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@envibagus envibagus released this 01 Jul 23:31
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Cortex 1.3.0

A wide release: a rebuilt cost engine, keyboard-driven navigation, a smarter menu bar, a faster command palette, completion sounds, and a top-to-bottom polish of the shell, Settings, and detail views.

New

  • Accurate cost estimates. The cost engine was rebuilt around how Claude Code actually writes transcripts. Each API response is billed exactly once (transcripts repeat a response across multiple lines, and resumed sessions copy earlier history in), subagent transcripts now roll their tokens and cost into the parent session, and 5-minute and 1-hour prompt-cache writes are priced at their separate published rates. The pricing table covers the current model lineup; models without a published price (local runtimes, unlisted vendors) count at $0 instead of a guess, and per-model rates can be set in ~/.claude/readout-pricing.json.

  • Keyboard-first lists. Arrow through every list pane with clean focus handoff into the detail pane. Cmd-E edits, Cmd-C copies the selected item's path, and Delete removes it (with the page's own confirmation), all gated so they never interfere with text editing. Cmd-B joins Cmd-\ for toggling the sidebar.

  • Completion sounds. Pick a completion chime from nine bundled sound packs in Settings, with preview; the chime now fires reliably even with the display off, and the celebration confetti has its own toggle.

  • Menu bar, upgraded. Each live session now shows where it runs (CLI vs app), its real model name (third-party models shown verbatim), live uptime and agent counts, and errored turns are detected and surfaced.

  • Collections as a native tree. Auto-expanding folders, click opens an item, caret collapses - browsing collections finally feels like Finder.

Improved

  • Command palette. Result groups are ranked by their best match, so an exact hit surfaces first instead of hiding under a fixed category order; deep links scroll to their target, and long-keyword fuzzy matches are no longer dropped.
  • Unified shell. Page titles sit in the toolbar band with a transparent full-height treatment (including full screen), every page shares the same edge insets, and Diffs, Home, and the menu bar surfaces got matching header fixes.
  • Settings. Sections merged and reorganized (the Data tab folded into General, Launch at Login moved home), clearer copy, tighter footers, and friendlier time-of-day greetings on Home.
  • Memory. Each memory file gets a menu: Show in Finder, or Delete with undo.
  • Assistant. Prompts are grounded in your real data, including last-30-days spend, and the intro is a calm informational line.
  • Window behavior. Closing the window keeps Cortex running in the menu bar (with a clear first-time choice), and reopening never spawns a duplicate window.
  • Config. Filter MCP servers and plugins by origin, with short blurbs explaining each concept, and delete servers or plugins straight from their detail pages.
  • AI summaries are now opt-in. Summaries default to Off: Apple Intelligence needs macOS 26 on Apple silicon, and the Claude engine spawns a session per summary, so neither runs unless you enable it in Settings. Onboarding no longer asks.
  • Performance. Large, code-heavy detail views render instantly and colorize in the background; holding the arrow keys through a list no longer builds documents you are only scrubbing past.

Notes

  • Built from source; the attached Cortex.dmg is unsigned (no Apple Developer ID). On first launch, right-click the app -> Open to get past Gatekeeper. Requires macOS 15+.
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