Distill v2.0.55

Auto now balances quality, speed and cost as the work changes. Quick interactive actions favor UltraFast, careful refactoring and difficult reasoning favor UltraCode, and understood, bounded work favors UltraSave.

• Use /mode auto to adapt during a conversation, or select a fixed mode. The footer shows the choice and the mode currently in use.
• Subagents inherit your mode choice, including later changes. Each Auto subagent can choose the mode appropriate to its own action.
• Explicit model and effort selections stay authoritative. Fast and economical execution keep native MCP tools available.
• Usage accounting now includes initial Auto decisions and subagent setup.

In a paired 20-task sample, Auto and Normal both passed every task. Auto used 57% less aggregate completion time and 77% fewer estimated LLM subscription credits; Jev USD costs were measured separately and were also lower. These are sample results, not a universal performance guarantee. Specialist comparisons and validation details are in PR #45.

Downloads include native binaries for macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel), Linux (ARM64 and x86-64), and Windows (x86-64), with SHA256SUMS.