Echel v0.2.0 - Product-Creation OS
Echel v0.2.0 turns the project from an AI engineering scaffold into a product-creation operating system for AI-native software development.
A domain expert can now define a problem, intended solution, constraints, risks, MVP, stack, and product direction, and Echel turns that intent into product memory, clarified requirements, roadmap, graph-backed work, agent packets, review reports, readiness checks, and compounding project intelligence.
Highlights
- Product-first initialization with root-level product
wiki/ - Internal
echel-core/runtime split from product memory - Product-owner command language:
define,clarify,plan,next,build,review,steer,status - Typed product intelligence graph
- Graph-backed AI agent work packets
- Product cockpit with dashboard, roadmap, graph, risks, reviews, readiness, contradictions, and activity views
- Milestone readiness reports, proof packs, and release summaries
- Marketing-focused README plus technical quick start guide
New Capabilities
Product Memory
Generated projects now keep product-owned memory in the repository root under wiki/, while Echel framework machinery lives under echel-core/.
The product wiki starts with product concepts instead of framework documentation:
- problem
- users
- solution
- scope
- roadmap
- architecture
- workflows
- decisions
- risks
- work
- reports
Product Intelligence Graph
Echel now builds a typed graph from product memory, including:
- problems
- users and needs
- requirements
- features
- workflows
- components
- decisions
- risks
- tasks
- evidence
- milestones
- releases
Agent Execution
echel build generates graph-backed implementation packets for AI coding agents, including objective, context, likely files, constraints, acceptance criteria, verification, evidence obligations, and required memory updates.
echel review generates review reports for checking work against graph state, acceptance criteria, and evidence expectations.
Product Cockpit
The local web UI is now a product cockpit instead of a chat-first interface.
It includes:
- product dashboard
- clarification queue
- roadmap
- work queue
- architecture view
- graph explorer
- build packets
- review reports
- readiness view
- risks
- contradictions
- agent activity
- decisions
- chat
Readiness And Proof
Echel now supports product-language readiness gates:
- idea clarified
- MVP scoped
- feature ready
- feature verified
- release candidate
- production ready
New outputs include:
- readiness reports
- proof packs
- release summaries
Verification
This release includes generated-project verification across all V2 phases:
make verify-phase1
make verify-phase2
make verify-phase3
make verify-phase4
make verify-phase5
make wiki-health
python3 tools/echel.py doctor
python3 tools/echel.py conformance run
python3 tools/echel.py graph validate