Collie 0.1.0-alpha.7.7

Collie alpha.7.7

This update improves first-time setup and email sign-in.

• Email signup and sign-in now use Collie's website handoff and return securely to the desktop app.
• Continuing as a guest opens local chat.
• Chat drafts survive model setup.
• Provider setup validates API keys and supports Claude API-key setup.

Standalone website email signup, login with that account in the official installed Windows release, live model chat, and restart/history persistence were verified against production. A follow-up reply after restarting correctly used the saved conversation. Returning-account sign-out/sign-in was also verified in the packaged release candidate. Windows x64 is the primary supported platform. macOS builds support Apple Silicon; live macOS account sign-in has not been verified.

Installers are built from the version tag by GitHub Actions. SHA256SUMS.txt covers the attached files; the Windows package includes source and artifact provenance records.

Chats and settings remain on your computer. Signing in does not upload chats or API keys. Memory backup is optional and off by default.

Alpha signing limitations remain: Windows signing depends on the release certificate configuration; macOS is ad-hoc signed and not notarized.

Collie 0.1.0-alpha.7.6

Collie 0.1.0-alpha.7.6 is an incremental alpha update.

• Fix collapsed sidebar overflow and improve dark-mode recap cards.
• Add painted composer expressions and a single desktop tray menu with recent chats.
• Improve local browser journeys, native file selection, and Stop/cancellation recovery.
• Add the per-action-approved local Windows computer-control preview.
• Include updated artwork provenance and native dependency licenses/source notices.

Downloads: Windows x64 installer, macOS Apple Silicon DMG/ZIP, and Linux x64 AppImage. Updater metadata and SHA256SUMS.txt are attached. macOS remains ad-hoc signed and not notarized; Windows alpha builds may be unsigned. Computer control is Windows-only. Browser agent actions are text-based; captures are for human inspection. Experimental native editor control (#198) is excluded.

Built from the clean tagged source by the three-platform GitHub Actions release workflow. Qualification, packaged-core smoke, downloaded artifact checksums, updater metadata and source provenance are verified before publication.

Collie 0.1.0-alpha.7.5

Collie 0.1.0-alpha.7.5

A small alpha update containing the latest changes merged into main since alpha.7.4.

Changes

• Recoverable skill editing, enablement, and restoration.
• Temporary text chats, explicit personal chat recall, and independent task handoff.
• Smoother local dictation preparation and safer draft cancellation.
• Better chat titles, provider credential recovery, Connections contrast, and shopping persistence.
• An isolated visible browser interaction preview.
• Core storage and IPC organization improvements, and connection authentication fixes.

Downloads

• Windows x64: Collie-Setup-0.1.0-alpha.7.5.exe
• macOS Apple Silicon (arm64): Collie-0.1.0-alpha.7.5-arm64.dmg (or .zip)
• Linux x64: Collie-0.1.0-alpha.7.5.AppImage

Updater feeds, build provenance, artifact provenance, and SHA256SUMS.txt are included. Installers are built on GitHub-hosted runners from the tagged source commit. This remains an alpha release; macOS is ad-hoc signed and not notarized. Windows signing depends on the repository's configured signing certificate.

v0.1.0-alpha.7.4

Collie alpha — automated CI build

This release was produced end-to-end by the tag-triggered
pipeline in .github/workflows/release.yml on GitHub-hosted
runners — no human build machine.

Artifacts

• Windows x64: Collie-Setup-<version>.exe (NSIS, assisted setup wizard)
  • .blockmap + alpha.yml
• macOS (arm64): .dmg + .zip (electron-updater). x64/Intel
  builds are a follow-up — they need a per-arch staged Python
  runtime, not yet implemented.
• Linux x64: .AppImage

SHA256SUMS.txt covers every attached artifact. The Windows
build additionally carries collie-build-provenance.json
(clean-tree git SHA + build time) and
collie-artifact-provenance.json (per-artifact hashes), written
by the repo's own release tooling.

Alpha caveats

• macOS is unsigned (no Apple Developer certificate yet).
  Gatekeeper will report "Apple cannot check it for malicious
  software" — open via right-click → Open, or System Settings →
  Privacy & Security. Notarization needs a $99/yr Apple Developer
  account (APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD /
  APPLE_TEAM_ID secrets) — a follow-up.
• Windows Authenticode signing is wired but only activates
  when the WIN_CSC_LINK / WIN_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD code-signing
  certificate secret is provisioned for the repo. Until then the
  installer is unsigned and SmartScreen may warn.
• Asset provenance is recorded: branded art is
  owner-created for Collie (excluded from MIT reuse) and
  third-party marks are nominative-use only, per
  docs/operations/release/asset-provenance.md (SHA-256
  manifest in asset-provenance.sha256).
• This is a draft release: a maintainer reviews the checksums
  and publishes it deliberately.

v0.1.0-alpha.7.3

Collie alpha — automated CI build

This release was produced end-to-end by the tag-triggered
pipeline in .github/workflows/release.yml on GitHub-hosted
runners — no human build machine.

Artifacts

• Windows x64: Collie-Setup-<version>.exe (NSIS, assisted setup wizard)
  • .blockmap + alpha.yml
• macOS (arm64): .dmg + .zip (electron-updater). x64/Intel
  builds are a follow-up — they need a per-arch staged Python
  runtime, not yet implemented.
• Linux x64: .AppImage

SHA256SUMS.txt covers every attached artifact. The Windows
build additionally carries collie-build-provenance.json
(clean-tree git SHA + build time) and
collie-artifact-provenance.json (per-artifact hashes), written
by the repo's own release tooling.

