v0.5.1 — English out of the box, smoother resume

Highlights

English now works without a separate setup step

The English role library (agency-agents, 226 roles, MIT from msitarzewski/agency-agents) is now bundled in the npm package. Just npm i -g agency-orchestrator@latest and you can run any workflows/en/*.yaml immediately — no ao init --lang en, no Git required.

--resume finally does what you'd expect

Previously ao run x.yaml --resume last --from step2 still required -i topic=.... Now the original inputs are restored from the previous run's metadata. Explicit -i still takes priority.

Clearer errors, bilingual

• Missing inputs error lists every missing field with its description and the exact command to pass
• Missing role library error tells you the ao init command to run
• No more silent fallback from agency-agents to agency-agents-zh (which produced English workflows with Chinese role names)

codex-cli fixed (thanks @ww123cqrt-prog in #9)

The connector now uses codex exec with proper stdin mode. Long prompts no longer fail with codex -q - errors.

Update reminder

Hints appear on stderr (TTY only) when a newer version is on npm. 24h cached, opt out via AO_NO_UPDATE_CHECK=1 or CI=1.

Full changelog

• c61a3d2 fix: update Codex connector to use exec mode (#9, @ww123cqrt-prog)
• f124ed0 fix: find bundled role libraries from global npm install layout
• 6e7aef2 feat: bundle English agency-agents library (MIT, 226 roles)
• 4d297ca fix: English agents_dir no longer silently falls back to Chinese library
• 0d82d62 feat: add update reminder when a newer version is on npm
• 5447911 fix: --resume restores original user inputs so -i is not required again
• 6ee0130 fix: bilingualize run-time error messages for English users
• f91e7eb feat: English workflow templates and fix agents_dir silent fallback

Install / Upgrade

npm i -g agency-orchestrator@latest

Credits

• @msitarzewski for the English agency-agents library (MIT)
• @ww123cqrt-prog for the codex-cli fix (#9)