# Aegis Release Notes ## v2.8.2 (2026-08-17) ### brainstorming 设计决策校准实践回填 从 Aegis-code 将设计决策校准实践回填到 `brainstorming` 技能，纯方法文案追加， 不改变 runtime / completion authority 边界： - 新增 Route Fixtures 校准表与严格路由优先级：盘问/拷问/审问路由到 `Grilling Mode`，显式目标意图路由到 `goal-framing`，review 路由到 `requesting-code-review`；文件数不再作为设计信号。 - 新增 Role And Authority Contract：Agent-owned 决策（仓库调查、文件组织、 验证机制、可逆实现结构）由 Agent 直接解决；User-owned 仅保留产品行为、 不可逆/生产/公共/敏感影响与不可发现事实；每条用户提问先通过"换一个答案 会改变哪个设计边界"测试。 - Grilling Mode 结尾新增结构化 `Challenge Result`（存留/否决假设、所需新证据、 设计变更、残余风险、返回状态），收敛质量可验证。 - 新增 8 个 Software Scenario Profiles（greenfield / existing-system / refactor / public-contract / persistence / ui-workflow / security / operational-release），按场景加载相关 lens，不再无差别堆叠。 - 新增 Design Probe 一次性探针纪律与 Design Ready / Design Complete 收敛条件； Design Complete 保持 method readiness，不构成完成 authority。 - 原 HARD GATE、spec 审批点、workspace 初始化、compact output contract 与 grilling 模式语义保持不变；trigger-health 与 workflow-quality 新增 12 条 内容断言 pin 本次新增章节。 ## v2.8.1 (2026-08-16) ### DeepSeek Harness 路由稳定性与安装分流 - DSH profile plugin 在 `startup`、`resume`、`clear`、`compact` 原生 `agent/session-start` 生命周期同步注入紧凑 `using-aegis` bootstrap，避免首轮 异步读取竞态；subagent 不重复注入，`explicit` activation mode 关闭自动入口。 - bootstrap 要求首个非只读操作前通过 Harness 原生 `skill` 工具加载相关 Aegis 方法，或显式声明 `Route: fast-path`；不增加可能误拦截正常 fast path 的硬工具 guard，也不提升为 runtime / completion authority。 - 通用/极简安装提示识别到官方 `dsh` 后默认分流到原生 profile plugin； `aegis-update.py register --host dsh` 不再静默创建 direct-child 暴露，只有显式 `--compatibility-mode` 才允许兼容安装。 - 新增 DSH lifecycle bootstrap、安装分流、显式回退及打包边界回归测试。真实模型 自动路由质量仍保持 environment-bound，不宣称 release-level live closeout。 - 本次未改变四份 `GLOBAL_USER_RULES*` 手工投影语义，现有用户无需重新复制全局 规则；更新 DSH profile plugin 并重启对应 profile 即可获得新入口。 ## v2.8.0 (2026-08-15) ### DeepSeek Harness 原生 bundle 安装 - 根 `package.json` 新增 `dsh.bundle.patch`，通过薄 Cordis adapter 将包内 canonical `skills/` 树交给 Harness 原生 filesystem provider；不复制 skill 正文，也不增加 runtime / completion authority。 - 默认安装切换为 `dsh plugin --profile web add github:GanyuanRan/Aegis`；原 `$DSH_HOME/skills` updater-managed direct-child 路径降为显式兼容模式， 两条路径不得同时启用。 - 新增 DeepSeek Harness 确定性检查和隔离 integration lane，覆盖 profile dependency/bundle 调和、`--dump-config`、模块装载与卸载清理。 - 当前仍不宣称 release-level live routing closeout；developer-preview API、 新会话 catalog、原生 `skill` 加载和代表性模型路由仍需逐版本验证。 ## v2.7.8 (2026-08-14) ### DeepSeek Harness 结构性适配 - 新增官方 DeepSeek Harness（`deepseek-ai/deepseek-harness`）宿主指南， 明确它与 DeepSeek-TUI 是两个独立宿主，并以原生 filesystem skill provider 的 direct-child 目录形态接入 Aegis。 - `aegis-update.py` 新增 `deepseek-harness` / `dsh` 宿主识别， 默认使用 `$DSH_HOME/skills`（未设置时为 `~/.dsh/skills`）并在注册时生成 updater 管理的 skill 链接；Windows 使用 junction，macOS/Linux 使用 symlink。 - 新增 DeepSeek Harness 边界检查和更新器回归覆盖；README、中文 README、 兼容矩阵、已知限制、测试说明、发布检查清单及中英文速通秘籍已同步。 - 更新器现在按本地控制台编码容错读取子进程输出，避免 Windows 非 UTF-8 输出导致更新流程异常中断。 - 当前结论仍是“结构性安装适配完成”；DeepSeek Harness 处于 developer preview， 尚无本版本 release-level live routing verdict。 ## v2.7.7 (2026-08-13) ### Gemini CLI 支持退役 - 删除 `GEMINI.md`、`gemini-extension.json` 和 Gemini 专用工具映射；Aegis 不再分发、验证或承诺 Gemini CLI 宿主支持。 - 企业、Google Cloud 和付费 API key 用户仍可能继续使用上游 Gemini CLI； 本次变更是 Aegis 支持范围收缩，不宣称上游产品已经完全停止。 - Antigravity CLI 仍是 Google 宿主的 active closeout target，但继续保持 “尚无 release-level fresh smoke verdict”，不会因 Gemini 退役而自动升级。 ## v2.7.6 (2026-08-11) ### 更安全的 fallback 退役与变更决策 - 外部依赖状态未知时，Aegis 会保留兼容路径并请求确认，不再把“尚未证明存在 活跃依赖”误判为可以直接删除。 - 强化 canonical owner、change necessity、minimum repair 与真实路由证据， 让修复理由在首次编辑前更清晰，同时保持简单任务的 fast path。 ### 更可靠的 benchmark v6 证据 - 冻结 sentinel / discriminator 角色、non-discriminating 与 mixed-result 复核规则，继续把 benchmark 作为测量工具，而不是能力优化的唯一目标。 - 收紧 implementation-rationale 事件识别：排除模板、占位符和引用文本误报， 同时保留真实 root cause / owner / minimum repair / decision 组合。 ### 最新实测 - `gpt-5.6-sol` / `xhigh` extended held-out A/B 评测完成 120 次有效运行： 合同通过率 **61.67% → 93.33%**，不安全结果率 **13.33% → 0%**。 - 结果为有界建议性证据；已通过 arm-hidden 技术复核，不构成普遍质量、 运行时权威或完成权威声明。 ## v2.7.5 (2026-08-10) ### 反熵增治理:自动触发,执行仍需确认 - `anti-entropy-governance` 触发机制从"仅显式请求"改为**自动触发**:任务触及 owner 塌缩、fallback 移除或 schema/持久化/source-of-truth 边界时自动出现, 识别反熵机会并给出 delete-first / compat-exception / confirmation-first 分类;破坏性执行仍保留显式范围确认硬门(泛化同意无效、需备份/回滚提示)。 - 保持不进全局热路径预算;workflow-quality 断言同步更新。 ### 路由统一:subagent/inline 与 worktree 纪律对齐 - 三个执行技能 description 统一补 "coordination benefit / otherwise inline" 兜底(`subagent-driven-development`、`dispatching-parallel-agents`、 `executing-plans`),与 writing-plans 内部条件一致。 - `subagent-driven-development` 的 long-task 加载从"multi-task 强制"收窄为 "跨会话/handoff/需可恢复状态时";long-task-continuation 明确 "多步/todo/subagent 本身不构成 durable 记录理由,默认 inline checkpoint"。 - 速通秘籍能力表与全局用户规则模板(中英)同步 subagent/worktree 纪律: worktree 仅限并发 checkout、阻塞性 dirty state、用户/仓库明确 authority。 ### 贡献者修复:benchmark retry headroom 改为 floor 语义 - `run_agentic_benchmark.py` retry headroom 从无条件覆盖改为取最大值, 不再把 extended-held-out(132/18000)错误降级到 64/7200;文档与回归测试 同步(#15,感谢 Ryan Chou)。 ## v2.7.2 (2026-08-09) ### 修复:路由描述收紧,消除三个主题的触发歧义 基于 description 审计发现的路由层问题,收紧 6 个技能的路由描述 (全部 ≤240 字符,Kimi Code 宿主要求): - **文档创建**:`establishing-project-context` 触发词收窄(移除宽泛的 "vague term",改为 conflicting/renamed/deprecated,并加 "Routine small tasks stay on the fast path");`first-principles-review` 的 "repeated fixes" 改为 "high-risk decisions" + 排除语——小任务不再被 拉进正式建模/review 流程。 - **branch/worktree**:`finishing-a-development-branch` 措辞改为 "integration or cleanup of an existing task-created branch/worktree", 与 ADR-0003 的 exception-only 纪律对齐,不再暗示 Aegis 默认创建。 - **subagent/会话路由**:`executing-plans`(跨会话)与 `subagent-driven-development`(当前会话)的区分标准写入双方 description; `dispatching-parallel-agents` 明确为"无书面计划的 2+ 独立任务",消除与 SDD 的路由重叠;SDD 补 "ad-hoc tasks use dispatching-parallel-agents"。 验证:22 个 Kimi-visible skill 元数据有效、context budget、workflow quality、TDD policy 检查全部通过。 ## v2.7.1 (2026-08-09) ### 修复:小任务不再默认触发 spec/plan 文档创建 此前复杂度路由与技能描述的措辞会让小需求被误判为需要产出 spec/plan 文档。v2.7.1 收紧默认行为: - `AEGIS_PROCESS_BASELINE.md` §12.5:medium 任务改为「会话内计划」;仅在 what/why/acceptance 需要钉住且无既有 owner 文档覆盖时才写 Spec Brief 或 plan 文档。 - `using-aegis` 热路径第 6 条:plan 明确「默认会话内,仅当需要跨会话持久 方向或审批时写文档(Doc Necessity Gate)」。 - `brainstorming` / `writing-plans` 的路由描述收紧:低复杂度或常规小需求 留在 fast path,不再进入设计/计划流程。 - `GLOBAL_USER_RULES_TEMPLATE`(中英)同步:会话内计划按复杂度相称,写 文档仅限需要持久方向时。 ### 修复:deferred ledger 问题路径改为相对扫描根 - `scripts/aegis-deferred-ledger.py`:marker 字段解析失败时,issue 路径从 绝对路径改为相对扫描根,与 missing-fields 分支及正常条目保持一致。 - 新增 `test_issue_paths_are_repository_relative` 回归测试。 ### 文档:修正 explicit-skill-request runner 的隔离声明 - `tests/explicit-skill-requests/run-test.sh`:注释从「使用隔离 HOME」修正为 如实描述「在 scratch 项目目录、调用者真实 HOME 下运行」,与实际行为一致。 ## v2.7.0 (2026-08-09) ### Pi CLI 与 OMP 宿主适配:自动注入 + 路由守卫 Pi CLI 和 OMP(Oh My Pi,can1357/oh-my-pi)此前只能被动发现 skills,模型 按需加载,没有强制路由能力。v2.7.0 为两个宿主补齐与 OpenCode 插件等价的 自动路由机制: - 新增共享扩展核心 `extensions/shared/aegis-bootstrap.ts`:config 解析 (`~/.config/aegis/config.toml` 的 activation/tdd 模式 + 环境变量覆盖)、 紧凑 bootstrap 组装、路由守卫状态机(只读工具豁免、`SKILL.md`/`skill://` 识别为技能加载、每会话最多触发一次)、method-pack 根祖先遍历解析。 - `extensions/pi/index.ts`(通过 `pi.extensions` 清单随包分发)与 `extensions/omp/index.ts`(OMP 扩展)为薄适配层,复用共享核心;auto 模式下 每次 LLM 调用前注入紧凑热路径,首个非只读工具调用无路由决策时在工具 结果前追加 `AEGIS_ROUTING_GUARD` 可见标记。`explicit` 模式关闭注入与守卫。 - OMP 额外支持原生强制读取:`using-aegis/SKILL.md` 标记 `alwaysApply: true`,OMP 会把完整热路径注入系统提示词(其他宿主按 Agent Skills 标准忽略该字段,无副作用)。 - 兼容性:pi 复用 `~/.agents/skills/` 等既有发现路径;omp 通过 `agents` provider 读取 `~/.agents/skills/`。 - 文档:`docs/README.pi.md` 激活模式章节重写为扩展注入语义;新增 `docs/README.omp.md` 完整宿主指南;兼容矩阵、KNOWN_LIMITATIONS (2.19 OMP 条目)、release checklist、prompt hygiene、README 宿主列表同步。 - 测试:`tests/pi-omp-extensions/test-shared-core.sh`(21 项断言)、 `tests/e2e/omp-host-boundary-check.sh` 新增;pi/omp/opencode 既有检查全过。 ### OpenCode 插件更新自检:自动跟随发布 OpenCode 通过 Bun 缓存 git 插件且 lockfile 化,重启不会自动重新拉取—— 此前文档声称「重启自动更新」与实际行为不符。v2.7.0 修复: - `.opencode/plugins/aegis.js` 每次启动执行更新自检:与远端 HEAD 锚点对比, 远端前进时自动重置 Bun 缓存条目并注入「请重启 OpenCode 完成升级」提醒; 重启后新版本插件自动清除提醒。offline/无 git 时静默跳过,绝不阻塞启动。 - 首次锚定只记录不删除,旧缓存用户需一次性手动清缓存(文档已给命令),此后 全自动。 - `docs/README.opencode.md` Updating 章节重写为真实机制 + 手动兜底命令。 - 附带修复:frontmatter 剥离兼容 CRLF 行尾(shared 核心与 opencode 插件同步)。 ## v2.6.9 (2026-08-08) ### OpenCode 宿主路由守卫与路由契约 修复 OpenCode 宿主「skills 可发现、bootstrap 已注入，但模型可能不加载任何 Aegis skill 就开工」的路由强度缺口——这是 OpenCode 与 Claude Code 适配层的 本质差异：OpenCode 的 skills 是纯 on-demand 机制，宿主没有任何强制路由 能力，因此由插件补齐。 - `.opencode/plugins/aegis.js` 的 bootstrap 注入从「软建议」升级为 **ROUTING CONTRACT**：首个非只读工具调用前必须二选一——调用 `skill` 工具 加载本任务相关的 Aegis skill，或显式声明 `Route: fast-path` + 理由；两件 都不做会在首个非只读工具调用时触发可见的守卫标记。同时明确 `using-aegis` 全文已内嵌在 bootstrap 中、无需重复加载。 - 新增 **routing guard**（`tool.execute.before` / `tool.execute.after`）： auto 模式下记录每会话是否发生过 skill 加载；首个非只读工具调用若没有任何 路由决策，在工具输出前缀注入 `AEGIS_ROUTING_GUARD` 可见提示。非阻塞、 每会话最多一次、只读工具（read/glob/grep/webfetch/context7/sequential- thinking）豁免、会话状态容量封顶 500 自动清理；`explicit` 模式与 bootstrap 注入同源关闭。 - 测试：`tests/opencode/test-plugin-loading.sh` 新增 6 项路由守卫功能断言 （触发/每会话一次/skill 加载豁免/只读豁免/事后补发/explicit 关闭）， `tests/opencode/run-tests.sh` 全绿。 ### Agentic Benchmark 预算放宽 为慢速自定义 provider 抬高运行预算，三处 profile 定义（check 脚本内嵌、 校验脚本、fixture 矩阵）同步一致： - `development-pilot`: wall budget 600→1200s，attempt timeout 480→960s - `standard-held-out`: wall budget 3600→7200s，attempt timeout 480→960s - `extended-held-out`: wall budget 9000→18000s，attempt timeout 480→960s ### Verification - OpenCode 套件：`tests/opencode/run-tests.sh` 全过（含 6 项新守卫断言）。 - 自动门：context-budget / boundary-compliance / governance-completion- contract / parse-codex-skills 全部通过；layer1-fast-check 35/36，唯一失败 为 agentic-benchmark 的 offline Codex fixture 平台检查（环境受限，stash 基线复现，与本次改动无关）。 ## v2.6.8 (2026-08-06) ### Activation Explicit Skill-Execution Gate `explicit` 激活模式现在真正解决"简单任务仍被自动列清单"：即使宿主 （如 Codex）按 skill description 语义匹配自动加载了文档/清单类 skill，在 `explicit` 且用户未显式点名 Aegis 或该 skill 时，skill 也会快速退出到 fast-path，不执行 Checklist / 设计 / 文档仪式；显式调用（如 `use aegis:brainstorming`）保持完整可用。 - `using-aegis`、`brainstorming`、`writing-plans`、 `verification-before-completion` 增加 ``，作为方法层 advisory 执行约束（不改变 explicit 官方语义：skills 保持可发现、可显式 调用；不新增 off/hidden 模式；junction 不动）。 - `aegis-doctor.py activation-mode explicit|auto` 现在同时管理 Codex 用户级 `~/.codex/AGENTS.md` 的 Aegis 路由区块：首次执行自动备份并包裹既有路由 段落（原文记录在 `~/.config/aegis/agents-md-state.json`）；`explicit` 收窄 为"仅显式调用时使用 Aegis"，`auto` 恢复迁移时保存的原文，保证 auto 自动 调用行为不变；`--no-agents-md` 可跳过该管理（仅写配置）；AGENTS.md 处理 失败时不写 config（原子性）。 - 文档与语义同步：`AEGIS_ACTIVATION_MODE.md` 新增 §5a Skill Execution-Layer Gate（native-discovery 宿主）；`README.codex.md` 说明 Codex 下 explicit 的 实际效果与一键 AGENTS.md 管理；trigger-health L7 反向样本 `explicit-mode-simple-task` 转正式，workflow-quality 增加对应反向样本。 ### Verification - 真机五臂（codex v0.146.0 / DeepSeek-V4-Flash-0731）：explicit + 平凡任务 = fast-path；explicit + 模糊需求 = 无 brainstorming 仪式；explicit + 显式调用 = 完整 brainstorming 流程；auto 恢复 = AGENTS.md 区块恢复原文 + config auto；auto 回归 = 行为不变。 - 自动门：trigger-health / workflow-quality / context-budget / boundary-compliance 全部通过；`aegis-doctor.py` 的 AGENTS.md 区块管理通过 单元测试（迁移/备份/原文恢复/往返）。 ## v2.6.7 (2026-08-05) ### Doc Necessity Gate Aegis now writes project documents only when they are actually needed, instead of defaulting every task into a spec/plan/ADR ceremony. - `using-aegis` carries a compact Doc Necessity Gate in its hot path: docs only for durable/irreversible, cross-session, approval-gated, or authority-required change surfaces. - A change surface already covered by a spec/plan/ADR/baseline updates that owner document in place; sibling documents are never created. - Mechanical multi-file changes write no docs; the commit message and code comments are the record. - `brainstorming` gates the spec step behind the necessity check and keeps `docs/aegis/work/` drafts session-level; INDEX follows create/update/ supersede; cross-repo durable contracts use the owning repo's ADR with a mirror relationship. - `writing-plans` opens the Planless Slice Lane to mechanical changes without a parent document; `recording-architecture-decisions` keeps ADR signals in designs/plans separate from ADR files. - Workflow-quality matrix adds reverse samples for "update existing spec" and "no docs for mechanical multi-file change". ### Agentic Benchmark Provider Track The agentic benchmark can now run on custom model providers (DeepSeek V4 Flash max via aiping.cn) and complete to scoreable results. - Custom model providers via `AEGIS_BENCHMARK_CODEX_CONFIG` / `AEGIS_BENCHMARK_MODEL_CATALOG`, frozen into the batch digest. - `AEGIS_AGENTIC_BENCHMARK_PROMPT_NO_GIT_NOTE=1` appends a frozen environment note (read-only git, use the edit tool) to both arms. - Shell file writes (`apply_patch` invocation, redirection, `sed -i`, `tee`) are classified as edit events so before-first-edit scoring is model-agnostic. - Sealed auth is materialized as a private file instead of a `/proc` symlink, removing an ~80-100s Codex startup stall; stage cleanup removes isolated homes before the confidential scan. - `AEGIS_AGENTIC_BENCHMARK_TRANSPORT_RETRY=1` retries transport-invalid attempts instead of stopping the batch; `AEGIS_AGENTIC_BENCHMARK_RETRY_HEADROOM=1` raises the provider-track attempt ceiling and wall budget. - Advisory outcome: `completion-boundary` now passes 3/3 valid attempts on the DeepSeek track (published snapshot was 2/3), recorded in `benchmarks/README` and `docs/current` as advisory evidence, not a full re-measurement. ### Verification And Release Boundary - Benchmark, workflow-quality, trigger-health, context-budget, and render gates pass; the published snapshot bundle stays immutable. - The two weak-scenario pilots produce scoreable results on both arms; a full held-out re-measurement remains pending a stable provider window and is not presented as a snapshot. - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.6.5` to `2.6.7` through `scripts/bump-version.sh`. ## v2.6.5 (2026-08-01) ### Agent-Owned Plan Execution Routing - Planning handoffs now select subagent-driven or inline execution automatically from task shape, available host capabilities, and safe workspace conditions instead of stopping for a routine user choice. - Subagent unavailability now falls back to inline execution. A dirty workspace alone no longer decides the execution route, and user confirmation remains reserved for unresolved authorization, privacy, paid-service, external-side effect, irreversible-action, scope, or safe-workspace boundaries. - Retired the obsolete mandatory execution-choice fixtures and aligned the workflow quality contract with the agent-owned routing rule. ### Lighter Public Benchmark Presentation - Shortened the English and Chinese README benchmark sections while retaining the measured overall contract pass-rate improvement from `60.00%` to `90.00%` and the unsafe-outcome reduction from `11.67%` to `5.00%`. - Reduced the public SVG to those two overall comparison panels and moved Quick Install earlier, so installation guidance is easier to reach. - Kept the detailed sanitized JSON, bilingual result reports, scenario tables, methodology, and limitations as linked evidence rather than duplicating them in the README. The renderer remains the deterministic projection owner. ### Verification And Release Boundary - Corrected the representative Codex smoke prompt so the entry router can load the relevant task-specific skill before the runner asks for a bounded first step; the safety instruction still forbids implementation and file changes. - Reviewed the four manually copied global user-rule projections. No manual re-copy is required because the routing change is owned by the planning workflow and does not change profile-owned activation, TDD-default, authority-priority, or base completion-evidence semantics. - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.6.3` to `2.6.5` through `scripts/bump-version.sh`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)` and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, runtime authority, or completion authority. ## v2.6.3 (2026-08-01) ### Current-Branch-First Git Lifecycle - Made the current branch and workspace the default for ordinary coding tasks; complexity, planning, TDD, subagents, or a `main` / `master` branch name no longer justify a branch or worktree by themselves. - Added a pre-write `TaskStartSnapshot`, coordinator-only Git mutation ownership, task-owned scoped staging, one coherent verified local commit, and explicit task-clean versus repository-clean readback. - Limited branches to genuinely independent histories and worktrees to concurrent checkout or blocking unrelated dirty state; paired temporary resources with creator-owned, evidence-led cleanup. ### Capability-Preserving Context Budgets - Replaced single hard size ceilings with warning targets and larger hard ceilings for high-frequency skills, plus route-bundle budgets for debugging, plan execution, and long-task flows. - Made capability gates precede size gates so required routing, semantic slots, stop signals, owner rules, and discoverable reference triggers cannot be deleted merely to satisfy a byte limit. - Restored the authority fast path, explicit passive `CONTEXT-MAP.md` / `CONTEXT.md` lookup, conditional subagent execution, strict-TDD authorization markers, authority-before-worktree placement, and complete commit-through-handoff stop signals. ### Regression And Distribution Safety - Added deterministic budget-band tests, route-bundle checks, semantic-context assertions, worktree ordering checks, TDD-off contract coverage, and complete integration-stop assertions. - Made the Kimi Code deterministic harness select `python3`, `py -3`, or `python` by verified availability, and made the repository test package explicit so Windows environments cannot resolve an unrelated package named `tests`. - Verified the repaired behavior with the same read-only `gpt-5.6-sol` / `xhigh` pressure scenarios before and after the change; all six repaired decisions are now explicit in the owning skills. - Reviewed all four manually copied global user-rule projections. No manual re-copy is required because this release changes task-specific skill behavior without changing profile-owned activation, TDD-default, authority-priority, or base completion-evidence semantics. ### Verification And Release Boundary - The formal release gate remains `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`; this release is published only after that gate and the version audit pass. - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.6.0` to `2.6.3` through `scripts/bump-version.sh`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)` and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, runtime authority, or completion authority. ## v2.6.0 (2026-07-31) ### Measured Agentic Benchmark - Published the corrected `gpt-5.6-sol` / `xhigh` extended held-out A/B benchmark as sanitized JSON, a deterministic SVG, and bilingual Markdown tables embedded in the public READMEs. - Across 20 held-out cases, two arms, and three repetitions, 120 valid runs raised observable contract pass rate from `60.00%` without Aegis to `90.00%` with Aegis, a `+30.00` percentage-point difference. Unsafe outcomes fell from `11.67%` to `5.00%`. - Added a deterministic case-cluster bootstrap interval of `+13.33` to `+48.33` percentage points. One timed-out attempt remained infrastructure-invalid, was retried, and did not enter the contract pass-rate calculation. ### Fairness And Reproducibility Hardening - Advanced the agentic benchmark matrix to version 5, pinned the requested model and reasoning effort identically across both arms, and made provider preflight verify that the requested reasoning level is advertised for the selected model. - Replaced brittle single-phrase response checks with frozen semantic claim groups and question-anywhere contracts while retaining exact wording checks when exact wording is the observable behavior under test. - Kept the earlier defective-semantics batch as private superseded diagnostic history, reran the complete held-out batch, and preserved frozen case outcomes during arm-hidden technical review instead of relabeling results. - Corrected rendered percentage-point deltas to derive from raw pass counts before display rounding. ### Public Evidence Boundary - Added the measured comparison to `README.md` and `README.zh-CN.md`, with links to the sanitized report, deterministic chart, bilingual tables, and the benchmark methodology owner. - Explicitly records that the benchmark is bounded advisory contract evidence, repetitions are case-clustered, deterministic response contracts remain conservative, and the arm-hidden technical review is not independent human review. - Records the requested `gpt-5.6-sol` model and `xhigh` reasoning effort without fabricating observed model identity when the Codex host events omit it. - Replaced a stale OpenCode version-pin example with a release-tag placeholder so host documentation does not acquire a second version owner. ### Verification And Release Boundary - Fresh `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` verification passed before the release tag was created, alongside the benchmark scorer, renderer, sanitization, README projection, and GitHub CI checks. - Bumped every declared package and host manifest version from `2.5.5` to `2.6.0` through `scripts/bump-version.sh`, with no undeclared current-version references found by the version audit. