v0.34.5 — Assist modularity & operator remote

🌴 Palm Engine 0.34.5

Bundled release since 0.32.10 (0.33.0–0.33.3 · 0.34.0–0.34.5).

Execution-shaped Assist (tool vs chat, small modules) plus the operator remote: browse/search/page any flow, open it, design chat L0, Portal menu shell. No Bot — Assist is the remote; Portal/MCP are clients.

PyPI	palmengine==0.34.5
Import	palm
Tag	v0.34.5
Previous	0.32.10
Docs	VISION-0.33 · VISION-0.34 · CHANGELOG · RELEASE-0.34.5

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Highlights

Assist modularity (0.33)

• Presentation pipeline: assist/present/*
• Tool vs chat profiles under assist/profiles/
• Façade leafs: scenarios · sessions · catalog (like Execution)
• Chat continuity (auto-start demos, intro continue) out of WebSocket transport
• MCP dispatch modular (normalize / operator / shape/*)

Operator remote (0.34)

• Design intents → auto-start design-entry (not dead-end handoff)
• Confirm steps: Yes / No chips
• assist/menu — browse / search / page (flows, waiting, scenarios)
• assist/open + chip values open:flow:… / open:session:…
• Portal: Menu, typeahead debounce, Browse all flows, Resume waiting
• Open flow re-inspects first turn (question + input, not blank WAITING_FOR_INPUT)

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Try it

uv pip install 'palmengine==0.34.5'
just palm-server
# Portal
open http://127.0.0.1:8080/portal/?open=1
# Menu → Flows → pick a flow → first wizard prompt
# Raw WS
websocat ws://127.0.0.1:8080/ws/v1/assist

{"op":"dispatch","id":"1","format":"assistant","alias":"assist/menu","params":{"section":"flows"}}
{"op":"dispatch","id":"2","format":"assistant","alias":"assist/open","params":{"value":"open:flow:todo-builder"}}

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Upgrade notes

• Non-breaking for MCP / REST / existing flows
• New aliases: assist/menu, assist/open
• Chat auto-start default on WS; opt out with params.auto_start=false
• Portal remains dogfood (open auth, not production PWA)
• Hello reports 0.34.5

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Ladder

Range	What
0.33.0–0.33.3	Modular Assist + MCP dispatch split
0.34.1	Design auto-start + confirm chips
0.34.2–0.34.3	Menu + open protocol
0.34.4–0.34.5	Portal menu shell + typeahead + resume chips + open fix

Still open

Push events · cookie auth · PWA · Android · optional Bot (only if persona/LLM needed)

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Related: 0.32.10 WebSocket + Portal · 0.31.5 MCP meta-surface