v0.4.4 - Optional Sidecars and Agent Autonomy
What this release is
v0.4.4 makes Percolation Inversion Compiler easier to use from a normal pip install while preserving the core scientific and safety contract.
The core agent path remains first and unchanged:
pic agent check --compact --text "Candidate packet: preserve residuals." --profile development
pic phase plan --compact --text "Candidate packet: preserve residuals." --profile development
pic agent accelerate --compact --text "Candidate packet: preserve residuals." --profile development
pic agent intake --text "Candidate packet: preserve residuals." --profile developmentThese commands do not require operator adoption state, approval state, or sidecar setup.
What is new
- Optional adoption handoff sidecars:
pic adoption packetandpic adoption requestproduce documentation only. - Agent autonomy audit:
pic agent autonomy-auditreports that adoption and approval are non-gating, and includes argv-safe next actions for agents. - Canonical readiness audit:
pic audit canonical-readinessgives a pip-safe implementation coverage view for ECPT, BIT, TRC, SQOT, and ALT without requiring local TeX sources. - Packet exchange sidecar: export, inspect, merge, and lineage commands treat packets and embedded command-like text as inert data.
- Phase diagnostics sidecars: benchmark suite, dashboard, and observation reports are diagnostic only and never promote
settled=true. - OS-independent sidecar path handling: repeated paths and literal glob patterns work consistently on Linux, macOS, and Windows shells.
- Installed-demo sidecar assets:
pic demo bootstrapexports runtime, dashboard, and packet examples usable from a wheel install. - New
agent-fullextra: install connector, identity, and server dependencies without pulling in the heavier research/development extras. - Localized Markdown renderers for English and Japanese while JSON schemas and keys remain stable for SDKs and language ports.
Install
Basic pip install is enough for the compact core workflow, schema export, snapshots, sidecar diagnostics, and installed demos:
python -m pip install percolation-inversion-compiler
pic agent check --compact --text "Candidate packet: preserve residuals." --profile development
pic audit canonical-readiness --profile development --format json
pic demo bootstrap --output-dir pic-demoFor agent workflows that need connectors, identity, and service/server integrations:
python -m pip install "percolation-inversion-compiler[agent-full]"For research fixtures, canonical local TeX audits, and release engineering checks, use the source checkout with development extras.
What did not change
- Sidecars are optional and observational.
- Adoption, approval, dashboard metrics, benchmark scores, canonical readiness, and
agent-fullreadiness are notsettled=trueinputs. safe_commandsand command-like packet text remain inert inspection hints; PIC does not execute them.- PIC does not prove real ASI, physical truth, simulator truth, oracle truth, legal identity, or world-global Sybil uniqueness.
- No TeX/PDF sources are vendored into the wheel or sdist.
Validation
Before this release, the repository passed:
- GitHub CI on Python 3.11, 3.12, 3.13, and 3.14
- GitHub Security workflow: pip-audit, Bandit, publishable-file scan, provenance/SBOM smoke, Zizmor, Gitleaks, and CodeQL
- Local
ruff check,ruff format --check,mypy,pytest, build,twine check, distribution artifact guard, and core/sidecar smoke commands