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. Benchmark evidence does not grant authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, candidate promotion, runtime authority, or completion authority. ## v2.5.5 (2026-07-31) ### Isolated Agentic Benchmark Program - Added a version 4 agentic benchmark contract with 30 cases across ten scenario classes, paired `baseline-no-aegis` and `aegis-auto` arms, and explicit development, standard held-out, and extended held-out profiles. - Added deterministic scheduling with bounded workers, paid-attempt ceilings, infrastructure retry limits, persistent wall-clock accounting, crash-safe resume behavior, and preservation of every paid attempt result. - Added Bubblewrap-based execution isolation, provider preflight, sealed auth handling, bounded process supervision, confidential artifact cleanup, and fail-closed exposure checks. ### Observable Scoring And Reproducible Reports - Added observable-outcome scoring that is independent of arm vocabulary, validates exact workspace effects, and keeps scorer unknowns separate from infrastructure failures and contract failures. - Added controlled replay, immutable verification inputs, matrix and case validators, sanitized Markdown/SVG report projection, and adversarial checks against report, path, metric, and publication-boundary drift. - Kept benchmark results advisory: development evidence cannot be promoted into held-out or general product claims, and report output does not grant runtime authority or completion authority. ### Deeper-Cause Proof And Progressive Disclosure - Strengthened systematic debugging so root-cause closure requires falsifiers, causal-topology evidence, recurrence analysis, quick-exit proof, and topology-specific anti-disguise checks when deeper-cause signals are present. - Progressively disclosed debugging and verification detail into directly routed references while preserving the executable hot path, escalation triggers, compact completion receipt, and current default `TDD Mode: off`. - Kept the quick bug lane proportional while requiring an explicit change-necessity and owner-fit decision before source edits. ### Reliability And Review Hardening - Added shared secure atomic JSON writes, output and artifact limits, symlink boundary checks, structured destructive-tool classification, exact changed path contracts, and stronger semantic benchmark assertions. - Closed independent review findings around confidential evidence boundaries, extended-profile wall budgets, interrupted wave persistence, and Linux CI sandbox provisioning. - Kept the repository root free of branch-local `docs/aegis/` work records and excluded local `.codex/` configuration from the release surface. ### Verification And Release Boundary - The formal release gate remains `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, with the Linux-only benchmark supervisor covered by the repository CI environment. - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions directly from `2.5.3` to `2.5.5`, following the selected release version, with no undeclared version references found by the version audit. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, benchmark promotion, or completion authority. ## v2.5.3 (2026-07-27) ### Benchmark Coverage Contract - Reconciled the ten documented agentic benchmark scenario classes with the deterministic workflow-quality fixtures and the three checked-in controlled replay samples. - Made deterministic coverage, controlled replay references, live eligibility, and actual pass evidence separate machine-checkable concepts so fixture presence can no longer be reported as evaluation success. - Hard-cut the benchmark matrix and replay manifest to schema version 2 without retaining a legacy compatibility path. ### Tiered Comparative Evaluation - Added an explicit four-tier evaluation contract covering deterministic static checks, controlled transcript replay, opt-in repeated held-out live evaluation, and sampled blind human review. - Kept the current implementation deliberately bounded to deterministic checks and single-transcript development replays. Repeated live runs, variance, held-out execution, and blind review remain contract-only follow-up work. - Defined exact current comparison arms for `baseline-no-aegis` and `aegis-auto`, while keeping `previous-aegis` conditional on a future candidate revision evaluation rather than a universal runtime arm. - Added a versioned advisory JSON report with top-level and per-sample `overallPass`, structured failures, arm outcomes, comparison deltas, preserved unknowns, and a non-authoritative promotion status. ### Validation And Safety - Added independent matrix and replay validation for scenario mappings, evaluation tiers, arm structure, expected pass semantics, promotion limits, and unsupported evidence claims. - Added adversarial negative cases that reject coordinated fixture drift, duplicate or missing arms, premature `previous-aegis` use, held-out or live overclaims, automatic promotion, and comparison results that would otherwise hide an arm contract failure. - Restricted generated replay workspaces and reports to strict children of the repository-local `.tmp` directory, including a sentinel regression proving that the `.tmp` root cannot be deleted. ### Verification And Release Boundary - Fresh `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` verification passed all four aggregate suites before release. Layer 1 passed `40/40`; Layer 2 and Layer 3 each passed `6/6`. The benchmark, controlled replay, boundary, context-budget, trigger-health, workflow-quality, and version-audit checks also passed. - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.5.2` to `2.5.3` with no undeclared version references found by the version audit. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, candidate promotion, or completion authority. ## v2.5.2 (2026-07-25) ### Global User-Rule Profiles - Reframed the Lite and Advanced English/Chinese global user-rule files as optional, manually copied host/profile projections rather than method owners, installers, or skill-discovery evidence. - Made Lite the sole owner of the copyable activation clause: `auto` remains the default, while `explicit` users replace that clause in Lite instead of keeping an automatic semantic-routing instruction active. - Converted Advanced into a non-standalone additive governance overlay for Lite, removing duplicated activation, priority, fast-path, baseline completion-evidence, and method-layer authority rules. - Aligned the Advanced overlay with the current default `tdd_mode = "off"`, correct-owner minimality, externally observable compatibility, prompt hygiene, and workflow-owned output semantics. - Preserved all four public filenames and links while removing the stale `AGENTS_RULES.md` owner reference and consolidating template projection checks under `host-instruction-invariants-check.sh`. ### Manual Migration - `aegis:update` does not modify global rules that users copied into a host. Existing users should re-copy the Lite base profile, choose its activation clause, and then append only the needed rules from the Advanced overlay. - Changing local Aegis activation to `explicit` must be paired with the Lite profile's explicit-mode replacement clause. Host-native skill matchers may still behave according to host capabilities. ### README Badges - Added a dynamic GitHub Stars badge immediately after the latest-release badge in both the English and Chinese README files. ### Verification And Release Surface - Fresh `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` verification passed all four suites. Layer 1 passed `40/40`; Layer 2 and Layer 3 each passed `6/6`. - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.5.1` to `2.5.2` with no undeclared version references found by the version audit. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ## v2.5.1 (2026-07-23) ### Kimi Code Automatic Routing - Added a native root `kimi.plugin.json` that reuses the canonical `skills/` tree and establishes `sessionStart.skill = using-aegis` for new and resumed Kimi sessions. - Made the Kimi plugin the default automatic installation path, while retaining updater-managed direct-child Agent Skills as an explicit compatibility mode. - Defined a single-owner rule: the plugin, `$KIMI_CODE_HOME/skills/`, and `~/.agents/skills/` Aegis exposures must not be enabled together. - Hardened all Kimi-visible skill frontmatter with quoted, trigger-oriented descriptions and a repository validator for Kimi's metadata boundary. ### Installation, Update, And Diagnostics - Added read-only `kimi-code-auto` and `kimi-code-explicit` doctor profiles to verify plugin identity, managed root, version, session-start routing, and duplicate skill exposure without mutating Kimi state. - Routed automatic Kimi installs and updates through Kimi's native plugin manager; kept `aegis-update.py` as the owner of explicit direct-child compatibility installations. - Updated the universal quick-install prompt so plugin, hook, and session-start hosts must prove native activation and automatic entry instead of treating file discovery or a generic doctor result as completion evidence. - Added migration, reload/new-session, rollback, and verification guidance to the Kimi host guide. ### Verification And Architecture - Added deterministic Kimi metadata, manifest, doctor, collision, and host boundary coverage, plus an environment-bound five-case natural-language routing smoke and resumed-session check. - Recorded the durable install/discovery decision in ADR-0002 while preserving the `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)` authority boundary. - Fresh `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` verification passed all four suites. Layer 1 passed `40/40`, including representative Codex automatic and explicit skill-loading smoke, OpenCode base coverage, and Codex plugin-sync regression; Layer 2 and Layer 3 each passed `6/6`. - The current release environment does not provide the `kimi` executable, so native Kimi plugin installation, reload/resume, and live model-routing smoke remain environment-bound and are not claimed as fresh host closeout. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.5.0` to `2.5.1`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ## v2.5.0 (2026-07-19) ### Semantic Context Infrastructure - Promoted project-level `CONTEXT.md` from an optional glossary into a stable, bounded semantic context surface for canonical terms, aliases, distinctions, and authority references. - Split context handling into cheap passive consumption and explicitly owned active modeling, so ordinary work can reuse established language without loading a separate modeling workflow. - Added evidence grades and fact-versus-decision authority rules: agents may record high-confidence resolved facts directly, while unresolved product or architecture decisions still require clarification. - Added a compact root context baseline for `Aegis Method Pack`, `Host Adapter`, `Runtime Core`, and `runtime-ready artifact` without moving runtime authority into the method pack. ### Reliability And Workflow Integration - Integrated semantic context as a thin input to planning, brainstorming, debugging, review, continuation, and verification workflows while retaining `establishing-project-context` as the single active-modeling owner. - Required byte-stable no-op behavior, lazy first creation, pre-write readback, concurrent-edit protection, safe path resolution, legacy table readability, and instruction-like content isolation. - Added trigger-health coverage that distinguishes passive reuse, resolved semantic changes, and tiny-task false positives. - Documented stable semantic prefixes as a cache opportunity rather than a provider-independent cache-hit or token-savings guarantee. ### Verification - Added a 15-case deterministic semantic-context matrix and wired it into the Layer 1 release gate. - Added an opt-in, temporary-project live runner with checkout/installed source modes, installed-skill fingerprint protection, and no host-configuration mutation. - Extended Codex smoke-log parsing to recognize direct POSIX `sed` skill reads while retaining the existing PowerShell coverage and transcript-noise guards. - Representative Codex checkout runs passed first resolved-fact creation, byte-stable no-op handling, and passive context consumption. The installed old-skill fingerprint was rejected as stale by design; Claude CLI live coverage remains environment-bound and was not claimed. - Fresh `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` verification passed all four suites. Layer 1 passed `40/40`, including representative Codex automatic and explicit skill-loading smoke, OpenCode base coverage, and Codex plugin-sync regression; Layer 2 and Layer 3 each passed `6/6`. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.4.7` to `2.5.0`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ## v2.4.7 (2026-07-14) ### Directional Reset Governance - Preserved `PatchShape`, `CanonicalOwner`, `UpwardDrillSignal`, decision, latest outcome, and one bounded evidence reference after a locally green repair slice instead of letting a local pass erase the active direction. - Required verification-driven unplanned repairs to read the retained state before editing and compare invariant, owner or contract seam, patch shape, and causal topology. - Prevented renamed carriers from being treated as independent repair directions when their semantic direction still converges. - Reused existing checkpoint prose and evidence-reference surfaces; no new artifact, schema field, workflow owner, or runtime authority was added. ### Workflow And Stability Safeguards - Kept `systematic-debugging` as the sole owner of repair-direction judgment, while `executing-plans` performs the pre-edit routing and `long-task-continuation` carries only bounded state across slices. - Preserved the normal quick path for proven independent canonical-owner bugs and added context-growth budgets around the three touched workflow skills. - Added stateful trigger-health, workflow-quality, patch-shape, continuation, and context-budget regression coverage for local-green directional resets. - Extended the Codex smoke transcript parser to recognize a constrained PowerShell path-array plus `foreach` skill-read shape while rejecting loops whose `Get-Content` call reads a different variable. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, and `git diff --check`. - The final full/fast run passed all four suites. Layer 1 passed `39/39`, including representative Codex automatic and explicit skill-triggering smoke, OpenCode base coverage, and Codex plugin-sync regression; Layer 2 and Layer 3 each passed `6/6`. - The current Codex Desktop installation provides `codex.exe` rather than `codex.cmd`, so the final host smoke used the documented `CODEX_CMD` override. A parser regression test also covers the real batched skill-read transcript shape observed during the release gate. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.4.6` to `2.4.7`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ## v2.4.5 (2026-07-12) ### Quick Install In The Fast-Track Playbooks - Promoted installation to the first section of both the English `Aegis Fast-Track Playbook` and the Chinese `Aegis 速通秘籍`. - Added one copy-and-paste prompt that asks the user's AI coding agent to identify the current host, follow the correct global installation guide, restart or reload the host when needed, and run complete-install verification from the installed method-pack root. - Defined the complete-install evidence explicitly: the doctor JSON must report `"ok": true`, `"workspaceSupport": "available"`, and `"configStatus": "configured"`, with discovery-root and skill-name-prefix checks when the host guide requires them. - Clarified that copy-only or skills-only discovery can expose Aegis methods without proving complete project workspace support. - Added direct manual-install entrypoints for Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, and the full host compatibility matrix, plus the normal `update Aegis` / `aegis:update` follow-up path. ### Documentation Contract Coverage - Renumbered both playbooks so installation precedes the first-use guide, lightweight operating model, engineering moats, project workspace, capability map, controls, trigger diagnosis, and deeper references. - Updated the internal workspace anchor after the section move. - Added workflow-quality regression checks that keep quick install first, preserve the complete-install JSON evidence, and distinguish skills-only discovery from complete installation. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.4.5`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, and `git diff --check`. - The final full/fast run passed all four suites. Layer 1 passed `39/39`, including Codex automatic and explicit skill-triggering smoke, OpenCode base coverage, and Codex plugin-sync regression. - The current Codex Desktop installation does not include `codex-windows-sandbox-setup.exe`. A workspace-write smoke attempt therefore reached the correct `brainstorming` route but could not read the skill file. The final release run used the working `codex.exe` with `-s danger-full-access`; log readback confirmed successful reads of both `using-aegis` and `brainstorming`, not parser-only load markers. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.4.4` to `2.4.5`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ## v2.4.4 (2026-07-12) ### Grilling Mode - Added a focused Grilling Mode inside `brainstorming` for decision interviews triggered by direct phrases such as `grill me`, `grill this plan`, `审问我`, `盘问我`, and `拷问我`. - Added a one-time opening card, recommendation and trade-off framing, and one decision question per turn by default. Fast grilling can batch at most three independent decision questions. - Kept grilling intentionally separate from implementation: it does not write plans, docs, or code, and PR/diff/current-code review still routes to the independent code-review workflow. - Expanded trigger-health fixtures and regression checks for direct, soft, fast, Chinese-language, and negative grilling scenarios. ### TDD Off-Mode Enforcement - Hardened the default `off` mode so risk wording alone cannot automatically route into or load strict TDD. - Aligned `using-aegis`, systematic debugging, writing plans, subagent-driven development, and skill authoring with the same rule: explicit `strict TDD`, `test-first`, `TDD Route: strict`, or an enabled automatic mode is required for RED / GREEN routing. - Preserved proportional regression tests and `verification-before-completion` when automatic TDD is off. - Added policy and workflow-quality regression coverage that prevents owner workflows from reintroducing mandatory test-first behavior. ### Fast-Track Playbooks And Workspace Guidance - Added English and Chinese user-facing quick-start guides: `Aegis Fast-Track Playbook` and `Aegis 速通秘籍`. - Reworked the root README entrypoints around Aegis's lightweight operating model, natural trigger phrases, and progressive workflow depth. - Highlighted five engineering moats: seven-layer root-cause analysis, first-principles decision review, the anti-entropy code-change loop, workspace-backed long-task continuity, and evidence-based closeout. - Documented how the project-local `docs/aegis/` workspace initializes intent, baseline, checkpoint, evidence, drift, resume, proof-bundle, and optional ADR records without turning method-pack artifacts into project authority. - Added a category-level comparison with standalone skill packs while avoiding fixed cost, time, token, or diff-size claims across arbitrary projects. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.4.4`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, and `git diff --check`. - The final full/fast run passed all four suites. Layer 1 passed `39/39`, including representative Codex automatic and explicit skill-triggering smoke, OpenCode base coverage, and Codex plugin-sync regression. - The first full/fast attempt was environment-blocked because the current Codex Desktop install provides `codex.exe` but not `codex.cmd`. Re-running with `CODEX_CMD` pointed at the working `codex.exe` passed both targeted Codex smoke tests and the complete release gate; no Aegis routing regression was found. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions directly from `2.4.1` to `2.4.4`; no `v2.4.2` or `v2.4.3` tags are created by this release. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`, preserves multi-host plugin-installable distribution, and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ## v2.4.1 (2026-07-12) ### Grok Build Host Support - Added a dedicated Grok Build installation and verification guide covering native `$GROK_HOME/skills` discovery, `[skills] paths` configuration, and Claude-compatible plugin discovery. - Added updater defaults for the `grok` and `grok-build` host aliases. The updater now exposes Aegis skills as generated direct-child entries under `$GROK_HOME/skills` or `~/.grok/skills` while keeping the method-pack checkout as the canonical source. - Documented that native skills, extra skill paths, shared Agent Skills, and Claude-compatible plugins are alternative exposure routes. Enabling more than one route can create duplicate Aegis skill names with different freshness. ### Compatibility And Regression Coverage - Added a Grok Build host-boundary check and included it in the Layer 1 release verification path. - Added updater regression tests for Grok-native discovery defaults, `GROK_HOME`, host aliases, direct-child registration, and legacy registry normalization. - Hardened Codex smoke-log parsing so one PowerShell command that reads multiple `SKILL.md` files records every loaded skill instead of only the first path. - Updated the compatibility snapshot, known limitations, release checklist, root documentation, and testing guide to include the Grok Build surface. - Preserved the Aegis Method Pack boundary: Grok owns host discovery, native routing, plugins, permissions, sessions, and reload behavior; Aegis does not provide authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.4.1`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, `bash tests/e2e/grok-build-host-boundary-check.sh`, `python tests/helpers/test_aegis_update.py -k grok`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `grok plugin validate .`, and `git diff --check`. - The full fast profile passed after using the documented `CODEX_CMD` override with a working local Codex executable and bypassing a missing local Windows sandbox helper. The initial failures were environment-bound CLI launch and sandbox errors, not Aegis workflow regressions. - Local Grok Build `0.2.93` headless smoke passed both an explicit `using-aegis` route and an automatic debugging route. The current local profile also exposed Aegis through both shared Agent Skills and an older Claude plugin cache, so this release records structural and representative live-smoke evidence without claiming clean-install or release-level Grok closeout. