v0.2.40

Added

• dev wt open --no-focus opens or reuses an existing checkout's runtime surface
  without switching focus or issuing a shell directory handoff. It reports the
  actual branch, path and runtime handle; it does not create a worktree, provision
  files, adopt a task or launch an agent. Bundled guidance now calls for making
  durable agent worktrees visible and reporting their locations immediately.
• dev prepare --specstory-path selects and persists one exact SpecStory
  transcript by provider, UUID and capture scope, including archive handoffs.
  Ambiguous discovery still refuses to guess. Native finalization now rechecks
  writer/source guards and exact intent revisions with locked compare-and-update
  transactions; --revision can bind an external finalizer to a reviewed record.
• Explicit dev prepare --closeout co-commit delegates a feature-only staged
  snapshot and selected transcript/plan to a compatible canonical v2 helper.
  It requires a real wrapper launched without automatic commit approval, retains
  the canonical queue acknowledgement, and never launches or closes an agent.
  External artifact finalize --allow-commit prepares without committing,
  revalidates native guards and both revisions, then permits one commit-capable
  call. Uncertain outcomes reconcile only; partial bindings never blindly requeue.
  Read-only review previews and schema-1 co_commit_handoff / artifact_handoffs
  JSON keep persisted intent separate from helper observations. The separately
  maintained helper is not bundled or installed automatically; native Windows
  co-commit remains unsupported.

Fixed

• Compact release source archives also exclude Claude, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode
  plan directories, not just SpecStory history. Git retains the selected evidence;
  the source-archive gate verifies these exclusions and the real native build.
• REPOS n and the new-repository action now open the clone-aware wizard while
  selected-row observations are pending or the filtered list is empty. Active
  clones still block; wizard confirmation and fresh destination checks remain.
• Dashboard local filters and help index/result searches accept Up/Down while
  typing without moving the text cursor or leaving the input. Enter still keeps
  the query/selection and exits filtering without opening; ordinary list Enter,
  article search/scroll and Notes search retain their existing behavior.