v1.8.0

Changelog

[1.8.0] - 2026-07-11

Architecture Guardian is now a first-class, production-ready Agent Kernel
capability. This release ships the full conformance engine behind the public
agent-kernel architecture router, with discovery, change contracts, baselines,
scoped exceptions, reuse-first search, Claude PreToolUse scope enforcement, and
fail-closed governance state.

Commit summary

What's Changed

• Harden GitHub workflows by @imMamdouhaboammar in #5
• Upgrade docs with operational adoption path by @imMamdouhaboammar in #6
• Add agent runbook and troubleshooting docs by @imMamdouhaboammar in #7
• Upgrade README and SKILL discovery docs by @imMamdouhaboammar in #9
• Fix safe-link Claude guidance output by @imMamdouhaboammar in #8
• Harden production readiness safety gates by @imMamdouhaboammar in #20
• Fix core linker Claude output by @imMamdouhaboammar in #21
• Redact secrets before episode persistence by @imMamdouhaboammar in #22
• Refresh README brand system and Knowledge Bundle plan by @imMamdouhaboammar in #23
• Refine README agent strip design by @imMamdouhaboammar in #24
• Force README to use refreshed agent strip by @imMamdouhaboammar in #25
• Apply Agent Kernel minimal identity by @imMamdouhaboammar in #27
• Add landing page at /site by @imMamdouhaboammar in #28
• Add docs/brand/agent-logos asset library by @imMamdouhaboammar in #29
• feat: add file-aware local context command by @imMamdouhaboammar in #51
• feat: add first-class file references to local records by @imMamdouhaboammar in #52
• feat: add structured local search index by @imMamdouhaboammar in #53
• feat: add explainable deterministic search ranking by @imMamdouhaboammar in #54
• feat: add Claude context and failure hook adapter by @imMamdouhaboammar in #55
• feat: add project-scoped MCP context tools by @imMamdouhaboammar in #56
• docs: add live context integration guides by @imMamdouhaboammar in #57
• feat: add chronological session timeline by @imMamdouhaboammar in #58
• feat: link local work evidence to git commits by @imMamdouhaboammar in #59
• feat: detect recurring failure patterns locally by @imMamdouhaboammar in #60
• feat: turn failure patterns into pending proposals by @imMamdouhaboammar in #61
• feat: add local agent identity and trust model by @imMamdouhaboammar in #62
• feat: add local agent and project registries by @imMamdouhaboammar in #63
• feat: split MCP into core and extended surfaces by @imMamdouhaboammar in #64
• feat: add Architecture Guardian conformance engine by @imMamdouhaboammar in #68
• release: Agent Kernel v1.8.0 by @imMamdouhaboammar in #69

Full Changelog: v1.0.0...v1.8.0