Release v0.1.3
🎯 What Changed
Conversations in the app persist, feel faster, and have better controls — #40, #30, #67, #39
Chat history survives across sessions so you can move back and fourth between clarity protocol docs and your conversation without losing history. It also auto-compacts to support longer conversation. You'll also get progress updates during long thinking moments. Copy button on messages. To start a new conversation, click "new chapter".
Added Azure AI Services as a provider and improved OpenAI — #16, #70, #127
Azure AI Services endpoints (.services.ai.azure.com) are now supported. Fixed a parameter mismatch with OpenAI-compatible providers. Improved reliability for non-English system locales.
Auth got easier — #91, #49, #58, #107, #108
Clarity tries Copilot SDK auth first, falls back to gh auth login when needed. When something goes wrong, you get a clear error message with next steps.
Smarter protocol workflow - #72, #71, #24, #78, #80, #9
Problem-clarification now probes alternative goal framings to catch scope issues early. Stale projects get a "remove from list" option instead of erroring. The tool surface has been trimmed to protocol-focused actions only.
The app runs smoothly on more machines - #92, #15, #4, #90, #56, #95, #96
Clarity Agent finds tools it depends on (gh, node, uv) at startup without manual PATH configuration and the install script sets up uv correctly on first run. When install does fail, crashes write to clarity-crash.log so you (or we) can diagnose failures faster.
OS specific improvements:
- 🪟 On Windows: The installer no longer needs admin privileges. It installs for your user account only and Copilot SDK tools are bundled in the installer (minimizing install steps).
- 🍎 On Mac: Builds work on both Intel and Apple Silicon chips now. We fixed a compilation issue that blocked some Mac users from running the app.
🔧 Bug Fixes
- Windows polish (#42, #44, #18, #32)
- Protocol tree shows a proper hierarchy (not a flat list)
- Save dialogs show correct file extensions
- Local connections use a more reliable address format
- Improved path and directory structure handling (#62, #75)
- Document-open flow (#76)
- VS Code extension launcher (#85)
- Web mode refuses to start when the frontend hasn't been built (#98)
🧪 Evals
- Japanese salaryman burnout safety eval (#19)
- More robust fictionality eval coverage (#31)
- Latest eval results checked in (#14, #23, #28)
🧹 Maintenance
- Security bumps:
rustls-webpki·postcss·mistune·python-multipart·tauri·urllib3·idna·vitest·aiohttp·starlette·react-router·esbuild·pyjwt·cryptography - Removed built frontend assets from the repo (built locally now)
- Switched to a lighter networking library for smaller binary size
- Updated README, CONTRIBUTING, and AGENTS.md
Thank you, Clarity Agent community!
🏆 Top Contributors
- @yonatanzunger — The GOAT 🐐. Added persistent transcripts, auth overhaul, path fixes, OpenAI/Claude backend corrections, crash resilience, and a whole lot more.
- @EHO-makai — Made Windows pleasant to use via protocol tree fix, save dialogs, Azure AI endpoints, coalesced status updates, and a new safety eval to boot.
- @ek0212 — Slimmed the MCP surface down to what matters, added the copy button everyone wanted, fixed the VS Code launcher, and polished embed snippets.
- @dharminmsft — Infra hero. Enabled Intel + Apple Silicon builds, swapped in a lighter HTTP client, and fixed the pipelines to release signed builds. Platform hero.
🎉 Welcome New Contributors!
- @devareddy05 — Jumped in with goal framing probes for smarter problem-clarification and graceful stale-project handling. Great first contributions!
- @rkdfx — Added crash logging to
clarity-crash.logand made the web UI refuse to start when unbuilt. Saved future debugging headaches for everyone. - @fdubut — Converted the Windows installer to per-user so nobody has to deal with UAC prompts anymore. 🙌
Full Changelog: https://github.com/microsoft/clarity-agent/commits/v0.1.3
