Helm 0.5.4

Helm 0.5.4

Helm 0.5.4 makes local file intake a first-class contract and adds clearer inspection surfaces for recent task capability state.

Highlights

• added file_intake evidence contracts to adaptive harness manifests, harness recording paths, and task-ledger summaries
• expanded manifest-quality auditing so skills that require file intake must explain that boundary in SKILL.md
• added helm run-contract and helm capability-diff so operators can inspect recent execution contract state without reading raw ledger rows
• added a dedicated knowledge contract doc to separate transcript state, durable memory, workflow artifacts, and promoted skill knowledge

Why this release matters

Previous Helm releases made browser work and retrieval escalation inspectable. This release closes a similar gap for local-file workflows:

• the operator should be able to see what file type was claimed versus detected
• file-driven skills should expose whether the workflow was safe to parse or should have been routed elsewhere
• capability drift between recent tasks should be visible without manual ledger diffing

This is still a patch release, but it makes file-oriented workflows and recent-run inspection materially easier to govern in long-lived agent workspaces.