v1.8.0 - Mesh Network, Memory, Messaging

SkillKit v1.8.0

Major release introducing distributed agent capabilities with enterprise-grade security.

New Features

🌐 Mesh Network (@skillkit/mesh)

• Peer Discovery: UDP multicast LAN discovery with signed announcements
• Multi-Transport: HTTP, WebSocket, and UDP transport layers
• Enterprise Security:
  • Ed25519 peer identity and message signing
  • XChaCha20-Poly1305 end-to-end encryption
  • TLS 1.3 transport security
  • JWT with EdDSA authentication tokens
• Trust Management: Peer trust/revoke with fingerprint-based verification
• Health Monitoring: Automatic peer health checks

💬 Inter-Agent Messaging (@skillkit/messaging)

• Send messages between AI agents across the mesh
• Inbox/outbox pattern with read tracking
• Message threading and replies
• Priority levels (urgent, normal, low)
• Offline message queuing

🧠 Persistent Memory (@skillkit/memory)

• CozoDB-backed semantic memory with HNSW vector index
• Xenova transformers for local embeddings (no API keys)
• Memory compression and reinforcement
• Export learnings as shareable skills

🔌 MCP Memory Server (@skillkit/mcp-memory)

• Model Context Protocol server for Claude/Cursor integration
• Semantic search across memories
• Memory reinforcement through usage

TUI Updates

• New Mesh screen (g key) for network management
• New Messages screen (j key) for inter-agent communication

CLI Enhancements

• skillkit add now works as alias for skillkit install
• New skillkit mesh commands for network management
• New skillkit message commands for messaging

Documentation

• Updated quickstart with npx skillkit@latest usage
• New mesh network documentation
• New messaging documentation
• Package READMEs for memory, mesh, messaging

Breaking Changes

None - fully backward compatible.

Installation

# Quick start (no install)
npx skillkit@latest

# Or install globally
npm install -g skillkit

Links

• Documentation
• Website
• NPM Package