v1.8.3

Fixed

• HUD: version upgrade notice persists after install — cache now stores only npm latest, reads installed version live

v1.8.2

Fixed

• Ambient mode: skills not loading despite correct classification — reordered instructions so Skill tool invocations happen before any text output

v1.8.1

Changed

• Init wizard: individual feature prompts with explanatory notes replace extras multiselect
• Init wizard: scope-aware .claudeignore batch install across all discovered projects (user scope)
• Init wizard: project discovery via ~/.claude/history.jsonl to find all Claude-used git repos
• Init wizard: managed settings sudo confirmation moved to prompt phase (before spinner)
• Init wizard: safe-delete prompt moved to prompt phase for uninterrupted install

Added

• --hud flag for devflow init to explicitly enable HUD
• discoverProjectGitRoots() utility for finding projects from Claude history

Removed

• Extras multiselect (buildExtrasOptions) — replaced by individual feature prompts

v1.8.0

Added

• Configurable HUD replacing bash statusline — 14 components, on/off model (#155)
• HUD components: directory, git branch, ahead/behind, diff stats, release info, worktree count, model, context usage, version badge, session duration, session cost, usage quota, todo progress, config counts
• --hud-only flag for standalone HUD install
• --no-hud flag to skip HUD during init
• devflow hud command (--status, --enable, --disable, --detail, --no-detail)
• Version upgrade notification: ✦ Devflow vX.Y.Z · update: npx devflow-kit init (yellow, always visible even when HUD disabled)
• Skill shadowing docs and HUD options added to README (#156)
• Simplifier agent — 8 structured slop detection categories (#120)
• Scrutinizer agent — stub detection patterns with reference file (#121)
• Shepherd agent — goal-backward verification, artifact depth checking, stub type, re-verification (#124)

Changed

• Init flow: HUD preset picker (5 options) → simple yes/no confirm
• --disable keeps statusLine registered (version badge still renders)
• Manifest features.hud field: string|false → boolean

Fixed

• HUD base branch detection matching raw commit hashes from reflog (#156)
• HUD comparing main vs main (0/0 always) — now compares against origin/main

Removed

• HUD preset system (minimal/classic/standard/full)
• --configure, --preset, --hud <preset> flags
• speed, tool-activity, agent-activity components

v1.7.0

Added

• Version update notification — statusline shows magenta ⬆ X.Y.Z badge when newer devflow-kit is available (24h cached npm check, fully async)

Fixed

• Skimmer agent — enforce rskim usage via tools: ["Bash", "Read"] platform restriction and strict sequential workflow; prevents fallback to Grep/Glob
• Init multiselect — remove redundant "(optional)" suffix from plugin hints
• Init multiselect — hide audit-claude plugin (not production-ready; still installable via --plugin=audit-claude)
• Statusline portability — replace macOS-only stat -f %m with portable get_mtime() helper (macOS + Linux)

v1.6.1

Added

• --dry-run flag for devflow uninstall — preview removal plan without deleting anything

Fixed

• Ambient skill loading — removed allowed-tools restriction from ambient-router so skills actually load via the Skill tool
• Ambient hook preamble — explicit Skill tool instruction ensures models invoke skills rather than responding directly
• Init wizard — hide devflow-ambient from plugin multiselect (auto-included via ambient prompt)
• Working memory — replaced broken --resume with transcript-based background updater

v1.6.0

Added

• Ambient agent orchestration: ORCHESTRATED tier spawns agent pipelines for IMPLEMENT, DEBUG, PLAN intents
• Orchestration skills: implementation-orchestration, debug-orchestration, plan-orchestration for ambient agent pipelines
• knowledge-persistence skill (#145) — extraction procedure, lock protocol, loading instructions for project knowledge
• Knowledge loading phase (#145) — /debug, /specify, /self-review now load project knowledge at startup
• Pitfall recording phase (#145) — /code-review, /resolve record pitfalls to .memory/knowledge/pitfalls.md
• Knowledge directory (#145) — .memory/knowledge/ with decisions.md (ADR-NNN, append-only) and pitfalls.md (area-specific gotchas)

Changed

• Ambient mode: Three depth tiers (QUICK/GUIDED/ORCHESTRATED) replacing old QUICK/GUIDED/ELEVATE
• Ambient mode: GUIDED tier for small-scope IMPLEMENT (≤2 files), simple DEBUG, focused PLAN, and REVIEW — main session with skills + Simplifier
• Ambient mode: BUILD intent renamed to IMPLEMENT for clarity
• Coder agent: Added test-driven-development and search-first to permanent skills
• Command phase numbering (#145) — renumbered fractional phases to sequential integers across 12 command files

Fixed

• Agent metadata (#146) — fixed subagent_type in debug, added missing YAML frontmatter
• Plugin count (#146) — corrected to "8 core + 9 optional"
• Skills catalog (#146) — cataloged 3 missing skills in reference
• Debug command (#147) — removed non-standard name= parameter
• Plugin descriptions (#147, #148) — synced across plugin.json, plugins.ts, marketplace.json
• Simplifier agent (#148) — added Output/Boundaries sections
• Plugin metadata (#148) — added homepage/repository/license/keywords to 3 plugins

Removed

• /ambient command: Ambient mode is now hook-only. Use devflow ambient --enable to activate.

Behavioral Changes

• EXPLORE intent now always classifies as QUICK (was split QUICK/GUIDED)
• Simple text edits ("Update the README") classify as QUICK (was BUILD/GUIDED)
• Debug agent budget cap removed — agents scale to investigation needs

v1.5.0

Added

• Search-first skill (#111) — New skill enforcing research before building custom utility code. 4-phase loop: Need Analysis → Search (via Explore subagent) → Evaluate → Decide (Adopt/Extend/Compose/Build)
• Reviewer confidence thresholds (#113) — Each review finding now includes a visible confidence score (0-100%). Only ≥80% findings appear in main sections; lower-confidence items go to a capped Suggestions section. Adds consolidation rules to group similar issues and skip stylistic preferences
• Version manifest (#91) — Tracks installed version, plugins, and features in manifest.json. Enables upgrade detection during devflow init and shows install status in devflow list

Fixed

• Synthesizer review glob — Fixed ${REVIEW_BASE_DIR}/*-report.*.md glob that matched zero reviewer files; now uses ${REVIEW_BASE_DIR}/*.md with self-exclusion

v1.4.0

Added

• Smart branch naming — /implement #42 auto-derives branch names from issue labels and title (e.g., feature/42-add-jwt-auth); free-text tasks infer type from keywords (e.g., /implement fix login bug → fix/login-bug)

Fixed

• Code review file detection — Corrected file detection and skill check logic in /code-review

Changed

• Author standardization — Unified author name to Dean0x across marketplace and plugin manifests

v1.3.3

Changed

• Sudo trust prompt — Managed settings now shows a clear explanation, a copy-pasteable verification prompt, and an explicit fallback option before any password prompt

Added

• Managed settings test coverage — Unit tests for installManagedSettings two-stage write logic