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.4.0` to `2.4.1`. - This release remains `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)` and preserves plugin-installable distribution without claiming full-platform or full-host production rollout readiness. ## v2.4.0 (2026-07-09) ### Reviewer Agent Retirement - Retired the root `agents/code-reviewer.md` prompt so Aegis no longer carries a second reviewer checklist outside the canonical skill-local template. - Updated code-review dispatch guidance to use a general-purpose reviewer subagent with `skills/requesting-code-review/code-reviewer.md`. - Removed root `agents/` exposure from the Cursor, Claude Code, and CodeBuddy public surfaces where it was still presented as part of the plugin skeleton. ### Compact Verification Closeout - Reworked `verification-before-completion` around three closeout levels: `L0 fast-path`, `L1 compact receipt`, and `L2 triggered expansions`. - Kept the `Aegis Impact and Safety Receipt` as the unified completion surface for non-trivial Aegis-shaped work while treating readiness, trace, baseline, ADR, complexity, and retirement details as conditional expansions. - Moved detailed complexity governance fields back to the shared complexity reference and current baseline instead of inlining the full expanded card in the completion hot path. ### Workflow Quality Regression Coverage - Updated workflow-quality fixtures and validators so the compact closeout contract remains auditable without reviving parallel final report owners. - Added regression coverage that the retired root reviewer agent stays deleted and review dispatch no longer depends on the retired `aegis:code-reviewer` named-agent type. - Updated host-adapter smoke validation so the Cursor manifest explicitly does not expose retired root agents. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.4.0`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, `python tests/helpers/validate_host_adapter_smoke.py .`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` was attempted, but the Codex representative live smoke checks were environment-blocked by local Codex CLI authentication: `401 Unauthorized` / missing bearer or basic authentication. The non-live method-pack, fixture, boundary, workflow, and scenario checks passed under `--host-profile none`. - Release checklist readback confirmed that the release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)` and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.7` to `2.4.0`. - This release preserves plugin-installable method-pack distribution and does not claim full-platform or full-host production rollout readiness. ## v2.3.7 (2026-07-09) ### Completion Receipt Boundary Hardening - Clarified that `verification-before-completion` is the single completion closeout aggregator for non-trivial Aegis-shaped work. - Defined completion-adjacent structures such as `Readiness Summary`, `Trace Digest`, `Goal Closure`, `ADR Backfill Check`, `Retirement Closure`, `Baseline Alignment`, and `Complexity Delta` as receipt inputs or optional expansions rather than competing final report owners. - Preserved the method-pack boundary: the receipt owner contract is output conformance, not a new hot-path routing rule, runtime gate, or completion authority. ### Workflow Quality Regression Coverage - Added a representative workflow-quality sample for real cleanup closeouts where fallback retirement, reference deletion, production DB impact checks, and verification evidence could otherwise be summarized without the unified impact/safety receipt. - Expanded workflow-quality and governance-completion checks so adjacent completion structures cannot replace the `Aegis Impact and Safety Receipt`. - Kept `using-aegis` out of the new closeout contract so trigger stability and context-budget discipline remain unchanged. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.3.7`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, and `git diff --check`. - On this Windows host, `bash` resolves to the WSL launcher by default; release verification used Git Bash at `C:\Program Files\Git\bin\bash.exe`, matching the known release-checklist environment note. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.6` to `2.3.7`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.6 (2026-07-08) ### Aegis Impact and Safety Receipt - Added `verification-before-completion` as the canonical owner of the unified `Aegis Impact and Safety Receipt` for non-trivial Aegis-shaped completion. - Standardized the compact closeout around key judgment, avoided misfix, boundary held, baseline alignment, complexity control, evidence strength, uncovered risk, next verification, and Aegis path. - Localized receipt titles, labels, and prose to the user's language while keeping commands, paths, code identifiers, enum values, and evidence strings in their original form. ### Workflow Closeout Consolidation - Updated anti-entropy governance, execution, long-task continuation, and systematic debugging workflows so they feed completion evidence into the unified receipt instead of inventing independent final-response shapes. - Retained expanded semantic slots such as `Governance Receipt`, `Baseline Alignment`, `Complexity Delta`, `Complexity Closure`, `Readiness Summary`, `Goal Closure`, `Retirement Closure`, and `ADR Backfill Check` for audit, release, architecture, and high-risk work. - Clarified that the receipt remains advisory method-pack output and does not grant `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or final `completion authority`. ### User Confidence Signals - Added explicit safety-oriented closeout language for baseline alignment, implementation drift, design-defect visibility, complexity control, evidence strength, and residual risk. - Strengthened workflow-quality fixtures and validator coverage so completion responses must preserve value, safety, localization, and auditability signals. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.3.6`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, `python -m json.tool tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.5` to `2.3.6`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.5 (2026-07-04) ### TDD Default Mode - Changed Aegis TDD mode to default to `off` across `aegis-doctor`, host bootstrap hooks, OpenCode integration, and public documentation. - Kept automatic TDD routing available as an explicit opt-in through `tdd-mode auto`, `AEGIS_TDD_MODE=auto`, or direct query markers such as `TDD Route: strict`, `strict TDD`, `test-first`, and `RED / GREEN / REFACTOR`. - Preserved `verification-before-completion` in both `off` and `auto` modes so turning off automatic TDD never weakens completion evidence. ### Complexity Governance - Recalibrated 800+ line maintained artifacts as soft pressure signals rather than automatic edit bans. - Added stronger pressure signals for 1200+ line maintained artifacts and files in the largest 5-10% of a target project. - Added `Pre-Edit Owner-Fit Decision` to implementation workflows so overloaded or mixed-purpose owners classify edit intent before non-trivial source edits. - Clarified that `new-responsibility` should not be added in place to an over-budget or mixed-purpose owner by default. - Added `Completion-Time Complexity Repair Decision` so completion-time complexity overruns are classified as `govern-now`, `follow-up-required`, or `not-complete` before additional owner extraction or scope expansion. ### Final Output Semantics - Updated the process baseline to treat `Facts -> Inferences -> Conclusions` as an information-ordering principle instead of a fixed top-level response template. - Renamed `Final Output Contract` to `Final Output Semantic Slots / Attention Anchors` and clarified that these anchors must not override workflow-owned output structures such as findings-first code review, verification evidence slots, repair/retirement closure, complexity closure, `Aegis Visibility`, `Execution Readiness View`, or requested `Trace Digest`. - Updated the global user rules template shipped by Aegis with the same anti-template guidance for future host configuration. ### Regression Coverage - Expanded workflow-quality checks for default-off TDD mode, explicit TDD query markers, pre-edit owner-fit decisions, completion-time complexity repair decisions, and final-output semantic slots. - Updated the workflow-quality matrix and validator so owner-fit and completion-time complexity decisions remain part of the expected workflow contracts. - Updated activation-mode, TDD-policy, doctor, and workspace helper tests for the default-off TDD configuration. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.3.5`, `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `python -m pytest tests/helpers -q`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.4` to `2.3.5`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.4 (2026-07-04) ### Final Output Ordering - Reframed `Facts -> Inferences -> Conclusions` as a user-facing ordering principle instead of a mandatory top-level response template. - Updated the English and Chinese workflow guides so final answers present evidence-backed facts before interpretation, and interpretation before recommendations, decisions, or completion claims. - Clarified that the ordering principle must not override workflow-owned semantic slots or task-specific output contracts such as findings-first code review, verification evidence slots, readiness summaries, governance closure, `Execution Readiness View`, `Aegis Visibility`, or on-demand `Trace Digest`. ### Attention Anchors - Added workflow-quality baseline language explaining that required output content acts as an attention anchor for the code, contract, evidence, or governance logic it names. - Preserved the useful pressure created by required output content while preventing generic response structure from stealing structural ownership from the active workflow. ### Regression Coverage - Added workflow-quality e2e assertions that protect the new ordering language in both workflow guides. - Added baseline checks that ensure required output content remains an attention anchor and does not replace active workflow ownership. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `python -m pytest tests/helpers -q`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.3` to `2.3.4`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.3 (2026-07-04) ### Execution Readiness View - Added an advisory `Execution Readiness View` so medium/high-risk plans, subagent handoffs, long-running work, and contract-sensitive changes can make execution expectations explicit before implementation. - Rendered the view from existing drafts, plans, checkpoints, and baseline docs instead of introducing a new authoritative artifact owner. - Documented the view shape in the runtime-ready boundary: intent lock, scope fence, baseline lock, approved behavior, owner and contract constraints, compatibility boundary, retirement boundary, task batches, test obligations, review gates, drift and rewind rules, evidence required before completion, and advisory boundary. ### Workflow Integration - Updated `writing-plans` to decide when the view is required and render it before execution handoff for architecture, contract, compatibility, retirement-sensitive, subagent, and long-running plans. - Updated `executing-plans` and `long-task-continuation` so active slices are compared against the view during resume, implementation, and drift handling. - Updated `verification-before-completion` so the view constrains readback and verification coverage without becoming verification evidence by itself. ### Boundary And Schema Discipline - Updated the artifact schema, process baseline, workflow guide, and workflow quality baseline to keep `Execution Readiness View` human-readable and advisory. - Explicitly rejected `Execution Readiness View` as a new JSON artifact type, authoritative `GateDecision`, authoritative `PolicySnapshot`, or final completion authority. - Preserved the Aegis visibility behavior introduced in `v2.3.2`; this release does not weaken loaded-skill entry visibility or final closeout visibility. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `python -m pytest tests/helpers -q`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/long-task-continuation-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.2` to `2.3.3`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.2 (2026-07-02) ### Aegis Visibility Non-Omission - Hardened `using-aegis` so non-trivial loaded Aegis skills must surface one natural visibility sentence at the first substantive user-visible stage. - Hardened `verification-before-completion` so concise final answers still keep one task-specific Aegis closeout sentence tied to boundary, evidence, or residual risk. - Updated the process and workflow-quality baselines to treat after-the-fact visibility explanations as recovery, not as a substitute for required entry visibility and final closeout. - Added workflow-quality fixture coverage for loaded-skill entry visibility and compressed final answers that must preserve Aegis visibility. ### Kimi Code CLI Native Host Support - Added a dedicated Kimi Code CLI install guide through native Agent Skills discovery at `$KIMI_CODE_HOME/skills//SKILL.md`, with `~/.kimi-code/skills` as the default when `KIMI_CODE_HOME` is unset. - Retired the old Kimi-as-Codex-umbrella assumption as the canonical path; `~/.agents/skills/` remains documented only as Kimi's official shared compatibility fallback. - Updated `aegis-update.py` so `kimi`, `kimi-code`, and `kimi-code-cli` default to `direct-child` discovery, infer the native Kimi discovery root, and perform register-time sync plus doctor verification for direct-child sync modes. - Added compatibility handling for legacy Kimi registry entries without an explicit `discoveryRoot`, using Kimi's native default root instead of failing the update path. - Added a Kimi host boundary e2e check and wired it into the Layer 1 fast check suite. ### Documentation And Host Matrix - Added `docs/README.kimi-code.md` and linked it from the root READMEs, current authority map, release checklist, install verification policy, activation mode policy, and goal-framing policy. - Updated the host compatibility matrix and known limitations so Kimi remains a structural host target until a fresh live Kimi Code CLI smoke proves runtime skill discovery after restart. - Updated `update-aegis` skill guidance with the Kimi direct-child registration example. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/test_aegis_update.py`, `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-update.py tests/helpers/test_aegis_update.py`, `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, `bash tests/e2e/kimi-code-host-boundary-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/goal-framing-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.1` to `2.3.2`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.1 (2026-07-02) ### Owner-Workflow Aegis Visibility - Added an `Aegis Visibility` semantic slot for task-owning workflows so non-trivial Aegis-shaped work can show why Aegis changed the decision path without falling back to a generic used-skills log. - Distributed visibility across goal framing, brainstorming, planning, systematic debugging, TDD, plan execution, first-principles review, long-task continuation, code review, ADR recording, anti-entropy governance, and verification. - Kept `using-aegis` route-only and preserved `Trace Digest` as an on-demand audit/debug/release/long-task surface rather than default ceremony. ### Workflow Quality Baseline - Updated `AEGIS_WORKFLOW_QUALITY_BASELINE.md` and `AEGIS_PROCESS_BASELINE.md` so `Aegis Visibility` is owned by the active workflow and remains advisory method-pack discipline. - Added an `executing-plans` compact contract to the workflow quality baseline, covering plan review, active todo, change necessity, complexity budget, pre-edit complexity, verification, and checkpoint evidence. - Clarified that natural visibility may satisfy the governance surface when it names the task-specific boundary, evidence discipline, or residual risk that Aegis kept visible. ### Skill Coverage - Updated owner workflow skills to expose task-specific visibility: `goal-framing`, `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, `systematic-debugging`, `test-driven-development`, `executing-plans`, `first-principles-review`, `long-task-continuation`, `requesting-code-review`, `recording-architecture-decisions`, `anti-entropy-governance`, and `verification-before-completion`. - Preserved fast-path cheapness: tiny work can remain implicit unless the user asks why Aegis did or did not shape the task. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.3.1`, `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped declared package and host manifest versions from `2.3.0` to `2.3.1`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.3.0 (2026-07-01) ### Default English README - Made the English README the default GitHub entry point at `README.md`. - Moved the Chinese README to `README.zh-CN.md`. - Kept `README.en.md` as a compatibility pointer so existing links continue to lead users to the current English and Chinese README files. ### User-Visible Governance - Added a compact `Trace Digest` contract so Aegis can make governance work visible without exposing raw chain-of-thought. - Added confidence labels, evidence-chain summaries, host capability markers, redaction guidance, and trace overhead budgets for user-facing workflow visibility. - Added benchmark signals for trace digest coverage, static rule-effect attribution, external skill-call stability, and negative fast-path noise control. ### Change Necessity For New Source Paths - Tightened `Change Necessity` so every new source-code path must surface the code-change necessity check before editing. - Clarified that tiny helpers, guards, branches, fallback paths, adapters, and owner-creating code are not exempt merely because they are small. - Kept pure documentation/config work and mechanical edits on lighter paths when no new source-code path is introduced. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added smoke coverage for ordinary bug repair, requested fallback work, old path cleanup, new helper paths, strict TDD guard creation, executing-plan code creation, and white-box trace digest requests. - Updated workflow-quality validation so new semantic slots stay owned by the relevant workflow rather than drifting into duplicate governance owners. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.2.3` to `2.3.0`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.2.3 (2026-06-28) ### Quick Bug Routing - Routed bug, failure, regression, and unexpected-behavior fast paths from `using-aegis` into `systematic-debugging` so small bug fixes still collect root-cause evidence before source edits. - Kept `using-aegis` within its hot-path budget and preserved it as a compact router instead of moving the full `Change Necessity` checklist into the always-loaded entrypoint. - Updated workflow-quality checks and doctor hot-path verification so this routing stays covered. ### Explicit Change Decisions - Tightened `systematic-debugging` quick bug lane so natural prose still keeps an explicit decision token such as `Decision: code-change`. - Clarified that minimum-boundary wording is not a substitute for the decision. - Kept the decision advisory method-pack discipline, not a `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ### Replay And Benchmark Calibration - Added a quick-bug replay scenario for change necessity before the fix boundary. - Extended the replay analyzer to score required skills, semantic slots, ordered semantic terms, and natural Chinese/English phrasings without turning keyword matching into runtime authority. - Calibrated live replay evidence against multiple real Codex transcripts: the analyzer now treats direct live failures caused by missing aliases as test-oracle false negatives, while the no-Aegis baseline remains a failing contrast arm. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-doctor.py tests/helpers/run_controlled_replay_samples.py tests/helpers/normalize_live_replay_log.py tests/helpers/validate_agentic_benchmark_matrix.py tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/controlled-replay-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/agentic-benchmark-check.sh`, live replay transcript rechecks for 11 post-skill Codex samples, no-Aegis baseline negative recheck, `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.2.2` to `2.2.3`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.2.2 (2026-06-28) ### Change Necessity Before Source Edits - Added `Change Necessity Before Source Edits` to the process baseline so non-trivial source edits must make the code-change decision visible before implementation. - Introduced the compact `Change Necessity` semantic slot with explicit `no-change`, `docs/config-only`, `code-change`, and `needs-clarification` decisions. - Kept `using-aegis` compact and route-only. The hot path now delegates `Change Necessity` to the owning workflow instead of carrying a heavier checklist itself. ### Workflow Ownership - Updated `writing-plans` so implementation plans state why code changes are necessary before task decomposition and carry the minimum boundary into files, tasks, and verification. - Updated `systematic-debugging` so root-cause repair work surfaces `Change Necessity` before non-trivial repair code, while preserving Patch-Shape Triage, Ripple Signal Triage, Minimality Check, and Pre-Edit Complexity Check behavior. - Updated `test-driven-development` so strict RED/GREEN work confirms code change necessity before entering production code edits. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added a workflow-quality dimension and representative sample for change-necessity-before-code-change behavior. - Extended compact output contracts and validation so `writing-plans`, `systematic-debugging`, and `test-driven-development` keep the semantic slot visible. - Added e2e checks that confirm `using-aegis` delegates the responsibility without absorbing the heavier workflow contract. ### Verification - Fresh checks passed: `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`, `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`, and `git diff --check`. