGlobalContext {
+    someCustomContext?: string
+  }
+}
 
 @Module({
   imports: [
     ORPCModule.forRoot({
+      eventIteratorKeepAliveInterval: 5000, // 5 seconds
+      context: { someCustomContext: 'Hello, World!' },
       interceptors: [
         onError((error) => {
           console.error(error)
         }),
       ],
-      eventIteratorKeepAliveInterval: 5000, // 5 seconds
+      plugins: [
+        new SmartCoercionPlugin({
+          schemaConverters: [
+            new ZodToJsonSchemaConverter(),
+          ],
+        }),
+      ],
     }),
   ],
   controllers: [AuthController, PlanetController, ReferenceController, OtherController],
diff --git a/playgrounds/next/tsconfig.json b/playgrounds/next/tsconfig.json
index afe446baa..ee2bb320c 100644
--- a/playgrounds/next/tsconfig.json
+++ b/playgrounds/next/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,12 +2,18 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "incremental": true,
     "target": "ES2017",
-    "jsx": "preserve",
-    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
+    "jsx": "react-jsx",
+    "lib": [
+      "dom",
+      "dom.iterable",
+      "esnext"
+    ],
     "module": "esnext",
     "moduleResolution": "bundler",
     "paths": {
-      "@/*": ["./src/*"]
+      "@/*": [
+        "./src/*"
+      ]
     },
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "allowJs": true,
@@ -22,6 +28,14 @@
       }
     ]
   },
-  "include": ["next-env.d.ts", "**/*.ts", "**/*.tsx", ".next/types/**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"]
+  "include": [
+    "next-env.d.ts",
+    "**/*.ts",
+    "**/*.tsx",
+    ".next/types/**/*.ts",
+    ".next/dev/types/**/*.ts"
+  ],
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index bfc764041..c9f270101 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -1384,6 +1384,9 @@ importers:
       '@orpc/contract':
         specifier: next
         version: link:../../packages/contract
+      '@orpc/json-schema':
+        specifier: next
+        version: link:../../packages/json-schema
       '@orpc/nest':
         specifier: next
         version: link:../../packages/nest