0.4.0-beta.4

What's Changed

• fix: persist and resolve global Comet artifact language by @1919chichi in #191
• fix: OpenSpec CLI install scope by @ddddddddwp in #179
• fix: enforce final archive confirmation by @chenqinggang001 in #184
• feat: release for beta 4 by @benym in #195
• feat: add CodeBuddy hook support(#193) by @ddddddddwp in #197
• feat: enhance animated CLI banner with branding and fixes by @benym in #198

Added

• Ambient resume: Adds a low-noise Comet resume probe and managed project instruction block so agents can recover active workflows when the user resumes work without explicitly invoking /comet.
• Project installation registry: Added a user-level registry for project-scope Comet installs so interactive update and uninstall can operate across all indexed projects from one command while JSON and scripted calls remain current-project by default.
• Stable Classic commands: Added top-level comet state, comet guard, comet handoff, and comet archive commands so agents no longer depend on internal installed script paths (#186).
• Custom project build evidence: Projects without an inferred npm, Maven, or Cargo command can now record auditable build and verification results instead of relying on an undocumented skip path (#192).

Changed

• CLI brand experience: comet init now keeps a fixed-grid cyan-blue Comet logo centered over a gold tagline while the banner remains aligned with the rest of the CLI, and introduces it with a vivid 1.8-second comet approach, sweep, particle release, and tagline reveal in compatible interactive terminals. Automated, colorless, or narrow output receives a stable static banner. CLI and package metadata use the clearer "Agent Skill Harness For Turning Ideas Into Evaluated Workflows" tagline.
• Mixed change status: comet status now distinguishes Comet-managed and plain OpenSpec changes and recommends the correct archive command for ready changes (#187).

Fixed

• npm publish preflight: Release security scanning now prunes literal and wildcard-excluded package paths before accessing the filesystem, so ignored Eval caches and temporary pytest directories cannot block Windows publishing with local permission errors.
• Parallel active change guards: Classic source-write hooks now bind branch and worktree execution to the explicitly selected change, allow legal build work despite unrelated open/design/archive changes, and fail with an actionable selection prompt when multiple active changes are ambiguous (#196).
• Codex CLI Skill discovery: Codex project and global installs now place Comet Skills in the current .agents/skills discovery directory while keeping Codex-specific configuration under .codex; update and uninstall safely migrate managed legacy .codex/skills installs without removing unrelated Skills.
• Generated Eval manifests: comet eval now resolves Factory draftHash placeholders into temporary version-bound manifests before collection, so /comet-any output can be evaluated immediately without modifying generated Bundle files (#183).
• Eval Harness: npm-installed comet eval now locates the version-matched bundled harness by default and reports a missing harness separately from a missing uv executable.
• Indexed project updates: comet update --all-projects now reports npm package update failures as failed project results and fails explicitly on unreadable project registries instead of treating them as successful or empty updates.
• Dashboard responsive workflow view: comet dashboard now keeps the change workspace inside the viewport with the left navigation rail, preserves scroll position when opening artifact previews, and shows archived changes as complete instead of suggesting another verify step (#170).
• Symlink installs with existing Skills: comet init and comet update --install-mode symlink now preserve existing platform skills/ directories and link Comet-managed Skills inside them, so local or third-party Skills no longer make Comet installation fail (#171).
• OpenSpec CLI install scope: comet init now installs or upgrades the OpenSpec CLI as a global tool even during project-scope setup, so choosing OpenSpec no longer creates a project node_modules/ directory (#175).
• Archived dashboard artifacts: comet dashboard now resolves archived changes back to the project root before reading docs/superpowers/ path pointers, so archived Superpowers plans, design docs, and verify reports remain visible (#176).
• Archive confirmation enforcement: /comet-archive now records the user's final approval in machine-owned Classic state and refuses mutating archive runs until that transition succeeds, preventing direct script invocation from bypassing the required confirmation.
• Archive annotations: Classic archive annotations now preserve clean Markdown EOF formatting and remain idempotent, preventing git diff --check failures (#185).
• Global artifact language: Global comet init and comet update now persist the selected artifact language in ~/.comet/config.yaml, and Classic workflows resolve project configuration before falling back to that global default, so globally installed Chinese Skills create and validate OpenSpec and Superpowers artifacts in zh-CN while still allowing per-project overrides (#174).

Full Changelog: 0.4.0-beta.3...0.4.0-beta.4