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Kotilo 0.2.0 (beta)

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Second beta. Two new things to keep an eye on your agents and to ask quick questions without leaving what you're doing.

New

Robot snail on your desktop

Kotilo's mascot can now live on your taskbar and show your agents' combined state at a glance:

  • Red with a halo and "!": an agent is waiting for your permission. "?": one is waiting for your answer.
  • Amber, walking: agents are working. Sweat drops: the current 5-hour block is projected to cross your usage threshold.
  • Blue hop: an agent finished a longer turn. Dim, "Zz": nothing running, or do not disturb.

Click it to jump to the agent that has waited longest, right-click to hide it for an hour or turn it off, drag it along the taskbar. It walks only while agents work (no CPU otherwise), hides during full-screen apps and presentations, and respects Windows' "Animation effects" setting. Off by default: turn it on in Settings → Mascot or from the one-time suggestion.

Assistant chat popup

Press Ctrl+Alt+Space anywhere to open a small chat window for quick questions, answered by the provider you chose for the assistant in Settings → AI: Claude Code, Codex and the other agent CLIs, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint such as Ollama or LM Studio.

  • Answers stream in, with markdown and copyable code blocks; follow-up questions work.
  • Nothing is saved. Every opening is a new chat; Kotilo writes no message to disk or logs. Claude Code, Codex and Qwen Code run without keeping their own session files; for Copilot CLI, OpenCode and Gemini CLI, which have no such option, the window tells you they keep a copy.
  • Esc stops an answer or closes the window, Ctrl+N starts over, ↑ edits your last message. The shortcut can be changed or the assistant turned off in Settings → AI.

Upgrading

Installed v0.1.0? Kotilo offers the update by itself (or Settings → About & diagnostics → Check for updates).

Known limitations (beta)

  • Still not code-signed. SmartScreen may warn ("More info → Run anyway"); Smart App Control blocks unsigned apps. Our SignPath Foundation application is pending; see the code signing policy.
  • The mascot uses the primary monitor only and walks along the bottom of the screen when the taskbar is on the side or top.
  • Gemini, Qwen, Droid and Cursor support is still built from their docs, not yet checked against every live setup.
  • Windows only; macOS is planned.

Something not working? Please open an issue.

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