Orbs v0.1.5

What's new

See what your bot is doing

• While a bot works, the chat shows a live status line in its own words, like "Checking your calendar…" or "Finding the best hotel…".
• When it asks another bot, the line shows that bot's avatar: "Asking Alice".
• The line says when the bot is waiting on you ("Waiting for your OK", "Waiting for your answer") and shows how long the turn has been running.
• Finished replies get a small "3 steps · 18s" line. Tap it to see the thinking and tool calls behind that reply, even with "Hide tool calls and thinking" turned on.
• Friendlier status words everywhere: "On it…", "Thinking it over…", "Typing…".

Reaction GIFs

• Bots can now reply with a GIF when something is funny or worth celebrating.
• Choose the style in Settings → General → GIFs: Animated emoji (default), Anime reactions, or Off.
• No API keys or accounts needed. Animated emoji come from Google Noto (CC BY 4.0) and anime reactions from otakugifs.xyz.

Smarter bot-to-bot requests

• Bots now see a short summary of what every other bot does, so they contact the right bot directly instead of passing a request along a chain.
• A bot that gets a request meant for someone else points the sender to the right bot instead of relaying it.
• Fixed a case where a bot that forwarded a request in the background could lose the answer.

Downloads

• macOS (Apple silicon): Orbs-0.1.5-macos-arm64.zip. Existing installs update automatically.
• Server bundle: Orbs-0.1.5-server.tar.gz.
• iOS: available through TestFlight.