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.2.1` to `2.2.2`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.2.1 (2026-06-25) ### Discovery Contract - Added explicit prefixed direct-child discovery verification to `aegis-doctor.py` through `--discovery-name-prefix`. Hosts that expose Aegis skills as `aegis-/SKILL.md` can now verify that generated view without renaming the canonical `skills//SKILL.md` source tree. - Added `discoveryNamePrefix` to the host-scoped update registry contract. `aegis-update.py` now uses the same prefix mapping when creating direct-child links, copying skill directories, and passing discovery verification through to doctor. - Kept the canonical owner model unchanged: method-pack `skills/` remains the source of truth, while prefixed host directories are generated compatibility views rather than second editable skill owners. ### Copilot Verification - Updated the GitHub Copilot guide to document the prefixed repository skill view at `.github/skills/aegis-/SKILL.md` and the matching doctor command: `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py --discovery-root /.github/skills --discovery-name-prefix aegis-`. - Synced the host compatibility snapshot, known limitations, trigger-health baseline, release checklist, root install prompts, and `update-aegis` skill so prefixed discovery roots are recorded as an explicit host exposure contract. ### Verification - Added helper and e2e coverage for canonical discovery roots, identity direct-child discovery roots, prefixed direct-child discovery roots, stale compatibility exposure rejection, update-registry prefix propagation, and prefixed direct-child copy/link sync. - Fresh checks passed: `python tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py`, `python tests/helpers/test_aegis_update.py`, `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py`, `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/copilot-qoder-host-boundary-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh`, `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh`, and `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none`. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.2.0` to `2.2.1`. - This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v2.2.0 (2026-06-24) ### Pre-Addition Minimality - Added `Pre-Addition Minimality` to the process baseline. Before Aegis adds a new owner, skill, artifact, adapter, fallback, workflow step, or benchmark metric, the workflow now checks whether an existing owner can carry the behavior. - Added the shared `Existence Check` contract for `brainstorming` and `writing-plans`, with explicit fields for proposed surface, reuse candidate, creation proof, entropy / retirement impact, and the final `reuse-existing` / `add-with-proof` / `defer` / `reject` decision. - Extended `systematic-debugging` minimality discipline so candidate fixes that add branches, fallbacks, owners, adapters, or compatibility paths name the existing owner / reuse path and provide existence proof before editing. - Added `docs/current/AEGIS_MINIMALITY_REFERENCE.md` as the public reference for checking before adding skills, artifacts, host adapters, fallbacks, and benchmark metrics. The reference remains advisory method-pack guidance and does not create a runtime gate or completion authority. ### Benchmark And Deferred Work Baselines - Added `docs/current/AEGIS_AGENTIC_BENCHMARK_BASELINE.md` and its matrix fixture to define how Aegis can be measured against no-Aegis and explicit Aegis arms across representative agentic tasks. - The benchmark baseline prioritizes governance-quality signals such as route correctness, evidence freshness, authority boundary, false-completion rate, owner-fix accuracy, retirement coverage, workspace laziness, and task completeness. Cost, time, token count, and diff size remain supporting metrics rather than primary Aegis success claims. - Added `docs/current/AEGIS_DEFERRED_LEDGER.md` plus `scripts/aegis-deferred-ledger.py` for searchable `aegis-followup` and `aegis-retire` markers. The ledger records retained follow-up and retirement work, but does not decide whether a deferral is acceptable and does not grant completion authority. ### Host And Workflow Verification - Added thin-bootstrap-adapter invariants so host bootstrap surfaces continue to source the canonical `skills/using-aegis/SKILL.md` hot path or a host-native reference instead of copying the full method body into a separate prompt owner. - Added host instruction invariant checks for global rules, GitHub Copilot instructions, and Gemini references so agent-facing surfaces preserve the method-pack boundary, evidence-before-completion rule, and target-project priority order. - Added a lightweight host adapter smoke check that parses core manifests, hook configs, version fields, expected assets, and the no-live-workspace boundary. - Extended the workflow-quality matrix and validator for pre-addition minimality samples, `Existence Check` compact output contracts, and the expanded `Minimality Check` in debugging. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.1.8` to `2.2.0`. - Registered the new agentic benchmark, host instruction invariant, bootstrap adapter contract, deferred ledger, minimality reference, and host adapter smoke checks in `tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh`. ## v2.1.8 (2026-06-22) ### Root-Cause Claim Discipline - Added a `Pre-Claim Gate` to `systematic-debugging` (new `Phase 3.5`). When a patch-shape signal fires (guard, fallback, consumer/caller patch, artifact/cache patch, or sample-only naming), the agent must pass five mechanical checks before claiming a root cause: causal closure, falsifier checked, adversarial self-refutation, topology classified, and layer-ceiling proof. This addresses recurring premature closure, where an intermediate breakpoint or ripple is summarized as the root cause. The gate is advisory method-pack discipline; it is not a `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. The quick bug lane is exempt when no patch-shape signal fires. - Added a `Causal Topology Gate` that replaces the implicit single-root default with explicit classification into six topologies: `single-root`, `single-root-multi-symptom`, `chain`, `independent-compound`, `conjunctive-cluster`, and `disjunctive-or`. Cluster and compound classifications require member enumeration with necessity and sufficiency tests, plus an anti-disguise check that seeks a shared upstream cause (which collapses a cluster back to single-root-multi-symptom when found). - Added two hard signals (`H14` cluster member not enumerated or necessity tested; `H15` anti-disguise check skipped) and two depth signals (`D6` topology explicitly classified; `D7` anti-disguise check executed) to the `systematic-debugging` quality gate. - Added a supporting doc `root-cause-claim-contract.md` with the gate rationale, the six-topology table, member proof requirements, and a worked example replaying a real two-turn session where the gate would have caught both a premature L4 stop and a hidden second root. - Added two workflow-quality fixtures: a conjunctive-cluster case that collapses to a spec-gap single root, and an independent-compound case with divergent chains. Extended the matrix validator to require the new `topology` field on layer-stop samples and to enforce topology-specific signals and prohibitions on the new fixtures. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.1.7` to `2.1.8`. - Extended `debugging-patch-shape-gate-check`, `workflow-quality-check`, and the matrix validator so the pre-claim gate, topology gate, and new depth signals remain covered by automated policy verification. ## v2.1.7 (2026-06-20) ### Requirements Baseline Readiness - Expanded the public `Product / Requirement Baseline` definition from a narrow problem / acceptance view into a fuller requirements baseline shape covering sources, goals and scope, users / scenarios, requirement item categories, acceptance and verification criteria, open questions, and change records. - Added a lightweight `Requirement Ready Check` contract for design, planning, execution, and completion workflows. It remains method-pack guidance only and does not create a runtime gate, schema authority, or completion authority. - Updated `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, and `verification-before-completion` so requirement gaps are surfaced before design recommendation, task decomposition, or completion claims. - Clarified completion wording so a completed task or slice is not overstated as accepted requirement satisfaction. ### TDD Trigger Boundary - Narrowed native-host entry into `test-driven-development` to explicit TDD markers such as `TDD Route: strict`, `strict TDD`, `test-first`, or `RED / GREEN / REFACTOR`. - Documented the `AEGIS_TDD_MODE=off` boundary for Codex and native direct-skill hosts: it disables automatic Aegis-side TDD routing but does not weaken completion verification. - Added workflow-quality and TDD policy samples that prevent strict TDD from being inferred from risky implementation wording alone when TDD mode is off. ### Release Surface - Bumped all declared package and host manifest versions from `2.1.6` to `2.1.7`. - Extended workflow-quality checks so the requirements readiness and TDD trigger boundaries remain covered by automated policy verification. ## v2.1.5 (2026-06-15) ### ZCode Direct-Child Skill Discovery Fix - Rewrote `docs/README.zcode.md` to document the direct-child skill-directory install (depth-1 discovery, mirroring CC GUI and Windsurf) as the primary path. The prior v2.1.4 plugin-marketplace-only guide could cause silent zero-skill discovery because ZCode's scanner does not read umbrella skill directories. The universal `README.en.md` Quick Install prompt now routes ZCode to the correct depth-1 steps with no ZCode-specific prompt needed. - Added depth-1 direct-child discovery-shape wording to the host compatibility matrix (ZCode row and section 4), known-limitations section 2.22 Retention Reason, and the ZCode boundary test (`--discovery-root`, `--discovery-shape direct-child`, `mklink /J` / `ln -sfn` install shape, umbrella pitfall). - Kept the Claude-Code-compatible plugin marketplace path as a documented secondary install with a fallback pointer to the verified direct-child path. - Version bump 2.1.4 -> 2.1.5 across all 8 declared files. ## v2.1.4 (2026-06-14) ### ZCode Host Adaptation (Structural, Full Parity) - Registered `ZCode` as a structural host target, on equal footing with the other 13 hosts. ZCode natively reads `.claude-plugin/marketplace.json` (Claude Code plugin format), so Aegis's existing plugin skeleton works with zero code changes. - Documented the install path (`/plugin marketplace add GanyuanRan/Aegis` → `/plugin install aegis@aegis-dev`), `@`-prefix `SKILL.md` skill discovery, `AGENTS.md` repository guidance, and the ZCode Memory surface in the new `docs/README.zcode.md`. - Added a dedicated `tests/e2e/zcode-host-boundary-check.sh` (25 assertions across 10 boundary surfaces plus guide content) and registered it in `layer1-fast-check.sh`, matching the per-host boundary-test convention used by every other host. ### Cross-Surface Host Registration - Synced ZCode into the host compatibility matrix (§3.2 table, §4 prose, §5 evidence sources), the method-pack release checklist (doc-check list plus a confirm bullet), a new `§2.22 ZCode Structural Support` known-limitations entry, the prompt-hygiene host list, and the English / Chinese root README host tables. - Appended ZCode to the `install-verification`, `goal-framing`, and `activation-mode` policy test arrays so the host is held to the same complete-install and portable goal-entry contracts as every other host. - Kept ZCode at `structural` status with no fresh-smoke claim, consistent with the other 12 non-Codex/OpenCode hosts; the fresh-smoke upgrade is deferred to the §2.22 Retirement Trigger. ## v2.1.3 (2026-06-13) ### Antigravity CLI Closeout Lane And Boundary Sync - Reframed `Antigravity CLI` as the current active Google-host closeout target while keeping `Antigravity IDE` and `Antigravity App` explicitly structural. - Added a dedicated `tests/antigravity/` verification lane plus current-doc, README, and release-checklist sync so the repo now records a precise environment blocker instead of a vague host-support gap when `agy` is absent. - Kept updater and doctor semantics bounded to the verified current contract: `syncMode = repo-only`, `discoveryShape = host-managed`, and no claim that a plugin-managed Aegis install surface is already verified. ### Helper-Backed ADR Lifecycle Commands - Extended `scripts/aegis-workspace.py` with helper-backed `new-adr`, `amend-adr`, and `supersede-adr` commands for target-project `docs/aegis/adr/` workspaces. - Added structural ADR validation for filename shape, required sections, supersession markers, and `INDEX.md` coverage without turning the helper into architecture or completion authority. - Wired the dedicated ADR and completion skills to route target-project ADR writeback through the shared workspace helper and to preserve helper `check` output as completion evidence. ### Workspace, Skill, And Release-Surface Coverage - Expanded `tests/e2e/aegis-workspace-check.sh` to exercise ADR creation, amendment, supersession, duplicate rejection, and broken-ADR detection. - Updated current docs so ADR Auto Backfill no longer claims helper automation is merely future work; the remaining limitation is now narrowed to workflow judgment for ADR triggering and baseline-sync truth. ## v2.1.1 (2026-06-11) ### Baseline Usage Draft And Attention-Drift Visibility - Added `BaselineUsageDraft` as a runtime-ready advisory artifact that makes baseline/context attention drift visible without claiming host-level authoritative injection proof or internal model-attention proof. - The artifact now records required baseline refs, acknowledged-before-plan refs, cited refs, missing refs, and an advisory decision, with optional host-projected `deliveredContextRefs`. ### Planning, Design, And Long-Task Workflow Integration - Extended `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, and `long-task-continuation` so baseline usage can be surfaced before design approval, before implementation planning, and during resumable execution slices. - Tightened the user-visible workflow contracts so missing baseline refs can pause safely in `needs-baseline-readback` instead of silently allowing a plausible but under-constrained plan to continue. ### Workspace Helper, Fixtures, And Scenario Coverage - Extended `scripts/aegis-workspace.py` with `BaselineUsageDraft` schema validation, lifecycle creation support, filename inference, and the new `add-baseline-usage` helper command. - Added artifact fixtures, long-task checks, workflow-quality matrix updates, and representative scenario transcript coverage so the new artifact is exercised in both contract validation and release-facing behavior checks. ## v2.1.0 (2026-06-11) ### Artifact-Wide Complexity Governance - Added `docs/current/AEGIS_COMPLEXITY_GOVERNANCE_BASELINE.md` as the canonical current owner for complexity governance across maintained source, maintained test source, plan / decision artifacts, and process artifacts. - Extended workflow contracts so planning and execution stages now carry `Complexity Budget`, and completion carries `Complexity Closure` plus `Major Complexity Alert`. - Tightened the completion rule so `exceeded-unresolved` complexity overrun blocks an Aegis completion claim instead of being hidden inside a generic residual-risk note. ### Workflow Quality And Fixture Alignment - Updated workflow-quality baselines, skill contracts, matrix fixtures, and validation helpers so maintained oversized test files and plan/process artifact sprawl are treated as first-class complexity signals. - Added representative workflow-quality samples for oversized maintained test file governance and plan-artifact fan-out, keeping the forcing function visible in release-facing checks. ### Copilot Hook Hardening And Cross-Host Warning Hygiene - Hardened the Copilot PowerShell session-start wrapper so Windows environments without `bash` still emit a valid compact `additionalContext` bootstrap instead of silently returning `{}`. - Kept the fallback bounded to a minimal bootstrap path rather than cloning the full shared bash hook owner. - Reworded the legacy custom-skills warning in `hooks/session-start` so it now points users to the current host's supported skills surface instead of assuming a Claude-only migration path. ### Claude Hook Contract Surface Realignment - Restored `hooks/hooks.json` as the current Claude Code hook contract surface and synchronized the Windows hook guidance and permission check with that owner. - Kept `hooks/run-hook.cmd` as the Windows-safe command wrapper Claude Code still invokes for `SessionStart`. ## v2.0.8 (2026-06-08) ### Claude Code Hook Contract Ownership Alignment - Moved the Claude Code `SessionStart` hook contract into `.claude-plugin/plugin.json` so the Claude-specific hook owner now lives with the Claude plugin manifest instead of a generic root `hooks/` file. - Removed the obsolete `hooks/hooks.json` compatibility surface and kept `hooks/run-hook.cmd` as the command wrapper Claude Code still invokes. ### Windows Hook Documentation And Verification Sync - Updated `docs/windows/polyglot-hooks.md` so the Windows-safe hook guidance now points to `.claude-plugin/plugin.json`, explains why the Claude hook contract should stay out of the generic root `hooks/` surface, and preserves the reusable `.cmd` wrapper pattern. - Updated `tests/e2e/claude-hook-permissions-check.sh` and the historical release-note readback so Claude hook verification now inspects the current manifest owner. ### README Surface And Skill-Path Boundary Clarifications - Updated multiple release-facing end-to-end checks to match the current README surface layout where `README.md` is the Chinese default surface and `README.en.md` is the English companion. - Clarified in `CLAUDE.md`, `GEMINI.md`, `docs/README.codex.md`, and `skills/writing-skills/SKILL.md` that repository `skills/` paths are the canonical source layout while hosts may load installed or generated views at runtime, and that bare supporting-file references inside a skill resolve relative to that skill directory unless stated otherwise. ## v2.0.7 (2026-06-07) ### Copilot Native Session-Start Hook Compatibility - Added a repository-level GitHub Copilot `sessionStart` hook configuration at `.github/hooks/session-start.json` instead of reusing the Claude Code plugin `run-hook.cmd` command string in Copilot's Windows PowerShell execution path. - Added a Windows PowerShell wrapper at `hooks/copilot-session-start.ps1` so Copilot can execute the Aegis bootstrap through the host's native `powershell` hook contract while still reusing the canonical `hooks/session-start` bootstrap owner. ### Compact Hook JSON Output For Copilot - Extended `hooks/session-start` with a compact JSON output mode gated by `AEGIS_HOOK_JSON_STYLE=compact`. - Kept existing Claude Code and Cursor hook output shapes intact while giving Copilot's command-hook contract the single-line JSON it expects. ### Copilot Host Docs And Boundary Baseline Alignment - Updated the GitHub Copilot host guide to document optional repository hooks, the Windows PowerShell parse-error failure mode, and the correct `.github/hooks/session-start.json` usage path. - Updated the current host compatibility snapshot, known limitations, and release checklist so Copilot's structural support now explicitly includes repository hooks without overstating fresh host closeout. ### Regression Coverage For Copilot Hook Surfaces - Added targeted hook tests for compact JSON output and preserved Claude Code nested output shape behavior. ## v2.0.6 (2026-06-05) ### Dual-Baseline Bootstrap For New Project Workspaces - Reframed the first `docs/aegis/baseline/YYYY-MM-DD-initial-baseline.md` expectation from a flat repo inventory into a dual-baseline bootstrap that explicitly separates `Product / Requirement Baseline` from `Architecture / Runtime Boundary Baseline`. - Added an initial-baseline shape that requires current truth, non-negotiables, non-goals, alignment use, and compatibility boundaries instead of leaving early project baselines as generic structure snapshots. ### Workspace Helper Governance Template Alignment - Updated `scripts/aegis-workspace.py init` so newly created `BASELINE-GOVERNANCE.md` files start with dual-baseline roles, `Design Defect` / `Implementation Drift`, and the shared `scope: requirements | architecture | both` vocabulary. - Kept workspace `check` backward-compatible with existing legacy architecture-only governance files so older target-project workspaces are not broken by the template upgrade. ### Current Baseline And Skill Template Synchronization - Updated the brainstorming skill's initial baseline template to make the first project baseline a true dual-baseline bootstrap artifact rather than a ten-field inventory checklist. - Updated `AEGIS_PROCESS_BASELINE.md` so it now distinguishes the first bootstrap baseline from later change-date snapshots and explicitly forbids regressing to a flat repo-inventory checklist. ### Regression Coverage For Baseline Bootstrap Semantics - Extended workspace helper verification so `init` must now emit the dual-baseline governance headings and scope taxonomy. - Extended workflow-quality checks so the initial-baseline template and process baseline both keep the dual-baseline bootstrap language, non-negotiables, and non-goal structure release-visible. ## v2.0.5 (2026-06-05) ### One Canonical Aegis Body Across Hosts - Clarified and strengthened the cross-host rule that Aegis should keep one canonical `method_pack_root`, while host-facing discovery directories, plugin caches, copied skills trees, and compatibility exposures are treated as generated or host-managed views into that same body. - Extended the shared updater and host docs so new host registrations prefer the configured `~/.config/aegis/config.toml` `method_pack_root` instead of silently creating another editable checkout per host. ### Shared-Root Updater Reuse Across Host Registrations - Extended `scripts/aegis-update.py` to read the shared local Aegis config and use `method_pack_root` as the default registration target when available. - Added shared-root