CHANGELOG — MANIFESTO
All notable changes to the MANIFESTO project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on Keep a Changelog,
and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.
[1.0.0] - 2026-09-03 — MVP Production Release
Added
- Official Branding: Renamed application brand to MANIFESTO, positioning "Future Self" as the core AI persona feature.
- Declarative Onboarding (
/onboarding): 7-step interactive personal setup generating structured Manifesto narrative declarations, core principles, traits, and target dates. - Home Command Center (
/): Today dashboard featuring "What would your future self do today?", primary CTA to Talk to Future You, active goals focus, daily reflection prompt, principles widget, and capsule countdown. - Talk to Future You Chat (
/chat): Context-aware chat workspace with suggested prompts, expandable context disclosure, citation explanations, and helpfulness feedback. - My Manifesto Profile (
/future-self): Interactive view of declared narrative, editable declaration, core principles, traits, and target horizon. - Identity-Linked Goals (
/goals): Goal cards with identity phrasing, concrete evidence milestones, non-shame status indicators (ACTIVE,NEEDS_ATTENTION), and interactive milestone checkoffs. - Daily Reflection (
/reflect): 2-minute evening journal, energy level slider (1-5), and background memory extraction. - Becoming Timeline (
/timeline): Unified chronological documentary feed aggregating Manifestos, Reflections, Milestones, Time Capsules, and Insights with type filters. - Time Capsules (
/capsules): "Dear Future Me..." sealed countdown cards, locked ciphertext protection, and unlock reader modal. - Growth Insights (
/insights): Verified evidence-backed synthesis linked to actual database records. - Privacy & Memory Control (
/settings): Inspect AI memories, "Forget memory", "Clear all AI memory", full data export (JSON), and permanent account deletion. - Database & Architecture: Prisma ORM schema, SQLite/PostgreSQL support, JWT session authentication, vector retriever with cosine similarity, and pluggable AI Provider (Gemini / OpenAI / Local Demo fallback).
- QA & Testing: Unit test suite verifying password hashing, AI guardrails, time capsule locked privacy, and vector cosine retriever.
[0.5.0] - 2026-09-03 — Memory & Retrieval Engine
Added
- Vector retriever service with cosine similarity and keyword fallbacks.
- Background memory extraction engine from chat turns and daily reflections.
- Expandable context disclosure component for chat workspace.
[0.1.0] - 2026-09-03 — Foundation
Added
- Repository initialization, Next.js 14 App Router, TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, Framer Motion setup.
- Authentication endpoints and JWT session cookies.
- Core database entities and Prisma migrations.