Source of truth: CHANGELOG.md on GitHub

Changelog

All notable changes to OwlCoda are documented here.

Runtime version truth comes from [package.json](package.json) and is

exposed at runtime through [src/version.ts](src/version.ts) and

owlcoda --version.

[0.1.2] — 2026-04-25

User-facing README rewrite + second-pass legal-positioning polish.

Changed

  • README.md / README.zh.md rewritten to put OwlCoda first:

    • installation, supported backend matrix (local: Ollama / LM Studio /

    vLLM; cloud: Kimi / Moonshot / MiniMax / OpenRouter / Bailian /

    OpenAI / user-configured Messages-shaped providers / custom), and concrete config snippets per

    provider. The previous README read as an Ollama tutorial; the new

    one reads as the OwlCoda manual it should be.

  • admin/src/pages/StartPage.tsx — the local-runtime protocol

    • picker option labeled Anthropic messages is now `Messages-shaped

    API`; the help text references "Anthropic-compatible providers

    and similar gateways" rather than naming a single vendor.

  • tests/provider-probe.test.ts — third-party model name fixtures

    • replaced with neutral messages-vendor-* names.

  • `skills/collaboration/{using-git-worktrees, phase-prompting,

    • receiving-code-review}/SKILL.md — generic AGENTS.md` /

    instruction phrasing replaces the host-app-specific filename

    that the original methodology pack used.

Added

  • skills/README.md — explicit positioning of the in-tree pack as

    • an OwlCoda curated methodology pack, with a non-list of

    third-party SaaS skills that intentionally do not ship here.

Removed

  • skills/meta/ — the maintenance / governance scripts under

    • gardening-skills-wiki, pulling-updates-from-skills-repository,

    sharing-skills, testing-skills-with-subagents, and

    writing-skills were tooling for an upstream skill-pack

    ecosystem, not user-facing capability. Several of them carried

    hardcoded host paths that pointed at an external maintainer's

    local checkout.

[0.1.1] — 2026-04-25

Legal-positioning and provenance polish. No runtime behavior change.

Removed

  • skills/collaboration/remembering-conversations/ — depended on a

    • third-party AI agent SDK at runtime and on a host-app hook

    directory for deployment, neither of which fit OwlCoda's

    independent posture. Users who want conversation-recall workflows

    should install a third-party skill pack rather than ship one

    in-tree.

  • skills/debugging/systematic-debugging/CREATION-LOG.md — extraction

    • log referencing a third-party developer's home directory; not

    user-facing content.

Changed

  • NOTICE.md adds a "Protocol Interoperability vs Affiliation"

    • section that explicitly disclaims any partnership / endorsement /

    derivative-work claim with respect to third parties whose wire

    formats OwlCoda implements (Messages-shaped API, OpenAI Chat

    Completions). The @anthropic-ai/sdk devDependency is

    documented as an interoperability test artifact, not a runtime

    dependency.

  • README.md / README.zh.md architecture diagram says

    • "Messages-shaped API" instead of naming a single upstream vendor,

    matching the protocol-not-affiliation posture.

  • skills/collaboration/using-git-worktrees/SKILL.md,

    • skills/debugging/root-cause-tracing/SKILL.md, and

    scripts/smoke-presentation.mjs had hardcoded third-party

    developer paths and model names replaced with neutral

    /Users/example/... and generic model identifiers.

[0.1.0] — 2026-04-25

Initial public release. OwlCoda enters the public source tree as a

**Developer Preview** — feature-complete enough for daily use, but

the API surface, slash-command set, and config schema may still

evolve before 1.0.

Native REPL

  • Default interactive path: native REPL with 42+ built-in tools

    • (Bash, Read, Write, Glob, Grep, MCP-served tools, more) and 69+

    slash commands.

  • Selection-first transcript surface: terminal-native drag-select

    • and copy stay available on the primary screen.

  • Multi-client live REPL with a shared daemon, per-client session

    • affinity, and live clients list / clients detach control plane.

  • Session persistence under ~/.owlcoda/sessions/, including

    • --resume id|last, /sessions, /tag, /branch, /history.

  • Headless mode: owlcoda -p "..." and owlcoda run --prompt "..."

    • return end-to-end LLM responses with full tool support.

Protocol & routing

  • Anthropic Messages API ↔ OpenAI Chat Completions translation,

    • including streaming + non-streaming + tool-use protocol.

  • Multi-backend auto-discovery (Ollama 11434, LM Studio 1234, vLLM

    • 8000) and intent-aware routing across local + cloud catalogs.

  • Production middleware: retry, rate-limit, fallback, circuit

    • breaker, response cache (LRU 100 / 5 min TTL), per-model timeout

    override, hot config reload.

Skills (L2)

  • TF-IDF–matched skill injection from ~/.owlcoda/skills/ and

    • the curated skill pack into the system prompt at request time.

  • owlcoda skills CLI: `info / list / show / synth / delete /

    • search / match / stats / cleanup / export / import`.

  • Auto-synthesis pipeline that extracts reusable skills from

    • complex completed sessions.

Training data pipeline (L3, opt-in / off by default)

  • Quality-scored session collection (5 weighted dimensions),

    • PII sanitization before disk write, JSONL / ShareGPT / insights

    export formats. Disabled unless explicitly opted-in via

    trainingCollection: true in config.json or

    OWLCODA_TRAINING_COLLECTION=1.

Browser admin

  • owlcoda ui / owlcoda admin prints a one-shot admin URL.
  • --open-browser to launch directly; --route and --select

    • for focused handoffs to specific admin views.

  • Provider failure diagnostics unified across main agent,

    • subagent, /v1/messages, /v1/chat/completions, admin

    test connection, and /warmup.

Diagnostics & observability

  • owlcoda doctor — environment, runtime, and model health.
  • `owlcoda config / validate / models / health / status / inspect /

    • audit / cache / logs / benchmark / export`.

  • HTTP API: /v1/perf, /v1/latency, /v1/cost, /v1/recommend,

    • /v1/usage, /v1/audit, /v1/cache, /v1/skills,

    /v1/insights/:sessionId, /v1/training/*, /v1/captures,

    /v1/search, /openapi.json, /metrics.

Privacy posture

  • Sessions stay local under ~/.owlcoda/. Training data

    • collection is opt-in. Nothing is uploaded to any external

    service by OwlCoda itself.

Known limitations

  • Mouse-wheel transcript scrollback is not yet routed through the

    • in-tree Ink fork. Use PgUp / PgDn / Ctrl+↓ or /history

    for in-app scrollback.

  • LSP tools require the user to install the corresponding

    • language server (typescript-language-server, pyright,

    rust-analyzer, gopls, etc.) and wire it via a plugin.

  • OAuth-style remote MCP servers are not yet supported; stdio MCP

    • servers are fully functional.