gcontext v0.15.0

• gcontext statusline command: one line for your client statusline. Green "gcontext ok" when current, amber "RECONNECT NEEDED FOR --> /new_cmd , -removed_cmd" when the client is behind, "STALE" for hand edits, "down" when the server is not running. --color flag for ANSI colors.

• Server self-reload: edits made through the MCP tools (write_file to commands, controls.yaml, agent.md; agent install/update) apply without running gcontext reload.

• /status reports client_behind: whether the connected client misses commands or an agent.md change, and which.

• Dashboard banner when the client needs a reconnect, with the exact items.

• .gcontext-port lockfile so CLI subcommands find the running server's port.

• Dashboard copy buttons produce plain gcontext://path references.

• Console warnings for hand edits now say "changed outside tools; run gcontext reload".

gcontext v0.14.0

Changed

• Controls tab redesigned: sticky header with server name and connected status, search with "/" shortcut, All/Listed/Hidden segmented filter, Resources/Commands type chips, Descriptions toggle, collapsible sections with white group cards, List all/Hide all bulk actions, inline copy and rename, fixed pending-changes bar with Discard/Reload, green reloaded toast
• Commands tab removed (now redundant with Controls)
• Backend adds category field to command rows for grouped display

Fixed

• Pin POST validates that the target file exists on disk and rejects path traversal attempts

Docs

• README: added dashboard mention, registry links to gcontext.ai/agents, documented gcontext remove, clarified uv/Python prereqs
• using.md: explained setup command naming convention
• CLI: fixed add help example (browser-recipes to browser-cookbook)

gcontext v0.13.1

Added

• agents/ folder parity: MCP resource picker, root resource map, ask/explain/setup prompts, context ledger, dashboard, CLI banner, restart notes, and docs now treat agents/ equal to connections/ and modules/
• controls.yaml as full on/off registry with one-time migration from the old auto values
• Controls tab in dashboard: toggle, rename, bulk-toggle, flat layout with reload banner
• File pinning in dashboard Files tab
• gcontext reload replaces the three-step restart cycle in framework instructions
• New docs: using.md, mcp.md, tools.md, troubleshooting.md

Changed

• names: section in controls.yaml renames commands and resource display titles
• Legacy dual-scan removed: agents scan only agents/, no longer fall back to modules/

Removed

• Auto value in controls.yaml (migrated to explicit on/off)

gcontext 0.12.2

Added

• controls.yaml: single file to control the MCP surface (replaces commands.yaml, breaking)
• hidden_commands: hide slash commands by stable key
• hidden_resources: hide modules/connections from the resource picker (fnmatch globs supported)
• pinned_resources: surface specific files in the resource picker

Fixed

• Manifest loads before framework prompt registration so hidden_commands applies to built-in prompts

gcontext 0.12.1

Added

• Command control: commands.yaml with a disabled list lets you hide any command by its stable key (e.g. browser-cookbook/browse)
• shares and configurable fields in the agent manifest, with validation on install and share
• Dashboard agents tab and /api/agents endpoint
• Startup log shows how many commands are disabled

Changed

• Connection scaffolding reports missing kinds instead of creating stub folders
• Update flow is ownership-aware: learned directories are skipped, configurable files backed up as .pre-update, example runs skipped when real runs exist

Fixed

• Hash comparison strips injected base-path comments so check/update reports match the registry

gcontext v0.11.0

• 13 new tests: dashboard command name verification, parse_github_url unit tests, secrets.scrub edge cases (254 total).

• agent tool added to framework instructions (tool count corrected from 6 to 7).

• Dashboard command names match the server's registered prompt names (copy button works).

• GCONTEXT_REGISTRY @ref supports tags and SHAs, not just branches.

• run_adhoc_script writes temp files to .venv/ instead of the project root.

• .venv-sync.lock hidden from agent-visible listings.

• CLI: port parsing error is friendly, cmd_add error dispatch is specific, cmd_init drops duplicate output.

• Example ops-agent follows portability conventions (payment provider not stripe).

• run_script blocks execution of secrets.env (security fix).

• Dead prompts/resources.md and stale resource template comment.

• Dead api/scripts/seed.py and duplicate _available_kinds function.

v0.10.3

Added

• Connection scaffolding: gcontext add now creates connections// stubs from the module's declared connections, with connection.yaml and index.md pre-filled
• Configurable timeout on run_script and run_adhoc_script (default 60s, max 600s)
• Connection schema (all 5 fields, all 8 kind values) documented in the framework instructions pushed to clients on connect
• Prompt-less client fallback: instructions now explain how to use commands in clients that do not surface MCP prompts

Fixed

• SSL failures on fresh macOS installs (certifi added as explicit dependency)
• Venv sync no longer runs uv pip install on every exec call when deps have not changed (marker cache)
• Exec channel no longer wedges when another call is installing deps (sync lock with structured busy error)
• Timed-out scripts now kill the entire process group, not just the direct child (prevents orphaned browser processes)
• Root README.md excluded from agent installs and validation

Changed

• README rewritten; detailed sections moved to docs/reference.md

v0.10.1

Added

• index_format_issues() validator: checks that every index.md follows the expected shape (title, summary, bullets, sibling coverage)
• gcontext share hard-rejects agents with malformed index.md files before publish
• 16 new tests for the index format validator

Fixed

• Substring bug in _mentions() that could match partial filenames as referenced siblings
• write_file warning message now explains the expected index.md shape so the agent can self-correct

v0.10.0

• Generated commands: a command file with each: registers one slash command per matching state folder, e.g. one command per saved recipe. New entries appear at runtime after a client reconnect; a parameter default makes its argument optional.

• Agent dependencies: a manifest can declare agents: with registry ids; install resolves them recursively and reports each one.

• explain prompt: a what-is-this-agent walkthrough built from the instance's real state.

• Setup script standard: setup and install texts follow one spec, with code-built reports shown verbatim; the share validator enforces it.

• Commands register under short names: /mcp__save_recipe instead of /mcp____save_recipe. The owner prefix returns only when two commands collide or a name is reserved by the framework.

• CLI banners follow the script standard; agent-facing wording lives in markdown prompt files, not Python strings.

• The templates/ folder: the bleak-ai/agents registry is the single source of installable agents.

• Dev checkouts no longer send install telemetry pings.

gcontext 0.9.0

Changed

• The installable unit is now called an agent. Install with gcontext add <agent-id> from the bleak-ai/agents registry.
• The MCP tool workflow is renamed to agent. Clients that call the old name must switch.
• Agent manifests support two new optional fields: connections[].examples and learns.
• The setup prompt now checks installed agents first: if an agent's declared connections are missing, it reports which agents are not operational and offers to build those connections before anything new.