SIFT v0.9.0

SIFT v0.9.0

Version 0.9.0 replaces the one-pass idea prompt with a contract-first,
three-pass Idea Forge while preserving SIFT's deterministic evidence and
decision boundaries.

Simpler product journey

• Home now presents one primary path: connect a model, generate and screen a
  fresh idea, then start real-world validation only when the thesis earns it.
• The full one-click flow reports clear progress and keeps the final thesis
  decision available after the run instead of forcing users back through the
  workflow.
• Advanced review controls and the 51-claim rubric remain available through
  progressive disclosure without dominating the default experience.
• Model setup, connection failures, recovery actions, evidence boundaries, and
  build-tool readiness are explained in plain language at the point of use.
• Updated SIFT tornado artwork is used consistently in the app header and
  workflow status surfaces in both light and dark themes.

Better idea generation

• Python now frames opportunity mechanisms before proposing solutions,
  generates a wider raw slate, and independently critiques and rewrites the
  strongest candidates before returning them.
• Final ideas preserve the actor, trigger, current workflow, material
  consequence, buyer, why-now hypothesis, distribution wedge, adoption
  friction, protocol role, conventional counterfactual, failure case, critical
  assumption, and structured 14-day experiment.
• Every experiment includes an explicit target, artifact, metric, pass
  threshold, and kill threshold.
• Xahau and Evernode prompts use a bounded capability manifest. Both requires
  separate protocol responsibilities, while Neither yet remains available
  when conventional software is the stronger counterfactual.
• The model may not invent customer evidence, traction, payments, production
  behavior, audits, market statistics, or changing protocol facts.

Local quality contract

• TypeScript measures thesis construction independently of model-provided
  exploration estimates.
• Generic actors, missing triggers, vague alternatives, marketing language,
  unsupported validation claims, incomplete experiments, contradictory routes,
  and unjustified protocol usage are rejected or flagged.
• Near-duplicate candidates are removed before the requested slate is returned.
• Eligibility is checked before weighted profile priority, so a vague idea
  cannot win merely by assigning itself high scores.
• This local quality value is not evidence, a market score, or a probability of
  success.

Architecture and compatibility

• The user-facing one-click flow remains one action; its internal gates are now
  explicit and ordered.
• Windows and macOS packages embed the supervised Python intelligence worker;
  users do not need to install Python or Docker.
• The Python worker remains isolated, bounded, cancellable, and unable to write
  project state or alter SIFT's deterministic score.
• TypeScript still owns project mutation, evidence integrity, official scoring,
  stage gates, and decisions.
• Existing projects import safely. Older ideas receive blank values for the new
  fields until edited or regenerated.
• The deterministic 51-claim venture scoring engine and evidence policies are
  unchanged.