v1.5.0 (2026-03-29)

Added

• MCP Server — 43 tools exposed to Claude Desktop, Cursor, and any MCP client
• 3 new Agent Crews: Social Media Manager, Code Reviewer, Data Analyst (8 total)
• Heartbeat system — auto-monitors all services every 30 minutes
• Wake word audio smoothing — energy threshold + confidence gate reduces false triggers
• Voice energy ring animation during CODEC Voice calls
• Web search toggle in Deep Chat
• Transcription post-processing — strips Whisper hallucinations and stutters
• PTT Lock Mode — double-tap F18 for hands-free dictation
• Voice session warmup — pre-loads context when speech detected (500ms faster)
• CODEC Read Aloud — 7th right-click service, speaks text via Kokoro TTS
• CODEC Save — 8th right-click service, saves text to Google Keep or local notes
• DuckDuckGo search fallback (zero API key needed)
• One-line installer script (install.sh)

Changed

• Modular codebase: codec.py split into 6 focused modules (1314 → 280 lines)
• Safe eval: session scripts run as subprocess with resource limits (512MB RAM, 120s CPU)
• Context compaction: LLM summarizes old conversations, keeps last 5 raw
• Error handling: 30+ bare except:pass replaced with logged exceptions
• Logging framework: structured logging replaces print statements
• Safety blocklist expanded to 30+ dangerous command patterns
• Setup wizard: 9 steps, 50+ skills, CODEC features configuration

Fixed

• Command Preview window freezing (now runs as subprocess)
• Whisper hallucination false triggers ("thank you for watching", etc.)
• TTS engine "none" config not working
• Skill Forge title line syntax errors
• Memory search targeting old entries instead of recent
• Agent crews timing out through Cloudflare proxy (background job + polling pattern)
• Browser caching stale frontend after backend deploys (no-cache headers on all HTML routes)