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Aura v1.6.0 - Drones Have Arrived

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@CarpseDeam CarpseDeam released this 08 Jun 15:39
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Aura 1.6.0 introduces Drones: reusable, visible worker units you can create, launch, monitor, cancel, and save receipts from.

This is a major step toward making Aura more than a coding chat or harness. Drones let users turn repeatable project workflows into small focused workers that live inside Aura’s execution surface.

Highlights

Drone Bay

A new Drone Bay lives on the right-side rail.

From Drone Bay, you can:

  • create project-specific Drones
  • edit saved Drones
  • duplicate Drones
  • delete Drones
  • launch Drones
  • view past Drone receipts
  • scaffold a Drone into a dynamic tool

Drones are saved locally per project under .aura/drones/.

Live Drone Runs

Launching a Drone now creates a live run with:

  • bounded tool access
  • status updates
  • tool output
  • cancellation
  • final receipt
  • run history

Drone runs appear in a dedicated Drone Reports popout so they do not crowd the main Worker area.

Rail Launch Indicators

The side rail now has a tiny Drone bot icon.

drone-terminal

When a Drone launches, Aura shows a small bot animation and creates an active Drone indicator on the rail. Clicking an active indicator opens the Drone Reports window and focuses that run.

interceptor

Parallel Read-Only Drones

Read-only Drones can run in parallel, up to a bounded limit.

This makes it possible to launch focused scouts like:

  • Release Check
  • Test Scout
  • Bug Scout
  • README Scout

Each run stays visible, cancellable, and receipt-backed.

Write-Capable Drone Safety

Write-capable Drones use Aura’s existing approval model.

They do not silently mutate files. File changes still go through visible diff approval, and write-capable Drone runs use a shared write lane so they do not trample each other.
drone-bay

Aura-Summoned Drones

Aura can now suggest summoning a saved Drone when it would help with the current task.

By default, summon requests are shown for confirmation. An optional auto-summon setting is available for users who want Aura to launch matching Drones automatically.

Save as Drone

Useful Worker runs can now be saved as reusable Drones.

This makes it easier to turn repeated workflows into project-local automation without writing config by hand.

Other Improvements

  • Added Drone receipts and run history.
  • Added Drone Reports window geometry persistence.
  • Added Drone tool scaffolding support.
  • Added Drone context to Planner prompts.
  • Added summon_drone planner tool routing.
  • Added focused tests for Drone storage, runner behavior, summon routing, and tool scaffolding.
  • Added a tiny bot-head icon for the Drone rail button.

Drones are designed to be visible, bounded, cancellable, and user-controlled.

Carrier online.

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