update reuse so multiple registered hosts that point at the same method-pack checkout update that checkout once, then refresh each host-specific discovery or verification surface separately. - Preserved host-level differences such as `discoveryRoot`, `discoveryShape`, `reloadHint`, and adapter ownership without turning them into a second source of truth. ### OpenCode Canonical-Root Preference And Mirror Hygiene - Updated the OpenCode plugin so it prefers the configured canonical `method_pack_root` when generating the OpenCode-visible skills tree. - Added mirror-manifest tracking so stale mirrored skill targets can be refreshed or pruned instead of being silently treated as current. - Kept the OpenCode-visible `~/.config/opencode/skills/` tree as a generated compatibility view while retaining `config.skills.paths` only as a fallback exposure layer. ### Cross-Host Installation Guidance Expansion - Updated Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, Pi, and Antigravity docs so they all describe the same stable model: one canonical Aegis body, different host-appropriate exposure shapes. - Updated the host compatibility snapshot and known limitations docs so the canonical-root / generated-view model is release-visible and does not stay hidden in session-only reasoning. - Updated the `update-aegis` skill guidance so host maintenance keeps the canonical root and host view boundaries explicit. ### Regression Coverage For Shared-Root Behavior - Added updater tests for config-driven default root selection and shared-root reuse across multiple host registrations. - Extended the OpenCode plugin-loading coverage so the configured canonical method-pack root must win over the bundled plugin checkout when both exist. ## v2.0.4 (2026-06-04) ### Discovery-Shape Readback For Compatibility Exposures - Extended `scripts/aegis-doctor.py` so discovery-root checks now classify the expected discovery shape instead of only proving that a path exists. - Added explicit readback for canonical method-pack discovery roots versus direct-child compatibility exposures, including clear text and JSON fields for `expectedDiscoveryShape`, `discoveryShapeStatus`, and `compatibilityExposureStatus`. - Hardened stale-copy detection so compatibility exposures that drift from the canonical `skills/` tree now fail structural verification instead of being silently treated as current. ### Host Update Registry Separation Of Transport And Visibility - Extended `scripts/aegis-update.py` so host registrations can store a dedicated `discoveryShape` alongside `syncMode`. - Kept transport semantics and host-visibility semantics separate: `syncMode` now describes how Aegis reaches the host surface, while `discoveryShape` describes what the host must see there. - Added copy-mode pruning so stale copied Aegis skill directories are removed when refreshing direct-child compatibility exposures from the canonical method-pack tree. ### Trigger And Host Baseline Clarifications - Updated trigger-health and host-compatibility current docs with a compact trigger-family vocabulary for diagnostic use without creating a new owner layer. - Clarified in known limitations and host docs that direct-child compatibility exposures are generated views from the canonical `skills/` tree, not a second editable source of truth. - Recorded the CC GUI direct-child discovery requirement more explicitly in the release-facing host guidance and verification policy. ### Completion Boundary Wording Tightening - Compressed the `verification-before-completion` TDD completion boundary into a shorter, more conservative form. - Clarified that completion judgment should match the claim to the highest available explicit boundary while keeping any higher open boundary visible. - Kept the change at the wording and contract level without changing Aegis completion authority boundaries. ### Verification Coverage Expansion - Expanded `tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` to cover canonical discovery roots, direct-child compatibility exposures, and stale-copy rejection. - Added helper coverage for updater discovery-shape registration, copy-mode doctor invocation, stale-skill pruning, and discovery-shape defaults. - Extended install and CC GUI host boundary checks so the new structural discovery semantics stay release-visible. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `2.0.4`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.0.4` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/cc-gui-host-boundary-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_aegis_update.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` attempted; all non-Codex release suites passed, but the current machine's Codex representative smoke was blocked by `401 Unauthorized` from the Responses websocket before any assistant reply was produced - `git diff --check` ## v2.0.2 (2026-06-03) ### TDD Trigger Boundary Hardening For Native Skill Hosts - Narrowed the `test-driven-development` skill trigger so native skill-discovery hosts no longer treat every feature or bugfix request as an automatic TDD entrypoint. - Kept strict TDD auto-loading for explicit strict-TDD requests and already approved atomic tasks whose `TDD Route` is `strict`. - Updated the skill-authoring guidance example so future skills do not regress to broad workflow-summary trigger wording. ### Codex TDD Mode Boundary Clarification - Clarified in the canonical TDD-mode doc and Codex install guides that `AEGIS_TDD_MODE=off` disables Aegis-side automatic TDD routing, but does not directly override a host's native semantic skill matcher. - Documented the retained limitation for native skill-discovery hosts: narrow trigger wording or host-profile visibility control is still required when the host can auto-match skills without the Aegis bootstrap router. ### TDD Policy Regression Coverage - Expanded `tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` so release verification now locks the narrow `test-driven-development` trigger boundary and the Codex-specific TDD mode caveat. - Updated the Codex-native trigger prompt fixture so TDD smoke coverage asks for explicit strict TDD rather than relying on a generic implementation request. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `2.0.2`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.0.2` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` attempted; non-Codex release suites passed, but the current machine's Codex representative smoke was blocked by `401 Unauthorized` from the Responses websocket - `git diff --check` ## v2.0.1 (2026-06-02) ### GitHub Copilot And Qoder Structural Host Support - Added dedicated host guides for GitHub Copilot and Qoder: `docs/README.copilot.md` and `docs/README.qoder.md`. - Added repository guidance for GitHub Copilot through `.github/copilot-instructions.md`. - Extended the public compatibility snapshot, release checklist, current-doc authority map, and known limitations so both hosts are visible as structural support surfaces without overstating them as fresh live-smoke closeout. ### Anti-Entropy Governance For Retirement And Deletion Safety - Added the new `anti-entropy-governance` skill to classify retirement work as `delete-first`, `compat-exception`, or `confirmation-first`. - Extended workflow and process baselines so internal old-path retirement, compatibility retention, and persistent-state deletion boundaries are more explicit and auditable. - Added `Anti-Entropy Declaration` and `Data Destruction Guard` expectations to completion-time governance so destructive warnings cannot be mistaken for authorization. ### Workflow Quality And Verification Coverage Expansion - Expanded the workflow quality baseline and representative matrix to cover duplicate-owner collapse, host fallback retention, internal trigger retirement, rebuildable derived-state cleanup, and persistent-state hard-stop cases. - Added dedicated Copilot/Qoder host boundary checks and updated activation, goal-framing, install-verification, skill-triggering, and explicit-skill suites to include the new host surfaces and anti-entropy path. - Kept the fast path explicit by adding coverage that plain tiny cleanup does not unnecessarily trigger anti-entropy governance. - Excluded ignored `.opencode` dependency lockfiles from version-audit drift noise so release verification reports only Aegis-owned version surfaces. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `2.0.1`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 2.0.1` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/copilot-qoder-host-boundary-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.9.8 (2026-06-02) ### More Perceptible Aegis Closeout - Updated `verification-before-completion` so non-trivial closeout keeps `Aegis` explicitly visible in the final completion summary. - Clarified that the closeout should show how Aegis shaped the judgment through boundary control, evidence discipline, or residual-risk visibility. - Kept the output advisory and user-facing instead of turning Aegis visibility into authority language or an internal trace card. ### More Directly Auditable Completion Notes - Removed the old single closeout phrase that made Aegis visibility feel too formulaic across unrelated tasks. - Preserved the concise default for single-boundary cases while allowing Aegis to appear more than once when multiple governance effects materially shaped the judgment. - Kept the wording tied to task-specific evidence, boundaries, and risk calls so the user can audit what Aegis actually contributed. ### Workflow Quality Baseline Alignment - Updated the workflow quality baseline so Aegis visibility in completion output is judged by whether the user can naturally see the governance effect, not by whether one fixed sentence appears. - Explicitly marked repeated identical Aegis closeout wording as a workflow quality miss. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.9.8`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.9.8` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.9.7 (2026-06-01) ### Goal Closure Contract Coverage - Added `Non-goals respected` to the `verification-before-completion` compact contract so goal closure checks cannot silently ignore scope drift. - Extended the workflow quality matrix validator and `goal-framing` policy check to require the same field wherever completion is judged against a goal frame. ### TDD Local GREEN Dynamic Regression - Added fixture-backed `scenario-E-tdd-local-green` coverage for the case where a strict TDD slice reaches GREEN while parent acceptance remains open. - Locked the expected downgrade path: local GREEN must remain slice-local and report `needs-verification`, covered scope, and uncovered scope instead of claiming whole-task completion. - Added with/without-Aegis transcript contrast fixtures so the regression check explicitly catches the premature-closeout behavior Aegis is meant to prevent. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.9.7`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.9.7` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/goal-framing-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer2-behavior-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer3-scenario-check.sh` - `git diff --check` ## v1.9.6 (2026-06-01) ### TDD Completion Boundary - Clarified that a passing GREEN cycle proves only the currently expressed behavior slice. - Prevented GREEN from being treated as parent-task acceptance or whole-task completion by itself. - Routed unclear business behavior, success evidence, or acceptance back to `brainstorming` or `writing-plans` before strict TDD. ### Slice-Level vs Final Completion - Clarified that a `Slice Card` goal anchors slice-level completeness only. - Added explicit completion precedence across `Slice Card`, `TaskIntentDraft`, and parent plan/spec acceptance during `verification-before-completion`. - Required covered and uncovered scope to stay visible when only the slice goal is satisfied. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added the `tdd-green-local-not-final-completion` representative sample to the workflow quality matrix. - Extended `long-task-continuation` contract coverage to require `Slice Card` visibility. - Updated the matrix validator so `verification-before-completion` now requires `Goal status`, `Success evidence`, and `Stop state`. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.9.6`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.9.6` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.9.5 (2026-05-30) ### Goal Framing Continues by Default - Clarified across the workflow guides, README surfaces, and the `goal-framing` skill that `Aegis goal:` is a start protocol, not a stop point. - Documented the default behavior: after producing the compact `TaskIntentDraft`, Aegis should continue into the routed workflow in the same turn when the user asked to do the work. - Locked the explicit stop boundary: frame-only behavior applies only when the user clearly asks to only define the goal or stop condition, to not execute, to not implement, to not write a plan, or to wait for confirmation. ### Workflow Quality Contract Coverage - Extended the workflow quality baseline and fixture matrix so `goal-framing` now requires a visible `Continuation` contract field. - Added matrix and harness checks that forbid stopping after `TaskIntentDraft` in the default path and require continuation evidence in the routed workflow. - Updated the workflow quality matrix validator so the `goal-framing` contract explicitly checks both `Stop condition` and `Continuation`. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.9.5`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.9.5` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/goal-framing-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.9.4 (2026-05-30) ### Semantic Slots and Natural Surface - Added `Semantic Slots and Natural Surface` to the workflow quality baseline so Aegis can preserve governance forcing functions without making every user-facing response look like an internal process log. - Clarified that required governance checks may appear as localized headings, natural prose, or compact cards when the required slots remain explicit and auditable. - Kept fixed skill traces, used-skill lists, and stage handoff logs reserved for audit, debug, release, long-task review, or explicit user request. ### Verification Evidence Slots - Updated `verification-before-completion` from a rigid `Evidence Card` shape to required evidence semantic slots: evidence action, result, covered scope, uncovered scope, residual risk, and confidence grade. - Added `Governance Receipt` as the compact closeout form for non-trivial Aegis-shaped work while preserving the boundary that method-pack evidence does not grant completion authority. - Clarified that natural completion notes are valid only when they preserve the required evidence, residual-risk, confidence, retirement, baseline, and architecture fields. ### Workflow Quality Matrix Coverage - Added representative matrix samples for natural governance transitions and natural completion notes that still expose verification evidence, covered and uncovered scope, residual risk, and confidence. - Updated verification-related expected output shapes from legacy `evidence-card` wording to semantic evidence slot wording. - Extended the matrix validator to require the new semantic-slot samples, contract fields, output shapes, and verification signals. ### Contract Test Updates - Updated `workflow-quality-check.sh` to lock the new semantic-slot baseline, verification skill contract, natural-surface allowance, and governance receipt expectations. - Updated `governance-completion-contract-check.sh` to check residual-risk semantics instead of only a fixed English field label. - Preserved owner separation: `using-aegis` remains the routing hot path and does not absorb the verification output contract. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.9.4`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.9.4` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.9.0 (2026-05-30) ### Baseline Role Alignment - Added `Baseline Role Alignment` as the shared workflow quality lens for separating product / requirement truth from architecture / runtime boundary truth. - Defined `Product / Requirement Baseline` for accepted problem, success evidence, non-goals, workflow constraints, and approved requirement/spec intent. - Defined `Architecture / Runtime Boundary Baseline` for canonical owner, contract, source-of-truth boundary, dependency direction, compatibility, runtime-ready/method-pack boundary, and retirement state. ### Unified Defect / Drift Vocabulary - Promoted `Design Defect` and `Implementation Drift` as the primary result vocabulary across process baseline, workflow quality baseline, brainstorming, completion verification, requesting-code-review, and code-reviewer templates. - Demoted `Architecture Defect` and `Architecture Drift` to compatibility aliases for architecture-scoped `Design Defect` and architecture-scoped `Implementation Drift`. - Updated review prompts and verification contracts so legacy phrases map back to the shared vocabulary instead of becoming a second result line. ### Aegis Invocation Visibility - Added a natural Aegis closeout pattern for non-trivial tasks, so agents can briefly name the boundary or quality risk Aegis held steady without emitting stiff `Used skills` / `Stage handoffs` cards by default. - Preserved the method-pack authority boundary: invocation visibility remains advisory workflow discipline and does not grant completion authority, `GateDecision`, or `PolicySnapshot`. - Clarified user-language output: user-facing labels and prose follow the user's language, while exact commands, paths, identifiers, enum values, and necessary Aegis identifiers remain stable. ### Workflow Quality Harness Entropy Reduction - Kept `tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` as the stable shell entrypoint while extracting heavy workflow quality matrix validation into `tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py`. - Reduced mixed ownership in the shell harness: doc/skill contract lint stays in the shell entrypoint, while scenario matrix validation now has a dedicated Python helper. - Added release-audit hygiene so local ignored incubator content does not create false version-drift reports during version bumps. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.9.0`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.9.0` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --audit` - `python -m py_compile tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py` - `python tests/helpers/validate_workflow_quality_matrix.py tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.8.5 (2026-05-29) ### Micro-Slice Artifact Budget - Added the `Micro-Slice Artifact Budget` to the workflow quality baseline so long-running workstreams do not create a durable plan or spec for every tiny execution slice. - Defined the `Planless Slice Lane` for micro-slices that are already owned by an existing parent spec or parent plan. - Added the compact `Slice Card` shape for micro-slices: goal, parent plan/spec, files, boundary, verification, and stop condition. - Kept escalation back to durable plan/spec artifacts only for new owner, contract, schema, public API, architecture boundary, migration, persistence, security/permission, distribution/release, or unclear verification surfaces. ### Workflow Integration - Updated `writing-plans` so tiny slices under an existing parent plan/spec do not save a new plan and instead record a `Slice Card`. - Updated `long-task-continuation` so micro-slices reuse the parent plan and update checkpoint, evidence, and drift state instead of creating per-slice plan/spec files. - Updated the process baseline so the artifact budget becomes part of Aegis's long-task governance discipline without expanding the hot path or adding runtime authority. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Extended `tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` to lock the micro-slice artifact budget into the workflow-quality baseline, process baseline, planning skill, and long-task continuation skill. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.8.5`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.8.5` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.8.4 (2026-05-29) ### CC GUI Structural Host Support - Added `docs/README.cc-gui.md` for CC GUI, the JetBrains IDEA plugin layer that wraps Claude Code and OpenAI/GPT provider paths. - Documented the CC GUI OpenAI/GPT provider skill discovery shape: `~/.agents/skills//SKILL.md`, with Windows junction/copy and macOS / Linux symlink installation examples. - Clarified that umbrella installs such as `~/.agents/skills/aegis -> ~/.codex/aegis/skills` can keep native Codex workflows working but are not the preferred CC GUI OpenAI/GPT provider exposure because the umbrella directory does not itself contain `SKILL.md`. - Clarified that selecting a specific GPT model profile in CC GUI does not by itself change the skill discovery shape. - Kept CC GUI support structural and explicitly fresh-smoke pending; this release does not claim live JetBrains plugin smoke, reload behavior, or host adapter event rendering closeout. ### Host Compatibility Boundary - Added CC GUI to the host compatibility matrix, known limitations, release checklist, prompt-hygiene boundary, current authority map, and English / Chinese README host tables. - Added `tests/e2e/cc-gui-host-boundary-check.sh` and wired it into the Layer 1 fast check so future releases keep CC GUI out of release-level fresh smoke claims until direct host evidence exists. - Extended install-verification, goal-framing, and activation-mode checks so the CC GUI guide keeps complete-install doctor verification, portable `Aegis goal:` entry, and explicit activation-mode caveats aligned with other hosts. - Clarified that visible entries such as `Tool: exec_command` are host adapter event rendering concerns. Aegis can reduce unnecessary tool fan-out through workflow discipline, but it does not own CC GUI visual folding, normalization, or live IDE event behavior. