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v0.1.0 — Initial Release

VLA (Very Large Agent) — v0.1.0

A CLI agentic coding harness in Go, named after the Very Large Array. Multiple tools working together to see deep into a codebase.

Highlights

Full-screen TUI — bubbletea interface with:

• Markdown rendering (glamour) for assistant messages
• Expandable tool-call blocks (Tab to toggle)
• Split-pane diff preview (auto-shows on write_file/update_file)
• Session switcher (Ctrl+S)
• Live status bar (Pulse spinner, token count, model state)
• Slash-command autocomplete
• Inline approval prompts
• Scroll lock with follow toggle

IDE-grade tooling — 20+ built-in tools + unlimited MCP tools:

• File operations (read, write, update, delete, list)
• Search (ripgrep + native fallback, .gitignore-aware)
• Git (status, diff, commit)
• Web (search, read)
• Memory (save, search, list — embedding-based hybrid search)
• Navigation (go-to-def, find-references, hover, diagnostics)
• MCP (Model Context Protocol — connect any MCP server via .vla/mcp.json)

9-language indexer — regex symbol parsing + LSP integration:

• Go, Python, Kotlin, Java, C#, PHP, JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS/SCSS, HTML

Agent loop — streaming, compaction, multi-agent:

• OpenAI-compatible streaming client with SSE parsing
• Token-aware context window compaction
• Multi-agent parallel execution (goroutine coordinator)
• Diff approval system (human-in-the-loop before destructive tools)
• Permission rules (.vla/permissions.json)
• Hooks (before_tool, after_tool, on_write)
• Script-based plugins

150+ providers via models.dev — vla use openai/gpt-4o and you're running.

Stats

• 420 deterministic tests (no API keys, no network)
• Single Go binary, minimal dependencies
• MIT License

Install

go install github.com/abrandt/vla@v0.1.0

Or build from source:

git clone https://github.com/outerstellar-hq/vla.git
cd vla
go build -o vla .