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v0.1.3 — Public launch

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@numbererikson numbererikson released this 03 Jun 07:25
· 52 commits to main since this release

First public release. Shinobi is a local-first task spine + memory
layer for AI coding agents — your agent finally remembers what you
decided last week.

Install:

npm install -g @shinobiapps/shinobi
shinobi init
shinobi dashboard

Highlights

  • 37 MCP tools covering projects, subtasks, decisions, dead ends,
    notes, plans, context, recall, history, git linking, approvals —
    backed by a local SQLite file at ~/.shinobi/shinobi.db.
  • Multi-client out of the boxshinobi init writes config for
    Claude Code (<workspace>/.mcp.json) and Cursor
    (<workspace>/.cursor/mcp.json). For Cline / Continue.dev / Zed,
    shinobi init --print-config emits the snippet to paste into their
    respective config files.
  • Command palette in the dashboard (Ctrl/Cmd+K) searches across
    projects, tasks, decisions, dead ends, and notes from one keystroke.
  • Mobile push approvalsrequest_approval MCP tool pushes a
    notification to your phone when the agent hits a fork; agent
    unblocks within ~1 second of your tap.
  • Multi-agent realtime sync — Cloudflare Worker relay broadcasts
    sync-available events across workspace members in ~1.5s, so two
    laptops on the same project stay in lockstep without manual git
    pull.
  • Optional semantic recall — FTS5 by default, embedding-backed
    when SHINOBI_EMBED_PROVIDER is set (OpenAI / Voyage / Ollama, BYO
    key).
  • Voice capture — PWA records or accepts audio, transcribes via
    Whisper (Groq / OpenAI), drafts decisions via LLM extractor for
    review.

Compatibility

  • Node.js 18+
  • better-sqlite3 ships prebuilt binaries for Linux / macOS / Windows
  • Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, Continue.dev, Zed — any
    MCP-compatible client

What's next (v0.2)

Linear / GitHub Issues bidirectional sync, plugin marketplace UI,
Obsidian export. See the
roadmap in the README
for the full picture.


MIT licensed. Self-hosted is free forever. Hosted SaaS on the roadmap
for the convenience-tier audience (waitlist on
https://shinobi-apps.com/shinobi).

Full changelog:
CHANGELOG.md.