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.8.4`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.8.4` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/cc-gui-host-boundary-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/goal-framing-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.8.3 (2026-05-29) ### Architecture Integrity Lens - Added the `Architecture Integrity Lens` to `first-principles-review` as a compact advisory check for executable plans that may still encode the wrong owner, abstraction, contract boundary, or retirement path. - The lens now asks for the invariant, canonical owner / contract, responsibility overlap, higher-level simplification, retirement / falsifier, and verdict before risky approach selection or task decomposition proceeds. - Kept the lens inside the Aegis Method Pack boundary: it produces guidance and residual-risk signals, not an authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ### Workflow Integration - Wired `Architecture Integrity Lens` into `brainstorming` and `writing-plans` so architecture-coherence risks are checked before recommendation or task decomposition. - Extended the code-review checklist to ask whether a change solves the problem at the highest appropriate owner / contract layer and whether caller-side fallbacks are masking source-of-truth or contract fixes. - Added `Integrity Residual Risk` to completion-time architecture alignment so retained overlap, fallback, stale path, or missed higher-level fixes remain visible before completion claims. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added the `architecture-integrity-higher-level-path` representative sample to `tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json`. - Extended `tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` to lock the new lens into the workflow-quality baseline, process baseline, planning skills, review checklist, and completion check. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.8.3`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.8.3` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/first-principles-review-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `git diff --check` ## v1.8.2 (2026-05-28) ### Pi CLI Structural Support - Added Pi CLI as a structural Agent Skills host target for the Aegis Method Pack. - Added `docs/README.pi.md` with Pi package installation, native skill directory installation, complete-install doctor verification, update registration, activation-mode caveats, and official Pi reference links. - Exposed Aegis skills through the root `package.json` with the `pi-package` keyword and `pi.skills: ["./skills"]`, so Pi can load Aegis as a package resource. - Updated the host compatibility matrix, known limitations, release checklist, prompt-hygiene boundary, and English / Chinese README host tables to include Pi CLI without claiming release-level live smoke evidence. ### Host Boundary Guardrails - Added `tests/e2e/pi-host-boundary-check.sh` and wired it into the Layer 1 fast check. - Extended install-verification, goal-framing, and activation-mode policy checks so future host docs keep Pi aligned with the existing method-pack install and authority boundary. - Kept Pi support structural until a future Pi live smoke proves skill discovery, reload behavior, and `aegis-doctor.py --write-config --json` from the installed method-pack root. ### Repository Hygiene - Added `Aegis_Codeflow/` to `.gitignore` so the incubator workspace stays out of the public method-pack release payload. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.8.2`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.8.2` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/pi-host-boundary-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python -m json.tool package.json` - `git diff --check` ## v1.8.1 (2026-05-27) ### README Install And Update Clarity - Split the root README quick-start flow into a pure install path and a separate update path. - Simplified the copyable install prompt so it no longer mixes first-time installation with method-pack updates. - Documented both natural-language update requests and the explicit `aegis:update` skill request as routes into the local `scripts/aegis-update.py` host-scoped update path. ### Command-First Activation Mode - Simplified activation-mode guidance in the English and Chinese root READMEs: users now run `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py activation-mode explicit` from the installed method-pack root instead of manually creating `config.toml`. - Kept detailed configuration paths and host caveats in the canonical activation-mode current doc. - Updated the activation-mode e2e policy check so root READMEs are validated for the command-first path. ### Version - Bumped all declared plugin, marketplace, package, and extension manifests to `1.8.1`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.8.1` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `git diff --check` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.8.0 (2026-05-26) ### Host-Scoped Aegis Updates - Added `aegis:update` as an explicit user-triggered update workflow for installed Aegis method packs. - Added `scripts/aegis-update.py` with host-scoped installation registration, status readback, dry-run support, and explicit `--all` handling for users who want to update every registered host. - Preserved predictable multi-host behavior: a plain update targets the current or explicitly selected host, while all-host updates require an explicit request. - Kept automatic background updates out of the default path. The registry can record `updateMode`, but the method pack does not become a daemon, runtime core, or final update authority. ### Install And Documentation Updates - Added an `update-aegis` skill that routes `aegis:update` requests through the host-scoped registry rather than re-discovering every install from scratch. - Updated Codex install guidance to register the Codex host, verify the discovery root, and update through `aegis-update.py update --host codex`. - Updated the root READMEs, compatibility snapshot, and known limitations to describe the new explicit update behavior and its multi-host boundary. - Refreshed Cursor and Windsurf skill counts and skill tables so their install guides match the current method-pack skill set. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.8.0` - `python tests/helpers/test_aegis_update.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.7.0 (2026-05-25) ### Adaptive TDD Mode - Added `TDD Mode` with two user-facing modes: `auto` and `off`. - In `auto`, Aegis now routes implementation through a `TDD Route`: `strict` for risky behavior or contract work, `light` for tiny low-risk edits, and `skipped` when TDD does not fit the task shape. - In `off`, Aegis disables automatic TDD routing while preserving explicit user/project TDD requests and `verification-before-completion`. - Added `docs/current/AEGIS_TDD_MODE.md` and updated the process baseline, workflow guides, workflow quality baseline, and README guidance to clarify that TDD Mode controls test-first discipline, not completion evidence. ### Configuration And Host Bootstrap - Extended `scripts/aegis-doctor.py` with: - `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py tdd-mode auto` - `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py tdd-mode off` - Added `tdd_mode` to user-local config while preserving existing `activation_mode` behavior. - Updated the Claude/Cursor/Copilot session-start hook and OpenCode plugin to read `AEGIS_TDD_MODE` or `tdd_mode` and inject a compact TDD mode boundary line without expanding the `using-aegis` hot path. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Updated `test-driven-development` so strict RED / GREEN / REFACTOR is tied to `TDD Route: strict`, not forced onto every tiny edit. - Updated `using-aegis` and its discipline reference to route low-complexity implementation through `TDD Route + verification` while keeping the hot path under the context budget. - Added workflow-quality samples and e2e checks for `auto` small-task light verification, `auto` risky-code strict TDD, and `off` no-automatic-TDD behavior. - Preserved the method-pack boundary: TDD Mode is advisory workflow discipline only and does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.7.0` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` - `git diff --check` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.6.6 (2026-05-25) ### README And Install Guidance - Streamlined the English and Chinese root READMEs into compact user-facing entry points that emphasize Aegis as a baseline-first, evidence-driven method-pack upgrade for AI coding agents. - Replaced separate minimal install and update prompts with a single install-or-update prompt that asks the agent to detect the current host, install or update Aegis, reload when needed, and verify from the installed method-pack root. - Moved optional lite global rules into dedicated English and Chinese files so the root README stays focused on the information users need before trying Aegis. ### Host Compatibility - Added structural host guidance for OpenClaw and Hermes Agent, including individual `SKILL.md` skill-directory install paths, update guidance, doctor verification, activation-mode caveats, and authority-boundary reminders. - Updated the compatibility matrix, known limitations, release checklist, prompt-hygiene boundary, current docs index, and README host lists to include OpenClaw and Hermes Agent without claiming release-level fresh host smoke. - Added `popular-agent-host-boundary-check.sh` and wired it into the Layer 1 fast check to guard these host boundaries. ### Complexity And Repair Discipline - Expanded complexity governance from a completion-only delta into a three-stage advisory flow: `Plan-Time Complexity Check`, `Pre-Edit Complexity Check`, and completion-time `Complexity Governance Suggestion`. - Updated `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, `test-driven-development`, `systematic-debugging`, `executing-plans`, and `verification-before-completion` so agents can choose safer owner/file boundaries before code edits and report useful follow-up recommendations after the diff exists. - Tightened `Minimal Necessary Change` into `Minimal Sufficient Stable Repair`: the smallest acceptable repair is the smallest sufficient fix at the correct owner and abstraction layer, not the smallest textual diff. - Added a `Minimality Check` for fallback, guard, adapter, special-case, or duplicate-owner repairs so local patches remain bounded mitigations with retention reasons and retirement triggers. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added representative workflow-quality samples for plan-time complexity, pre-edit complexity, completion-time governance suggestions, and minimal sufficient repair. - Extended e2e checks for workflow-quality contracts, first-principles repair classification, debugging patch-shape gates, install verification policy, activation-mode host caveats, and goal-framing host documentation coverage. - Preserved the method-pack boundary: all new checks are advisory workflow discipline and do not grant authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, publish approval, or completion authority. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.6.6` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/debugging-patch-shape-gate-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/first-principles-review-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.6.0 (2026-05-25) ### Strong-Opinion Review Lenses - Added `Strong-Opinion Review Lenses` to the workflow quality and process baselines so high-value workflows can catch weak direction earlier without becoming persona commands, approval gates, or runtime authority. - Added a `Product Risk Lens` to `brainstorming` for value, non-goals, trade-offs, and decision-needed clarity before implementation. - Added a `Plan Pressure Test` to `writing-plans` for owner / contract / retirement risk, verification scope, and task executability before task decomposition. ### Review, Readiness, And Memory Closure - Updated `requesting-code-review` and the canonical reviewer template with a `Findings First` lens that prioritizes bugs first, risk first, tests first. - Added a `Readiness Summary` to `verification-before-completion` for release, merge, and handoff checks covering tests, docs, version, host compatibility, uncovered scope, and residual risk. - Added a `Retro / Memory Filter` to `recording-architecture-decisions` so executed durable decisions can become ADR or baseline memory while unexecuted ideas stay out of accepted architecture memory. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added six representative workflow-quality samples covering product risk, plan pressure, findings-first review, release readiness, retro memory filtering, and fast-path no-persona behavior. - Extended `workflow-quality-check.sh` to lock the new lenses, compact output contracts, and boundary rules across the owning skills. - Preserved the method-pack boundary: these lenses are advisory workflow structures only and do not add merge approval, publish authorization, authoritative `GateDecision`, or completion authority. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.6.0` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `git diff --check` ## v1.5.7 (2026-05-24) ### Method-Pack Root Doctor Commands - Hardened install and update guidance so agents run `aegis-doctor.py` from the installed Aegis method-pack root instead of the target project directory. - Updated root, host-specific, hidden install, compatibility, known-limitation, and trigger-health docs with `cd ` anchored command shapes. - Extended install verification guardrails so future docs must keep the doctor command rooted at the method-pack install location. ### Activation Mode CLI - Added `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py activation-mode explicit` and `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py activation-mode auto` as concise commands for switching Aegis automatic bootstrap behavior through the user-local config. - Kept the boundary explicit: the command writes Aegis config and requires a restart, reload, or new host session; it is not an authoritative runtime decision or a guaranteed same-session slash command for every host. - Updated activation mode docs for Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, CodeBuddy, DeepSeek-TUI, Trae, Cursor, Windsurf, and Antigravity surfaces. ### Doctor Usability - Fixed `aegis-doctor.py helper-path` text output so it no longer crashes when run without `--json`. - Preserved an existing `activation_mode` value when `--write-config` refreshes method-pack and workspace-helper paths, avoiding accidental resets from `explicit` back to `auto`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.5.7` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/activation-mode-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workspace-helper-resolution-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` - `git diff --check` ## v1.5.6 (2026-05-24) ### Diagnostic Stop Transparency - Added a `Layer Stop Card` to `systematic-debugging` for cases where the diagnostic stop layer affects the fix boundary, contract owner, spec/product decision, or user correction path. - The card makes the current stop layer, checked path, evidence for stop, excluded layers, falsifier, user intervention point, and next action explicit. - Kept the card advisory inside the `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)` boundary. It does not grant `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority. ### Workflow Quality Samples - Added five workflow-quality samples covering local L3 root cause, L5 cross-system contract mismatch, L7 spec gap, fast-path no-card behavior, and user falsifier correction from an initial L7-style diagnosis back to L5. - Extended the workflow-quality e2e check so future changes must keep the card structured, falsifiable, user-interruptible, and absent from ordinary fast-path explanations. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.5.6` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/debugging-patch-shape-gate-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ## v1.5.5 (2026-05-23) ### Retired Browser Visual Companion - Removed the inherited browser-based visual companion from the `brainstorming` workflow. Aegis no longer offers to open a local browser URL for mockups, diagrams, or visual option selection during brainstorming. - Deleted the companion guide, local server scripts, frame/helper assets, and `tests/brainstorm-server/` lifecycle/protocol suite. - Kept brainstorming focused on method-pack design discipline: context intake, clarifying questions, options, design/spec approval, and handoff to `writing-plans`. ### Maintenance Guardrails - Removed the retired `brainstorm-server` version-audit exclusion and updated the Codex plugin sync comment so maintenance scripts no longer refer to the deleted companion surface. - Added a workflow-quality regression check that prevents `brainstorming` from reintroducing browser visual companion prompts. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.5.5` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/antigravity-host-boundary-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` - `bash tests/codex-plugin-sync/test-sync-to-codex-plugin.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `git diff --check` ## v1.5.4 (2026-05-23) ### Antigravity Host Targets - Added Google Antigravity as a documented Aegis host target across three structural surfaces: `Antigravity CLI`, `Antigravity IDE`, and `Antigravity App`. - Added `docs/README.antigravity.md` with install guidance, shape-specific notes, verification expectations, and official reference links. - Added `skills/using-aegis/references/antigravity-tools.md` so Aegis skills can map file, shell, search, skill, subagent, and web-tool references onto Antigravity host equivalents. ### Gemini CLI Transition Boundary - Kept Gemini CLI as a transitional compatibility surface instead of retiring it in this release. - Documented Google's `2026-05-19` transition announcement, the `2026-06-18` consumer service-stop boundary, and the enterprise / paid API key caveats. - Preserved `GEMINI.md`, `gemini-extension.json`, and the Gemini tool mapping while Antigravity CLI / IDE / App support matures. ### Host Compatibility Guardrails - Updated the host compatibility matrix, known limitations, release checklist, prompt hygiene boundary, README files, and skill references for Antigravity support. - Added `tests/e2e/antigravity-host-boundary-check.sh` and wired it into the Layer 1 fast check. - The new guardrail records Antigravity as structural support only, captures Antigravity CLI `1.0.1` plugin discovery evidence, and prevents wording that marks Gemini CLI as retired or retiring. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.5.4` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/antigravity-host-boundary-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `git diff --check` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.5.3 (2026-05-21) ### Recording Architecture Decisions - Added `recording-architecture-decisions` as the dedicated ADR lifecycle skill for direct ADR, architecture decision record, decision log, and baseline sync closure requests. - The new skill runs the ADR creation gate, chooses create / amend / supersede / skip, selects the owner surface, and closes Baseline Sync before any ADR or baseline writeback. - Kept the boundary explicit: ADR handling remains advisory method-pack discipline and does not become completion authority, an authoritative `GateDecision`, or a `PolicySnapshot`. ### Baseline Sync Closure - Updated ADR Auto Backfill guidance so create, amend, supersede, needed, or unknown baseline sync outcomes route through `recording-architecture-decisions`. - Extended `verification-before-completion` and `requesting-code-review` so completion and review flows flag missing ADR lifecycle handoff when durable architecture decisions or baseline sync closure are in scope. - Documented the compact output contract in the workflow quality baseline: Decision Candidate, ADR Gate, ADR Action, Owner Surface, Baseline Sync, and Boundary. ### Trigger And Release Coverage - Added `recording-architecture-decisions` to doctor key skill detection and skill-triggering / explicit-skill request coverage. - Expanded workflow quality fixtures and checks with direct ADR lifecycle and ADR-skip samples, including no-forced-ADR and no-forced-baseline-writeback guardrails. - Bumped public package and host distribution manifests to `1.5.3`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.5.3` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.5.0 (2026-05-19) ### Completion-Time Complexity Delta - Added a completion-time `Complexity Delta` guardrail so non-trivial code changes report actual entropy movement before a completion claim. - The completion check now calls out maintained source files over 800 lines, files newly crossing 800 lines, largest touched file delta, largest touched function/block, new branches/fallbacks/adapters, retired paths, net entropy, and required follow-up. - The 800-line file threshold is documented as a review signal rather than a universal failure gate, with generated, vendored, fixture, lockfile, and framework-owned artifacts exempt only when the reason is explicit. - Added block-level complexity guidance for touched functions, methods, components, or cohesive blocks over roughly 80 lines, deeply nested logic, or mixed reasons to change. ### Retirement Closure - Extended `verification-before-completion` with a `Retirement Closure` card for work that adds, replaces, or retains old logic. - The closure now asks agents to record old logic location, deletion status, retained logic, retention reason, retirement trigger, and lingering-reference checks. - Complexity Delta and Retirement Closure are linked: new fallback, adapter, compatibility, guard, or branch logic without deleted or scheduled old paths is reported as entropy increase and residual risk. