v5.8.0

5.8.0 (2026-09-05)

What's Changed

• chore: add SessionStart hook so web sessions can run the test suite by @shabaraba in #671
• feat: add :VibingChatHandoff to continue a long chat from its summary by @shabaraba in #680
• feat(orchestration): let an orchestrator answer a worker's tool approval by @shabaraba in #679
• feat(chat): reuse an existing summary in :VibingChatHandoff by @shabaraba in #684
• fix(agent): disable the CLI's per-process git status block by default by @shabaraba in #683
• fix(mcp-server): keep the self-build inside Claude Code's MCP startup deadline by @shabaraba in #687
• docs: shrink CLAUDE.md and .claude/rules from 100KB to 32KB by @shabaraba in #685
• feat(chat): warn before a send that rewrites an expired prompt cache by @shabaraba in #689
• feat(token-usage): opt-in automatic /compact when context exceeds a threshold by @shabaraba in #686
• feat: flag a prefix rewrite in the ### Tokens section and name its likely cause by @shabaraba in #688
• feat(mcp): add tail_lines / last_section to nvim_get_buffer by @shabaraba in #707
• Trigger Claude Code Review by review label instead of every push by @shabaraba in #708
• feat(notifier): include the worker's last section tail in the stopped-without-report notice by @shabaraba in #709
• feat(mcp): add nvim_chat_list to enumerate all open chats in one call by @shabaraba in #711
• feat(orchestration): inject a vibing-worker skill into orchestrated_by chats by @shabaraba in #710
• Replace @claude-mention issue trigger with claude:in-progress label by @shabaraba in #714
• fix(auto-resume): write one line to the chat when max_retries is exhausted by @shabaraba in #713
• fix(queue): persist message_queue and never silently drop it (#697) by @shabaraba in #715
• ci: run /code-review with --fix in the PR review Action by @shabaraba in #716
• fix(ci): give Claude Code Review's gh commands a token by @shabaraba in #718
• fix(ci): Claude Code Review's silent no-comment failures by @shabaraba in #719
• docs(skill): add chat-vs-subagent criteria and operator rules to vibing-orchestrate by @shabaraba in #720
• feat(mcp): record task/assignment in frontmatter at nvim_chat_create by @shabaraba in #712
• fix(ci): remove invalid workflows:write permission that broke claude.yml entirely by @shabaraba in #721
• chore(e2e): ignore stray pnpm-lock.yaml in claude-plugin/mcp-server by @claude[bot] in #722
• feat(concurrency): count in-flight subagents in at_capacity() by @claude[bot] in #724
• feat(permissions): scope delegated_approval to declared tool patterns by @claude[bot] in #726
• feat(orchestration): warn when live chat branches touch the same files by @claude[bot] in #725
• feat(codex): load plugin_dirs plugins into codex without --plugin-dir by @shabaraba in #682

Full Changelog: v5.7.0...v5.8.0