v0.1.15

Changes

• Clarifies that approval is a derived gate: if the agent is waiting on the user before the next action, approval is needed.
• Forbids pairing No approval with open questions, open decisions, confirmations, option choices, or user-gated next steps.
• Updates checkpoint examples so open questions/decisions use Approval needed.
• Bumps plugin and marketplace wrapper versions to 0.1.15.

Verification

• Packaged hosted skill artifact with bash scripts/package-skill.sh.
• Validated JSON manifests with jq empty.
• Validated Claude plugin and marketplace manifests with claude plugin validate.
• Smoke-tested local Claude marketplace install.

v0.1.14

Changes

• Tightens checkpoint semantics so No open questions only appears when no unresolved user input remains.
• Adds explicit guidance for approval, confirmation, option choice, and material decisions.
• Replaces the bad Approval needed · No open questions example with Decision needed / Awaiting confirmation examples.
• Bumps plugin and marketplace wrapper versions to 0.1.14.

Verification

• Packaged hosted skill artifact with bash scripts/package-skill.sh.
• Validated JSON manifests with jq empty.
• Validated Claude plugin and marketplace manifests with claude plugin validate.
• Smoke-tested local Claude marketplace install.
• Swept docs for the bad approval/no-open-questions example.

v0.1.13

Changes

• Replaces the verbose Linus checkpoint format with the compact default: LL X · No approval · No open questions.
• Expands checkpoint guidance only for material surfaced states such as approval needed, open questions, assumptions, blocked work, verification gaps, risk, or read-only/no-change status.
• Bumps plugin and marketplace wrapper versions to 0.1.13.

Verification

• Packaged hosted skill artifact with bash scripts/package-skill.sh.
• Validated JSON manifests with jq empty.
• Validated Claude plugin and marketplace manifests with claude plugin validate.
• Smoke-tested local Claude marketplace install.

Linus Level v0.1.12

Changes

• Reframes Linus Level as a working-mode dial, not strictness alone.
• Adds decision-ownership guidance for agent-owned, shared, and user-owned choices.
• Adds prompt-type handling so questions and architecture/design prompts are answer-first at higher Linus levels.
• Replaces the older no-questions line with a structured checkpoint: next action, approval needed, and open questions.
• Adds a high-Linus plan confirmation gate for material actions with unverified next steps.
• Updates README examples and OpenAI agent metadata to use working-mode language.
• Bumps marketplace/plugin metadata to 0.1.12.

Verification

• jq validation for JSON manifests
• gemini extensions validate .
• claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json
• claude plugin validate .
• git diff --check
• packaged dist/linus-level.zip

Linus Level v0.1.11

Changes

• Adds Gemini CLI extension metadata with root gemini-extension.json.
• Adds Factory Droid plugin and marketplace manifests.
• Adds GitHub Copilot CLI marketplace metadata.
• Documents Gemini, Factory Droid, GitHub Copilot CLI, and OpenCode install paths.
• Updates deployment notes for programmatic marketplace publishing.
• Bumps plugin metadata to 0.1.11.

Publishing

• Added the gemini-cli-extension GitHub topic for Gemini gallery discovery.
• Pushed v0.1.11 and linus-level--v0.1.11 tags.

Verification

• jq validation for JSON manifests
• gemini extensions validate .
• claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json
• claude plugin validate .
• git diff --check
• packaged dist/linus-level.zip

Linus Level v0.1.10

Changes

• Adds README badges for version, license, skill format, and supported agent surfaces.
• Improves README readability with lightweight emoji section markers.
• Updates install prompts to ask whether to persist a default Linus Level in AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md after installation.
• Documents the compaction reason for default workspace settings.
• Adds marketplace inventory and publishing notes for Codex, Claude Code, Gemini CLI, Factory Droid, OpenCode, GitHub Copilot CLI, and related indexes.
• Bumps Codex and Claude plugin metadata to 0.1.10.

Verification

• git diff --check
• jq validation for plugin JSON manifests
• claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json
• claude plugin validate .
• packaged dist/linus-level.zip

Linus Level v0.1.9

Changes

• Adds a universal Linus question checkpoint for every response.
• Requires agents to inventory assumptions before deciding whether questions are needed.
• Adds high-Linus fact preflight and external-submission safeguards.
• Bumps Codex and Claude plugin metadata to 0.1.9.

Verification

• git diff --check
• jq validation for plugin JSON manifests
• claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json
• claude plugin validate .
• packaged dist/linus-level.zip

Linus Level v0.1.8

Changes

• Enforce cohesive, reviewable module structure starting at Linus Level 5.0.
• Add guidance to split files when responsibilities, ownership, tests, or cognitive load justify it, not purely for line count.
• Start flagging large or catch-all files as proper refactor candidates at Linus Level 7.5.
• Bump plugin metadata to 0.1.8.

Verification

• Packaged dist/linus-level.zip with scripts/package-skill.sh.
• Validated .claude-plugin/plugin.json with Claude Code.
• Validated .claude-plugin/marketplace.json with Claude Code.
• Ran git diff --check.

Linus Level v0.1.7

Changes

• Fix Claude Code slash-command skill registration by adding command-facing skill frontmatter.
• Bump Claude and Codex plugin metadata to 0.1.7.

Verification

• claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json
• claude plugin validate .
• claude --plugin-dir /Users/rsoffer/Desktop/linus-level-skill -p '/linus-level 8.0. Reply with only the effective Linus Level and one short sentence about your working posture.'
• Rebuilt dist/linus-level.zip

Linus Level v0.1.5

What's changed

• Adds native Claude Code plugin metadata in .claude-plugin/plugin.json.
• Adds a Claude Code marketplace catalog in .claude-plugin/marketplace.json so users can install with /plugin marketplace add rsoffer/linus-level-skill and /plugin install linus-level@linus-level-skills.
• Documents Claude Code marketplace installation, validation, local testing, and official Anthropic submission paths.
• Bumps plugin distribution metadata to 0.1.5.

Validation

• claude plugin validate .claude-plugin/plugin.json
• claude plugin validate .
• isolated local marketplace add/install test
• claude plugin tag --dry-run
• unzip -t dist/linus-level.zip