Recast 0.8.0 — General agent & steerable translate

Added

• General Agent: type a plain-language task ("compress report.pdf", "find the biggest files in Downloads") and Recast works out the steps — asking you a quick question when something's unclear, and getting your OK before running any command.
• Translate is now steerable: it detects the language and translates to a target you choose, with a language picker right in the panel and a default in Settings.

Improved

• Clearer clarifying-question flow for agent tasks

Recast 0.7.0 — Agents & Ask

Added

• Multi-step agent pipelines: a step that works toward a goal by proposing one command at a time — you approve each before it runs. New "Shrink Desktop images" example finds and compresses images for you.
• Ask: select a question, hit the hotkey, get an answer — it searches the web when it needs current facts, and cites briefly. Plus a fast offline "Answer" template.
• Web search setting (on by default) in Settings → General

Improved

• Bounded agent transcripts and hardened the search parser (crash-safe on any result)

Recast 0.6.0 — Pipelines

Added

• Pipeline templates: chain steps — rewrite with AI, run your own saved shell macros, or let an "assist" step propose a command you approve. Every command is shown and runs only with your OK.
• Built-in SHOUT pipeline example

Improved

• Friendlier DMG installer (just the app + Applications, with a drag arrow)
• New menu-bar icon, clearer template editor, full-height settings, one-per-row README gallery
• Clipboard-prefill fallback + capture diagnostics for reliable selection capture

Security

• Local command execution is fully consent-gated: first-run review sheet, per-command danger + network-egress checks, human approval on every assist command, single-use execution tokens, process-group cleanup

Recast 0.5.0

Added

• Clipboard prefill: when no selection is captured, the panel can prefill from your clipboard (choose the mode in Settings → General)
• Capture diagnostics in Settings — see exactly why a selection was or wasn't captured
• A proper install experience: the DMG now shows just the app, an arrow, and Applications

Improved

• Template editor speaks plainly: one "Instructions" field, advanced message template tucked away
• Settings opens at a size where every tab fits — no more scrollbar out of the box
• New menu-bar icon: the pencil-check mark, unmistakably Recast
• README gallery is one screenshot per row

Fixed

• The faint border behind the panel: native vibrancy now matches the card exactly
• Accessibility guidance is impossible to miss when capture can't work

Recast 0.4.0

Added

• Transform history — your last 20 results, one ⌘H away, re-copy or paste any of them
• Pin your favorite templates to the top of the picker; hide the ones you never use
• Switch templates instantly with ⌘1–9, remappable in Settings
• Native macOS vibrancy behind the panel
• Panel position choice: compose, center, or top

Improved

• The panel now opens instantly — selection capture happens in the background
• Selection capture works in far more apps via a clipboard-borrow fallback
• A thinking indicator while the model warms up
• Fixed-size wizard with no scrolling
• Full keyboard navigation and screen-reader announcements throughout

Fixed

• A cancelled request can no longer paste stale text into the wrong app
• A hotkey conflict at launch no longer prevents the app from starting
• Delete can no longer wipe your text while the template picker is open
• Dozens of smaller fixes from a full audit pass

Recast 0.3.0 — Blue pencil

Added

• A design language of our own: "Blue pencil" — warm paper and ink surfaces with a single editor's-blue accent
• Transformed text now renders typeset, in a real serif
• New app icon and wizard artwork to match

Improved

• No more gradients or purple; solid editorial surfaces with hairline detailing
• Blur reserved for the floating panel only
• New accent choices: Blue pencil, Graphite, Verdigris

Recast 0.2.1

Improved

• Icon picker and dropdown surfaces are now fully opaque — no more text bleeding through
• Overlay legibility over dense editor content in both themes

Recast 0.2.0

Added

• Searchable icon system for templates — 1,700+ crisp icons with instant search (emoji still supported)
• Auto-updating with a structured changelog window and a new Updates tab in Settings
• Dedicated update channel so updates work with the private repo

Improved

• Apple-style overlay scrollbars across every window
• README with a full visual tour of the app

Fixed

• Raw error internals no longer leak into connection-test messages
• "Later" on an update now stays quiet until the next launch

Recast 0.1.2

Fixes panel auto-resize and wizard completion in packaged builds; streaming UTF-8 fix; config write hardening.

Recast 0.1.1

Fixes: UTF-8 streaming corruption for CJK/emoji outputs, wizard base-URL persistence for custom endpoints, live model lists routed through the native transport.