v0.44.0 — a local-first review panel non-technical researchers can drive
⚠ The
.mcpbextension files originally attached here were broken — removed 2026-07-02The three
citevahti-0.44.0-*.mcpbassets (windows/linux/macos) shipped without the review panel's web assets and without keyring: the panel opened blank and "Connect Zotero" could not read a keychain-stored key. They have been removed and replaced — download the fixed extension from v0.44.1.
If you already installed a 0.44.0.mcpb: remove the CiteVahti extension in Claude Desktop, fully quit and reopen it, then install the v0.44.1.mcpb(installing over the top does not refresh Desktop's cache).
TheCiteVahti.appbundle and the SBOM below were unaffected and remain.
The CiteVahti panel rebuilt around the people using it in pilots — clinicians and PhD researchers who never open a terminal. No engine, safety, or write-path behaviour changed; this is the front door.
Highlights
- Navigable surfaces — Review · Manuscripts · Checks · Atlas · Output · Settings, with a persistent claims queue, so a task is always one obvious click away.
- "Choose a file…" manuscript intake — start by picking your Word/Markdown file, dragging it on, or pasting the text. No command line. A plain "On your Mac · nothing uploaded" banner states the privacy posture up front.
- "Show in Finder" on every written file — exports and saved records name the file and reveal it in your OS file manager (constrained to the project folder, loopback + CSRF-gated, reveal-only).
- Review-record timeline — the hash-chained audit log surfaced as a readable, timestamped list you can export for a supervisor, co-author, journal, or registry.
- A minimal design system and a full accessibility pass (named focus-trapping dialogs, a live error region, a keyboard-reachable review-record badge).
- "Run unit tests" → "Check claims" — the primary action now speaks the researcher's language.
- A 28-test frontend behaviour suite driving the real shipped panel (node:test + jsdom, plus Playwright for the full flow and interactive a11y).
Install
Most people: download the Claude Desktop extension for your platform below and double-click it — no terminal. See the README for the one-click steps and other install options.
Full notes in CHANGELOG.md.