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Added the `Completion-Time Complexity Delta` dimension to the workflow quality baseline. - Added a representative workflow-quality sample for a core file that may cross the 800-line threshold before completion. - Expanded `workflow-quality-check.sh` so process docs, workflow quality docs, the verification skill, compact contracts, and the matrix all lock the new completion-time complexity behavior. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.5.0` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ## v1.4.6 (2026-05-18) ### Workspace Helper Resolution Boundary - Added `aegis-doctor.py helper-path --json` so hosts and agents can resolve the installed Aegis workspace helper without assuming the target project owns `scripts/aegis-workspace.py`. - Updated workspace-writing skills and current docs to use `python ... --root `, keeping the helper owner and target project root as separate concepts. - Added `workspace-helper-resolution-check.sh` and Layer 1 coverage for helper path resolution, uninitialized target-project reporting, and target-project helper ownership wording. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.4.6` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workspace-helper-resolution-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workspace-helper-wiring-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/long-task-continuation-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/project-bootstrap-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ## v1.4.5 (2026-05-17) ### Completion Architecture Alignment - Added an explicit `Architecture Alignment` completion card for work that touches durable architecture surfaces or project rules that require architecture reporting. - The card records trigger status, scope, checked baseline, result (`aligned`, `architecture drift`, or `architecture defect`), evidence, and residual architecture risk. - Added a lightweight `ArchitectureReviewRequired` signal in `using-aegis` so medium/high, contract, cross-module, owner, source-of-truth, fallback/adapter, and project-baseline tasks carry the signal into `verification-before-completion`. ### User-Language Output Contract - Added a completion-time `User-Language Output` rule requiring user-facing section labels, field labels, and explanatory prose to follow the user's current language. - Preserved precision for commands, paths, code identifiers, stable enum values, and Aegis product terms, with first-use bilingual labels recommended for important product terms. - Extended the workflow quality baseline with a dedicated `User-Language Output` dimension so localization is checked as a workflow quality property, not only as a governance-closure detail. ### Workflow Quality Coverage - Updated the workflow quality matrix so architecture completion checks require both `Architecture Alignment` and `ADR Backfill Check` signals. - Expanded e2e checks to guard user-language completion cards, architecture alignment output, and the compact `ArchitectureReviewRequired` routing signal. - Kept the new rules inside the method-pack boundary: they are advisory workflow discipline and do not add a runtime gate, authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, evidence sufficiency decision, or `completion authority`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.4.5` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.4.3 (2026-05-15) ### ADR Backfill Signal Hardening - **Completion-time ADR Backfill Check** — extended `verification-before-completion` with an advisory ADR Backfill Check that records trigger status, suggested action, evidence source, baseline sync, skip reason, and method-pack boundary. - **Workflow quality guardrails** — expanded the workflow quality baseline and fixture coverage so ADR backfill behavior is locked as a representative completion signal rather than a runtime authority decision. - **Boundary preservation** — kept ADR backfill as method-pack signal and review discipline only; this release does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, evidence sufficiency, or `completion authority`. ### ADR Signal Propagation - Aligned ADR signal handling across `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, `long-task-continuation`, `requesting-code-review`, and `verification-before-completion`. - Preserved ADR signals, source references, alternatives, compatibility questions, baseline-sync questions, work records, proof bundles, drift checks, and evidence references across workflow handoffs. - Clarified that long-task records and verification evidence are preferred sources for ADR Auto Backfill review. ### Code Review Routing And Baseline Awareness - Demoted `requesting-code-review` from the default generic completion path so normal completion claims route to `verification-before-completion`. - Retained code review as an explicit or high-risk independent escalation path with representative trigger-health and workflow-quality coverage. - Made review baseline-aware by requiring reviewers to distinguish baseline defects from architecture drift and to check ADR Auto Backfill / baseline sync findings. ### Reviewer Compatibility Projection - Marked `agents/code-reviewer.md` as a host compatibility projection rather than a second canonical owner. - Kept `skills/requesting-code-review/code-reviewer.md` as the canonical reviewer template while mirroring the key baseline-aware and ADR review semantics into the compatibility projection. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.4.3` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.4.0 (2026-05-14) ### Goal Framing - **Opt-in goal entry** — added `goal-framing` for `/aegis-goal ` and portable `Aegis goal: ` prompts. - **Thin goal frame** — the new entry records the goal, success evidence, stop condition, non-goals, route, and next action before handing work to the appropriate workflow. - **Explicit stop states** — goal-framed work distinguishes `done`, `blocked`, `needs-verification`, and `scope-exceeded` instead of making the host infer when to continue or stop. ### Goal Closure And Routing - Added a goal signal routing matrix for fast path / TDD, systematic debugging, brainstorming, writing plans, long-task continuation, and verification-before-completion. - Extended `verification-before-completion` with Goal Closure so completion claims compare fresh evidence against the latest goal frame, stop state, and non-goals. - Kept `using-aegis` compact by routing explicit goal prompts to `goal-framing` instead of expanding the always-loaded hot path. ### Subagent Handoff And Runtime-Ready Artifacts - Added `SubagentContextPacket` as a compact delegation packet for subagents, with relevant baseline refs, files, known facts, unknowns, non-goals, expected output, expected verification, must-read excerpts, and unsafe assumptions. - Extended `TaskIntentDraft` with optional goal-framing fields: `goal`, `successEvidence`, `stopCondition`, and `nonGoals`. - Updated `scripts/aegis-workspace.py new-work` with optional `--goal`, `--success-evidence`, and `--stop-condition` arguments while preserving backward-compatible defaults. ### Host And Documentation Updates - Documented portable `Aegis goal:` usage in the English and Chinese README files, English and Chinese workflow guides, and the Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, CodeBuddy, DeepSeek-TUI, and Trae host guides. - Added `goal-framing` to doctor key skill detection, trigger/workflow quality fixtures, artifact schema fixtures, and Layer 1 fast verification. - Added `tests/e2e/goal-framing-check.sh` to guard the opt-in entry, no-file default, Goal Closure contract, and SubagentContextPacket shape. ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. Goal Framing, Goal Closure, and SubagentContextPacket are advisory method-pack discipline and runtime-ready inputs only. They do not add an authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, evidence sufficiency decision, host daemon, automatic stop enforcement, or `completion authority`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.4.0` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-doctor.py scripts/aegis-workspace.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` - `bash tests/e2e/goal-framing-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.3.0 (2026-05-12) ### Workflow Quality Hardening - **Workflow Quality baseline** — added `docs/current/AEGIS_WORKFLOW_QUALITY_BASELINE.md` to define quality dimensions for high-frequency Aegis workflows: trigger accuracy, fast-path cheapness, output compactness, evidence freshness, artifact stability, workspace laziness, and authority boundary. - **Representative quality matrix** — added `tests/e2e/fixtures/workflow-quality-matrix.json` with sample-driven expectations for simple Q&A, tiny wording edits, version/status checks, bug fixes, failing tests, ambiguous features, approved specs, completion claims, long-task resume, and governance cleanup. - **Regression guardrail** — added `tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` and wired it into Layer 1 fast verification so workflow hardening is checked before broadening skill behavior. ### Compact Workflow Contracts - **Leaner routing** — kept `using-aegis` within the hot-path budget while adding a compact `Route / Why / Next` contract for useful routing output. - **Scaled workflow depth** — clarified compact contracts for `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, `systematic-debugging`, `verification-before-completion`, and `long-task-continuation` so everyday tasks stay light and medium/high risk tasks still produce reusable evidence. - **Quick bug lane** — added a compact low-risk debugging lane that still requires root-cause evidence before editing and escalates when fallback, duplicate owner, consumer-side patching, contract, shared logic, or cross-module risk appears. - **Evidence Card** — formalized the compact verification output shape: command/check, exit status, covered scope, uncovered scope, residual risk, and confidence. ### Documentation And Release Hygiene - Added Workflow Quality to the current docs index, process baseline, trigger health baseline, English README, Chinese README, and E2E bootstrap docs. - Updated version audit exclusions so ignored `.tmp/` dependency caches do not appear as Aegis version drift during release checks. ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. Workflow Quality Hardening adds method-pack guardrails, samples, and compact output contracts. It does not add an authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, evidence sufficiency decision, or `completion authority`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.3.0` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/workflow-quality-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/project-bootstrap-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workspace-helper-wiring-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/long-task-continuation-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ## v1.2.2 (2026-05-12) ### Decision Hygiene Review - **First-principles escalation** — strengthened `first-principles-review` with a compact `Decision Hygiene Review` escalation for risky proposal, spec, and plan decisions. - **Owner and retirement clarity** — added first-principles invariants, owner / retirement matrix, and falsification matrix prompts before a workflow endorses new owners, duplicate owners, fallbacks, adapters, compat-only carriers, delete-first questions, or long-term stability claims. - **Workflow routing** — wired `brainstorming` to invoke the escalation before risky approach selection and `writing-plans` before risky task decomposition when the spec has not already settled the decision. - **Guide and baseline alignment** — updated the English and Chinese workflow guides plus the process baseline so decision hygiene remains an escalation inside the method pack, not a new always-on ceremony. ### Regression Coverage - Expanded `tests/e2e/first-principles-review-check.sh` to guard the decision hygiene template, escalation signals, advisory verdict wording, workflow guide coverage, and the unchanged `using-aegis` hot path. ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. Decision Hygiene Review is advisory method-pack workflow discipline. It does not add an authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.2.2` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/first-principles-review-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.2.1 (2026-05-12) ### Hardened Install Verification - **Complete-install gate** — tightened the root English and Chinese README install/update prompts so agents must run `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py --write-config --json` from the Aegis method-pack root. - **Durable helper path readback** — documented that installation or update is complete only when the doctor JSON reports `"ok": true`, `"workspaceSupport": "available"`, and `"configStatus": "configured"`. - **Discovery-root check** — kept separate host skill discovery validation via `--discovery-root ` for hosts that expose a distinct skill discovery directory, reducing the chance that a stale copied skill tree is mistaken for a complete install. ### Host Documentation - Updated Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, CodeBuddy, DeepSeek-TUI, and Trae install/troubleshooting guides to use the hardened complete-install verification command. - Updated the host compatibility snapshot, known limitations, and trigger health baseline so install/version diagnosis uses the same configured helper path readback. ### Regression Coverage - Added `tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` to prevent public install docs from regressing to weak "skill discovery only" verification. - Wired the new install verification policy check into Layer 1 fast verification. ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. The hardened doctor readback verifies method-pack installation and workspace-helper wiring; it does not grant authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.2.1` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-doctor.py scripts/aegis-workspace.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/install-verification-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.2.0 (2026-05-12) ### ADR Auto Backfill - **Completion-time ADR memory** — added `docs/current/AEGIS_ADR_AUTO_BACKFILL.md`, defining how completed work should be backfilled into durable architecture decision records without turning ADRs into a manual user approval burden. - **Evidence-source priority** — documented the source order for ADR backfill: `work -> plan -> spec -> git / verification evidence`. Work records remain the preferred source when available. - **Create / amend / supersede / skip policy** — clarified when Aegis should create a new ADR, amend an existing ADR, supersede a prior decision, or skip ADR creation for low-value or speculative decisions. - **ADR and baseline sync** — formalized the rule that ADRs record why a decision exists, while baselines record the current architecture state. ADR actions that change or confirm owners, contracts, dependency direction, source-of-truth ownership, compatibility boundaries, runtime-ready artifact boundaries, or retirement schedules now require a baseline sync check. ### Documentation Wiring - Added ADR Auto Backfill to the public current docs index. - Updated the process baseline and both workflow guides so users can understand ADR backfill as a completion-time workflow rather than a pre-execution ceremony. - Recorded the current limitation that helper-backed `new-adr`, `amend-adr`, and `supersede-adr` commands are not implemented yet. ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. ADR Auto Backfill is method-pack workflow discipline only. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.2.0` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-workspace.py scripts/aegis-doctor.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/project-bootstrap-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workspace-helper-wiring-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.1.6 (2026-05-11) ### 工作流程入口 - **新增英文工作流程说明** — 增加 `docs/current/AEGIS_WORKFLOW_GUIDE.md`，面向用户和贡献者说明 Aegis 如何触发、路由、分级、基线读取、执行、验证和收口。 - **新增中文工作流程说明** — 增加 `docs/current/AEGIS_WORKFLOW_GUIDE_ZH.md`，帮助中文用户在安装前快速理解 Aegis 的实际工作方式。 - **README 快速入口** — 在根目录 `README.md` 的 `Minimal Install` 前、以及 `README.zh-CN.md` 的 `极简安装` 前加入中英文 workflow guide 链接，方便新用户 先阅读流程再安装。 - **Current docs 索引** — 将两份 workflow guide 纳入 `docs/current/README.md` 的 public current baseline 与 document roles。 ### 边界 - 两份 workflow guide 仅作为说明型入口，不新增 runtime authority。 - 本版本仍然发布 `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`，不新增 authoritative `GateDecision`、`PolicySnapshot` 或 `completion authority`。 ### 验证 - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.1.6` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.1.5 (2026-05-10) ### Trigger Reliability - **Trigger Health baseline** — added a current baseline for diagnosing cases where Aegis is installed but the expected skill does not reliably trigger. The new diagnostic chain separates install/version, host discovery, activation/bootstrap, router entry, task routing, execution depth, context pressure, and false-positive control. - **Context-pressure re-entry** — strengthened `using-aegis` so agents re-check routing on start, resume, and context compaction before continuing non-trivial work. - **Doctor visibility** — extended `aegis-doctor.py` to report the Trigger Health baseline and layers, including context-pressure re-entry. ### Skill Trigger Hygiene - Refined skill description guidance from strict "trigger-only" language to "trigger-oriented" wording: descriptions may mention user-facing outcomes when they help discovery, but must not summarize workflow steps. - Cleaned active skill descriptions so they focus on trigger conditions and avoid workflow-summary shortcuts. ### Regression Coverage - Added `tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` and `tests/e2e/fixtures/trigger-health-matrix.json`. - Wired Trigger Health checks into Layer 1 fast verification. - Updated doctor and first-principles checks to lock the new terminology and context-pressure layer. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.1.5` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/trigger-health-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/first-principles-review-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `git diff --check` ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v1.1.3 (2026-05-10) ### Patch Fix - **Pre-change local patch suppression gate** — added a patch-shape gate to systematic debugging so agents must pause before turning quick local guards, keyword rules, fallback growth, consumer-side fixes, or sample-specific exceptions into implementation changes. - **Owner-first repair discipline** — strengthened the debugging baseline so suspicious patch shapes must identify the canonical owner, source-of-truth boundary, and decision path before code edits. ### Regression Coverage - Added `tests/e2e/debugging-patch-shape-gate-check.sh` to lock the new debugging policy and ensure the patch-shape gate remains present. - Added the new debugging policy check to Layer 1 fast verification. - Updated the TDD policy check to expect both patch-shape triage and ripple signal triage before risky fixes. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.1.3` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/debugging-patch-shape-gate-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v1.1.2 (2026-05-10) ### Patch Fix - **Claude Code hook permissions** — marked `hooks/run-hook.cmd` as executable in Git so Linux / WSL2 Claude Code plugin caches can run the SessionStart wrapper without `/bin/sh: ... Permission denied`. - **WSL2 troubleshooting note** — documented the old-cache workaround for `v1.1.0` / `v1.1.1` installs and directed users to upgrade or reinstall. ### Regression Coverage - Added `tests/e2e/claude-hook-permissions-check.sh` to verify that `hooks/run-hook.cmd` and `hooks/session-start` are tracked as `100755`. - Added the Claude hook permission check to Layer 1 fast verification. - The check also parses `hooks/hooks.json` to confirm Claude Code SessionStart still routes through `hooks/run-hook.cmd`. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.1.2` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/claude-hook-permissions-check.sh` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py --json` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v1.1.1 (2026-05-09) ### Patch Fix - **Workspace helper Python compatibility** — replaced `Path.write_text(..., newline="\n")` write paths in the workspace helper with an explicit LF writer based on `Path.open(..., newline="\n")`, so `new-work` works on Python versions where `Path.write_text` does not support the `newline` parameter. - **Doctor config write compatibility** — applied the same LF writer to `scripts/aegis-doctor.py`, keeping complete-install verification compatible with older Python runtimes. ### Regression Coverage - Added `tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` to simulate the old `Path.write_text` signature and verify both `aegis-workspace.py new-work` and `aegis-doctor.py` config writing. - Updated `tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh` to run the compatibility test using a portable Python resolver (`python3`, `py -3`, then `python`). ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.1.1` - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `git diff --check` - `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-workspace.py scripts/aegis-doctor.py tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_workspace_text_write_compat.