Alpha caveats

• macOS is unsigned (no Apple Developer certificate yet).
  Gatekeeper will report "Apple cannot check it for malicious
  software" — open via right-click → Open, or System Settings →
  Privacy & Security. Notarization needs a $99/yr Apple Developer
  account (APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD /
  APPLE_TEAM_ID secrets) — a follow-up.
• Windows Authenticode signing is wired but only activates
  when the WIN_CSC_LINK / WIN_CSC_KEY_PASSWORD code-signing
  certificate secret is provisioned for the repo. Until then the
  installer is unsigned and SmartScreen may warn.
• Asset provenance is recorded: branded art is
  owner-created for Collie (excluded from MIT reuse) and
  third-party marks are nominative-use only, per
  docs/operations/release/asset-provenance.md (SHA-256
  manifest in asset-provenance.sha256).
• This is a draft release: a maintainer reviews the checksums
  and publishes it deliberately.

v0.1.0-alpha.7.2

Collie alpha — automated CI build

This release was produced end-to-end by the tag-triggered
pipeline in .github/workflows/release.yml on GitHub-hosted
runners — no human build machine.

Artifacts

• Windows x64: Collie-Setup-<version>.exe (NSIS, assisted setup wizard)
  • .blockmap + alpha.yml
• macOS (arm64): .dmg + .zip (electron-updater). x64/Intel
  builds are a follow-up — they need a per-arch staged Python
  runtime, not yet implemented.
• Linux x64: .AppImage

SHA256SUMS.txt covers every attached artifact. The Windows
build additionally carries collie-build-provenance.json
(clean-tree git SHA + build time) and
collie-artifact-provenance.json (per-artifact hashes), written
by the repo's own release tooling.

Alpha caveats

• macOS is unsigned (no Apple Developer certificate yet).
  Gatekeeper will report "Apple cannot check it for malicious
  software" — open via right-click → Open, or System Settings →
  Privacy & Security. Notarization needs a $99/yr Apple Developer
  account (APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD /
  APPLE_TEAM_ID secrets) — a follow-up.
• Windows is unsigned; SmartScreen may warn.
• Asset provenance is recorded: branded art is
  owner-created for Collie (excluded from MIT reuse) and
  third-party marks are nominative-use only, per
  docs/operations/release/asset-provenance.md (SHA-256
  manifest in asset-provenance.sha256).
• This is a draft release: a maintainer reviews the checksums
  and publishes it deliberately.

v0.1.0-alpha.7.1

Collie alpha — automated CI build

This release was produced end-to-end by the tag-triggered
pipeline in .github/workflows/release.yml on GitHub-hosted
runners — no human build machine.

Artifacts

• Windows x64: Collie-Setup-<version>.exe (NSIS, assisted setup wizard)
  • .blockmap + alpha.yml
• macOS (arm64): .dmg + .zip (electron-updater). x64/Intel
  builds are a follow-up — they need a per-arch staged Python
  runtime, not yet implemented.
• Linux x64: .AppImage

SHA256SUMS.txt covers every attached artifact. The Windows
build additionally carries collie-build-provenance.json
(clean-tree git SHA + build time) and
collie-artifact-provenance.json (per-artifact hashes), written
by the repo's own release tooling.

Alpha caveats

• macOS is unsigned (no Apple Developer certificate yet).
  Gatekeeper will report "Apple cannot check it for malicious
  software" — open via right-click → Open, or System Settings →
  Privacy & Security. Notarization needs a $99/yr Apple Developer
  account (APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD /
  APPLE_TEAM_ID secrets) — a follow-up.
• Windows is unsigned; SmartScreen may warn.
• Asset provenance is recorded: branded art is
  owner-created for Collie (excluded from MIT reuse) and
  third-party marks are nominative-use only, per
  docs/operations/release/asset-provenance.md (SHA-256
  manifest in asset-provenance.sha256).
• This is a draft release: a maintainer reviews the checksums
  and publishes it deliberately.

v0.1.0-alpha.7

Collie alpha — automated CI build

This release was produced end-to-end by the tag-triggered
pipeline in .github/workflows/release.yml on GitHub-hosted
runners — no human build machine.

Artifacts

• Windows x64: Collie-Setup-<version>.exe (NSIS, assisted setup wizard)
  • .blockmap + alpha.yml
• macOS (arm64): .dmg + .zip (electron-updater). x64/Intel
  builds are a follow-up — they need a per-arch staged Python
  runtime, not yet implemented.
• Linux x64: .AppImage

SHA256SUMS.txt covers every attached artifact. The Windows
build additionally carries collie-build-provenance.json
(clean-tree git SHA + build time) and
collie-artifact-provenance.json (per-artifact hashes), written
by the repo's own release tooling.

Alpha caveats

• macOS is unsigned (no Apple Developer certificate yet).
  Gatekeeper will report "Apple cannot check it for malicious
  software" — open via right-click → Open, or System Settings →
  Privacy & Security. Notarization needs a $99/yr Apple Developer
  account (APPLE_ID / APPLE_APP_SPECIFIC_PASSWORD /
  APPLE_TEAM_ID secrets) — a follow-up.
• Windows is unsigned; SmartScreen may warn.
• Asset provenance is recorded: branded art is
  owner-created for Collie (excluded from MIT reuse) and
  third-party marks are nominative-use only, per
  docs/operations/release/asset-provenance.md (SHA-256
  manifest in asset-provenance.sha256).
• This is a draft release: a maintainer reviews the checksums
  and publishes it deliberately.