v1.9.6

What's New

Pluggable Persistence Adapter

• New PersistenceAdapter interface decouples storage from the filesystem
• FilesystemAdapter (default) preserves all existing behavior with atomic writes and backups
• SupabaseAdapter stores data in PostgreSQL with Supabase Storage for images
• New data efuns: saveData, loadData, dataExists, deleteData, listDataKeys
• All 11 daemons migrated from efuns.readFile/writeFile to the new data efuns
• Configure via PERSISTENCE_ADAPTER=filesystem|supabase environment variable

Prompt Template System

• Centralized, customizable prompt templates for all AI features
• Templates support {{variable}} substitution and {{#if}} conditional blocks
• New Prompts Daemon wraps the driver's PromptManager for mudlib access
• New prompts admin command to list, view, edit, and reset templates
• AI commands (aidescribe, airoom, ainpc, ailore) refactored to use prompts.render()

Configurable Game Theme

• New game.theme config setting (default: "fantasy")
• Automatically injected as {{gameTheme}} into all 22+ prompt templates
• Change genre across all AI content with config game.theme cyberpunk

AI Worldbuilding (ailore command)

• ailore bootstrap <name> [desc] — generates one lore entry per category (8 total) with progress streaming
• ailore expand <category> [theme] — generates 2-4 entries in a specific category
• ailore fullstory — weaves all lore into a long-form narrative saved as world:fullstory
• lore clear subcommand to remove all lore entries with confirmation

Graceful Shutdown

• SIGINT/SIGTERM now saves all active players before exiting
• Configurable timeout via SHUTDOWN_TIMEOUT_MS (default 15s)

Documentation

• Streamlined root README with feature highlights and link to full docs
• New docs/README.md table of contents organizing all 65+ doc files
• Updated commands.md, daemons.md, ai-integration.md, lore-system.md, deployment.md
• New persistence-adapter.md with full adapter pattern documentation
• Expanded environment variables reference in deployment guide

Full Changelog

v1.9.5...v1.9.6