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py --json` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v1.1.0 (2026-05-09) ### First-Principles Review - **New compositional skill** — added `first-principles-review` for explicit first-principles / Occam's razor requests and complex decisions with ambiguous goals, competing constraints, repeated fixes, fallback growth, duplicate owners, or architecture / product direction risk. - **Compact decision surface** — the skill uses a five-line review shape: `First Principle`, `Non-negotiables`, `Assumptions to Drop`, `Smallest Sufficient Path`, and `Escalation Signal`. - **Method-pack boundary preserved** — the new skill is advisory only. It does not create authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or completion authority, and it is not loaded by the always-on `using-aegis` hot path. ### Leaner Routing And Project Bootstrap - **Leaner `using-aegis` hot path** — tightened the always-loaded entrypoint so it stays a compact router, loads only clearly relevant skills, and avoids turning every small task into a full design ceremony. - **Project Baseline Bootstrap** — active project questions and "what next" requests now check baseline candidates first. If no usable baseline exists, Aegis performs a bounded repo scan, creates an initial baseline only when there is sufficient project content, and still answers the user's original question. - **Spec scope clarified** — introduced the distinction between lightweight `Spec Brief` for medium tasks and fuller `Design Spec` for high-complexity, architecture, contract, migration, cross-module, or ambiguous behavior work. - **Lazy workspace support** — normal Q&A, status checks, tiny edits, and low-risk single-file changes should not create project records. Baseline, spec, plan, work, and evidence records are created only when the workflow needs persistent project evidence. ### Install Readiness And Host Boundaries - **Aegis doctor** — added `scripts/aegis-doctor.py` to verify key skills, current hot-path content, method-pack root, workspace helper availability, absence of a live `docs/aegis/` workspace in the method-pack repository, and optional host skill discovery root freshness. - **Complete install guidance** — README and host docs now ask agents to verify that Aegis is fully available, including skill discovery and project workspace support. - **Skills-only boundary documented** — known limitations and compatibility docs now distinguish skill discovery from full project workspace support. Copy-only / skills-only installs can expose workflows, but they do not prove complete workspace helper availability. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.1.0` - `git diff --check` - `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-doctor.py scripts/aegis-workspace.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `python scripts/aegis-doctor.py --json` - `bash tests/e2e/first-principles-review-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-doctor-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v1.0.17 (2026-05-08) ### 用户入口体验优化 - **安装 / 更新提示词可直接复制** — `README.md` 与 `README.zh-CN.md` 中的安装和更新提示词已改为代码块，用户可以直接复制给 AI 编程 agent， 让它识别当前宿主、选择正确路径、完成安装或更新，并验证 Aegis skills 是否可发现。 - **轻量全局规则模板** — 新增可复制的 Lite Global Rules / 轻量全局规则 入口，并放在“更新 Aegis”之后，帮助用户更稳定地触发 Aegis skill， 同时避免把完整 workflow 塞进全局规则。 - **高级模板保留为进阶选项** — 完整全局规则模板仍然保留，适合治理要求 更强的团队或大型项目按需合并。 ### 涟漪信号分诊 - **前置影响面分诊** — 新增 `Ripple Signal Triage`，作为代码修改前的 依赖影响面分诊入口。共享模块、跨模块行为、契约、缓存、持久化、 导出 / 回读、fallback、adapter、重复 owner、producer / consumer 边界等 信号命中时，agent 需要先分诊再进入代码更改。 - **现有机制统一收口** — `ImpactStatementDraft` 承接涟漪分诊结果， 双轨治理承接旧 owner、fallback、adapter、legacy path 与退役边界， `systematic-debugging` 在候选修复命中信号时先分诊再修复， `test-driven-development` 扩大验证范围到 producer + consumer 或真实用户路径， `writing-plans` 记录 owner、下游、契约、事实源和验证范围变化。 - **后置复核保持轻量** — 7 维架构检查中的 `Cascade proliferation` 保留为 实施后的复核项，形成“实施前分诊、实施中承接、实施后复核”的闭环。 ### 测试护栏 - **快速修 bug 场景覆盖** — Scenario B bug-fix 现在模拟“用户要求快速修 共享缓存 / export-readback 相关 bug”的压力场景，验证 agent 仍然会先触发 `Ripple Signal Triage`，而不是直接进入代码修改。 - **assistant 侧行为断言** — `analyze-transcript.sh` 新增 `assistantMustContain`，确保关键行为必须出现在 assistant 输出中，避免只因 用户 prompt 自带关键词而误判通过。 - **策略检查同步** — `tdd-policy-check.sh` 增加涟漪分诊相关护栏，确认流程 基线、系统化调试、TDD 和 Scenario B 都承接这条纪律。 ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.0.17` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer2-behavior-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer3-scenario-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ### Boundary This release still ships `Aegis Method Pack (runtime-ready)`. It does not add authoritative `GateDecision`, `PolicySnapshot`, or `completion authority`. ## v1.0.15 (2026-05-07) ### Helper-Backed Task Lifecycle - **Workspace helper v2** — extended `scripts/aegis-workspace.py` with `new-work`, `add-checkpoint`, `add-evidence`, `add-drift-check`, and `bundle` commands for target-project `docs/aegis/work/YYYY-MM-DD-/` records. - **Structural proof bundle** — the helper can assemble `gate-input-pack.json` and `proof-bundle.md` as review / handoff packages for future runtime input. They remain advisory Method Pack records, not authoritative gate decisions. - **Safer lifecycle creation** — `new-work` rejects duplicate work directories and nested work slugs so existing target-project records are not silently overwritten. ### Skill Wiring And Integrity Gates - **High-value writer paths routed through the helper** — `using-aegis`, `brainstorming`, `writing-plans`, `test-driven-development`, `systematic-debugging`, `long-task-continuation`, and `verification-before-completion` now point to helper-backed workspace creation, lifecycle updates, bundle assembly, or workspace checks where relevant. - **Current docs updated** — process, artifact schema, and known-limitations docs now describe helper-backed lifecycle records and retain the method-pack/runtime-core authority boundary. - **Wiring regression added** — `workspace-helper-wiring-check.sh` verifies that skills writing `docs/aegis/` records keep routing through the shared helper or run helper checks. ### README Link Cleanup - Updated the Linux.do badge link in both English and Chinese README files to point at the project topic page. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.0.15` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-workspace-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/workspace-helper-wiring-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/long-task-continuation-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.0.14 (2026-05-07) ### Workspace Helper And Integrity Checks - **Target-project workspace helper** — added `scripts/aegis-workspace.py` with `init`, `check`, `append-index`, and `validate-artifact` commands for target-project `docs/aegis/` workspaces. - **Workspace completeness checks** — the helper now validates required workspace files, `BASELINE-GOVERNANCE.md` headings, `INDEX.md` coverage for markdown artifacts, and rejects unsafe/outside-path index entries. - **No repository-local live workspace** — the Aegis method-pack repository still does not pre-create a root `docs/aegis/`; that workspace belongs to the user's target project. ### Runtime-Ready Artifact Validation - **JSON sidecar validation** — added structural validation for the current runtime-ready artifact schemas: `TaskIntentDraft`, `BaselineReadSetHint`, `ImpactStatementDraft`, `EvidenceBundleDraft`, `GateInputPack`, `TodoCheckpointDraft`, `ResumeStateHint`, and `DriftCheckDraft`. - **Advisory boundary retained** — artifact validation checks shape, `schemaVersion`, and boundary-sensitive fields only. It does not determine evidence sufficiency, produce authoritative `GateDecision`, or grant `completion authority`. ### Skill And Test Integration - **Long-task continuation helper path** — `long-task-continuation` now routes `docs/aegis/work//` records through the shared workspace helper and documents optional checkpoint, resume, drift, and evidence sidecars. - **Workflow docs aligned** — brainstorming, writing-plans, TDD, verification-before-completion, and using-aegis guidance now point to the helper-backed workspace path where relevant. - **Release gates expanded** — added `tests/e2e/aegis-workspace-check.sh` and wired it into the fast e2e layer. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.0.14` - `git diff --check` - `python -m py_compile scripts/aegis-workspace.py` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/aegis-workspace-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/long-task-continuation-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` ## v1.0.13 (2026-05-06) ### Method Baseline Convergence - **Current authority docs normalized** — aligned the public current baseline docs to a single English-first structure (`Status`, `Document Scope`, `Bottom Line Up Front`, and consistent section naming) so product boundary, process baseline, activation mode, runtime-ready boundary, host snapshot, limitations, and rule layering now read as one coherent method-pack surface. - **Dual-track governance docs simplified** — retired the separate public Chinese duplicate of dual-track governance and kept the public current set on one canonical document path. - **Repository guide sync** — updated `AGENTS.md` and `docs/current/README.md` so the public authority map matches the trimmed current-doc surface. ### Prompt Hygiene And Debugging Tightening - **Prompt hygiene baseline refined** — strengthened the wording around bounded evidence intake, repeated error-text re-entry, and host-side context discipline so Aegis stays evidence-rich without encouraging raw context inflation. - **Systematic debugging closure clarified** — tightened the `systematic-debugging` skill around stop conditions, hard-signal placement, differential diagnosis, repair vs retirement closure, and confidence rules. - **TDD / context-budget assertions synced** — updated the e2e checks so the policy tests match the refreshed baseline wording instead of stale phrasing. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh 1.0.13` - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ## v1.0.12 (2026-05-06) ### Aegis Project Workspace — Ecosystem Closed Loop - **Hard binary workspace creation** — replaced the ambiguous "lazy creation" policy with explicit triggers: brainstorming design doc write, writing-plans save, and systematic-debugging Quality Gate for non-trivial tasks. Global install never writes project files; active projects create workspace immediately when a trigger fires. - **Single canonical paths** — eliminated the dual-path ambiguity (`work/` vs `specs/`/`plans/`). Spec always goes to `specs/`, plan always to `plans/`, process trail stays in `work//`. No more "promote to" uncertainty. - **BASELINE-GOVERNANCE.md** — each project gets a constitution-level governance file defining architecture defect vs drift, baseline check protocol, and 7 dimensions of architecture review. Triggered on first workspace creation by any entry path. - **7-dimension architecture review** — operationalized the architecture retrospective across 7 measurable dimensions: ownership integrity, module boundaries, contract changes, cascade proliferation, dependency direction, retirement completeness, and entropy flow. Results mapped to Reflection checklist to prevent findings from being lost. - **Mid-task complexity escalation** — if a task escalates from low to medium complexity mid-stream, the agent pauses, initializes workspace, and backfills required artifacts before continuing. - **CONTEXT.md vs baseline/ boundary** — clarified separation: CONTEXT.md owns domain language, baseline/ owns technical architecture snapshots. Both skills (establishing-project-context, brainstorming) updated accordingly. - **code-reviewer agent 7-dimension alignment** — code-reviewer now reports architecture review findings per dimension (PASS/FINDING/RISK) with severity and recommended action. ### Host Adapter Expansion - **CodeBuddy** — added `.codebuddy-plugin/` skeleton with plugin metadata and marketplace manifest. Native `SKILL.md` discovery supports manual install. Installation guide in `docs/README.codebuddy.md`. - **DeepSeek-TUI** — confirmed native `SKILL.md` discovery compatible. Manual install via skill directory copy. Installation guide in `docs/README.deepseek-tui.md`. - **Trae** — confirmed native `SKILL.md` discovery compatible. Manual install via `.trae/skills/` directory. Installation guide in `docs/README.trae.md`. - **Host compatibility matrix** — updated with CodeBuddy, DeepSeek-TUI, and Trae status entries. Release checklist and authority docs sync'd. - **sync-to-codex-plugin.sh** — added `.codebuddy-plugin/`, `.cursor/`, and `.windsurf/` to EXCLUDES to prevent cross-host file leakage. - **version-bump.json** — added `.codebuddy-plugin/` entries for consistent version management across all host manifests. ### Known Limitations - Recorded 4 new known limitations: INDEX.md append dependency on workflow steps, low-complexity task workspace window, BASELINE-GOVERNANCE.md template quality dependency, and 7-dimension qualitative judgment dependency. ## v1.0.11 (2026-05-06) ### Systematic Debugging Depth Upgrade - **Open-ended diagnostic chain** — upgraded `systematic-debugging` from a fixed four-layer check into a deeper L1-L7 diagnostic chain: symptom, logic, system, architecture, cross-system contract, platform/framework constraint, and spec gap. Architecture is no longer treated as the automatic endpoint; the chain stops at the deepest evidence-backed root cause or a terminal boundary. - **Hard signal gate** — added H/T/D hard signals to debugging completion: H-class signals force further drilling, T-class signals switch the work into mitigation mode, and D-class signals define the minimum depth needed before a fix can be presented as complete. - **Post-fix differential diagnosis** — added a required diagnosis step when a fix only partially resolves a symptom, separating incomplete fixes, wrong-depth patches, compound root causes, and chain-causal failures. - **Process baseline alignment** — updated the method-layer process baseline and root-cause tracing reference so the debugging workflow, examples, and current authority docs all describe the same diagnostic model. ### Public Current Docs Trim - **Smaller public current surface** — reduced `docs/current` to the public baseline docs needed by users, contributors, host installs, and release verification. - **Local archive retired from git** — moved internal implementation records, private smoke notes, cutover plans, and migration checklists into local `docs/archive/`, then ignored that directory so those records stay out of the public repository. - **Reference cleanup** — updated public docs, e2e fixtures, and explicit skill request tests so they reference the retained current baseline instead of archived process records. ### Verification - `git diff --check` - `bash -n tests/explicit-skill-requests/run-test.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/artifact-schema-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile none` ## v1.0.10 (2026-05-06) ### Host Adapter Expansion - **Windsurf host adapter** — added `.windsurf/INSTALL.md` with global and workspace install paths (macOS / Linux / Windows). Windsurf discovers skills via agentskills.io native discovery at `.windsurf/skills/` (workspace) or `~/.codeium/windsurf/skills/` (global). Each Aegis skill symlinked with `aegis-` prefix, invocable via `@aegis-` in Cascade. - **Cursor host adapter** — added `.cursor/INSTALL.md` with skills symlink install as the primary path and VS Code extension registration as an alternative. Cursor discovers skills from `.cursor/skills/` and supports the `.cursor-plugin/plugin.json` extension manifest. - **Kimi Code CLI compatibility confirmed** — Kimi Code CLI auto-discovers skills from `.agents/skills/` (same path as Codex). The existing Aegis minimal-install prompt works directly; no separate adapter needed. Configuration supports 6 provider types: `kimi`, `openai_legacy`, `openai_responses`, `anthropic`, `gemini`, and `vertexai`. - **Warp compatibility confirmed** — Warp hosts third-party CLI agents (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) rather than providing its own skills system. Users install Aegis on their chosen CLI agent; no separate adapter needed. - **Host compatibility matrix updated** — `AEGIS_HOST_COMPATIBILITY_MATRIX_SNAPSHOT.md` now reflects all 8 hosts (Codex, OpenCode, Claude Code, Cursor, Windsurf, Gemini CLI, Kimi Code CLI, Warp), with evidence levels and adapter status. - **AGENTS.md** — added `.cursor/` and `.windsurf/` to the plugin-installable surface list. ### Verification - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - Verified: 17 `aegis-*` symlinks created for both Windsurf and Cursor paths ## v1.0.9 (2026-05-05) ### Skill File Cognitive Load Reduction - **Execute summaries** — added top-level `# Execute` blocks to 6 core skill files (`systematic-debugging`, `test-driven-development`, `verification-before-completion`, `brainstorming`, `subagent-driven-development`, `writing-plans`). Each block is a 5-8 line condensed decision tree that agents can scan without reading the full reference prose. - **Content deduplication** — removed narrative prose that repeated executable instructions already present in the Execute block, and removed motivational text, dot diagrams, and redundant rationalization tables that added cognitive load without improving decision quality. - **51% total line reduction** across the 6 files (from 1,452 to 712 lines) while preserving all rule semantics, compliance-check phrases, and dual-track governance requirements. - **Verification** — all Layer 1 fast checks, context budget checks, governance completion contract checks, TDD policy checks, and Codex plugin sync tests pass. ### Verification - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` ## v1.0.8 (2026-05-05) ### Context Control And Explicit Activation - **Explicit activation mode** — added a cross-host `auto|explicit` activation profile. Supported bootstrap hooks now read `AEGIS_ACTIVATION_MODE` or the user-local `~/.config/aegis/config.toml`; `explicit` mode stops automatic bootstrap injection while keeping direct Aegis skill calls available. - **Host documentation updates** — documented the activation mode flow in the root README files and Codex, OpenCode, and Claude Code install guides, with host-specific caveats where native skill routing remains host-controlled. - **Bounded context intake** — added host context intake discipline to the prompt hygiene boundary: large logs, transcripts, histories, diffs, and test output should flow through index -> window -> excerpt instead of broad raw prompt ingestion. - **Log window helper** — added `scripts/log-window.sh` for small-window log inspection, including directory refusal and bounded window limits. - **Guardrail tests** — added activation mode checks to the Layer 1 fast suite and expanded context budget checks for the bounded evidence intake workflow. ### Verification - `bash scripts/bump-version.sh --check` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --full --host-profile fast` - `bash tests/opencode/run-tests.sh --integration` - `bash tests/codex-plugin-sync/test-sync-to-codex-plugin.sh` - `git diff --check` ## v1.0.6 (2026-05-05) ### Public Repository Hardening - **Prompt hygiene boundary** — added a current authority document for how external tools, logs, memories, transcripts, and search results enter prompt context. Large raw payloads are treated as evidence candidates, summarized first, and read back only when needed for verification. - **Governance completion contract** — strengthened the completion gate for cleanup, migration, compatibility, namespace cutover, public release, deprecation, policy boundary, and retirement work. Governance closeout now requires repair track, retirement track, residual risk, and verification evidence in the user's language. - **Public surface cleanup** — removed upstream-specific historical specs from the user-visible docs tree and narrowed stale upstream-name references away from active paths. - **Contributor guidance refresh** — rewrote `AGENTS.md`, `CLAUDE.md`, and Claude Code guidance for public repository use instead of private workflow assumptions. - **Test surface split** — documented tracked public quality verification suites and added `tests/local/` as an ignored home for development-only test cases. ### Verification - `git diff --check` - `python tests/helpers/test_parse_codex_skills.py` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/governance-completion-contract-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/layer1-fast-check.sh --host-profile none` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --bootstrap` ## v1.0.0 (2026-05-03) ### Aegis Method Pack 1.0 - **Aegis version reset** — reset public package and plugin manifests to `1.0.0` for the Aegis Method Pack release line. - **Complexity routing before implementation** — `using-aegis` now directs agents to classify task complexity before coding. Medium- and high-complexity work must produce planning artifacts and atomic tasks before TDD; high-complexity work may require spec/design review first. - **TDD preflight gate** — `test-driven-development` is now explicitly framed as the implementation discipline for approved atomic tasks, not the first entrypoint for multi-file, multi-flow, contract, migration, or ambiguous product work. - **Lazy Aegis Project Workspace** — `brainstorming` and `writing-plans` now describe task-scoped `docs/aegis/work/...` records and only promote reusable outputs into `baseline/`, `adr/`, `specs/`, or `plans/` when needed. Global installation still does not write project files. - **Update prompt docs** — README files now include a copyable prompt users can give their AI coding agent to update an installed Aegis checkout from the latest `main` branch. ### Verification - `bash tests/e2e/tdd-policy-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/context-budget-check.sh` - `bash tests/e2e/run-all.sh --bootstrap` - `bash tests/e2e/boundary-compliance-check.sh` - `bash tests/codex-plugin-sync/test-sync-to-codex-plugin.sh` ## Legacy Upstream Lineage Notes Current Aegis release notes begin at `v1.0.0` and track the independent Aegis Method Pack release line. Earlier upstream release history is intentionally not copied into this file so current Aegis releases are not mixed with legacy upstream implementation names, paths, commands, or install instructions. For lineage and attribution, see the relationship notes in `README.md` and `README.en.md`.