v1.5.1

Patch on top of v1.5.0.

• The interactive UI is now bilingual (English + Japanese). About 70% of downloads are
  from outside Japan, but the agent's own text - banner, prompt, y/N confirmations,
  provider-switch messages, API-key error messages, goodbye - was Japanese only. Everything
  a person reads now prints English first, then Japanese (the pattern already used for the
  first-run Gemini key walkthrough). No behavior change, text only.
• Confirmed on real hardware: the IME-commit-as-submit fix (pausing on a conversion
  candidate no longer submits the line early).

Everything from v1.5.0 (the OpenAI-compatible / local-LLM provider) still applies - see that
release and CHANGELOG.md.

Install

Download ppc-claude-agent-v1.5.1.zip, copy the folder to the PowerPC Mac, double-click
Install.command, follow the prompts, then run advisor in a new Terminal window.

v1.5.0

Adds a third provider so a PowerPC Mac can front a local / self-hosted LLM.

New: CLAUDE_PROVIDER=openai

Point the agent at any OpenAI-compatible chat/completions endpoint - a
llama.cpp / Ollama / LM Studio server on a faster x86 or ARM machine on your LAN,
for example.

export CLAUDE_PROVIDER=openai
export OPENAI_BASE_URL=http://192.168.1.50:8080/v1   # your server
export CLAUDE_MODEL=<model name the server expects>
export OPENAI_API_KEY=<only if your server needs one>

• Plain http:// LAN endpoints work (no cert needed).
• /openai switches to it mid-conversation.
• Tool use (run_shell etc.) depends on the local model supporting OpenAI
  function-calling; plain conversation works with any model.

Everything from v1.4.x still applies. Full detail in CHANGELOG.md.

Install

Download ppc-claude-agent-v1.5.0.zip, copy the folder to the PowerPC Mac,
double-click Install.command, follow the prompts, then run advisor in a new
Terminal window.

v1.4.1

Patch on top of v1.4.0.

• The first-run Gemini API key walkthrough is now bilingual (English + Japanese) —
  the numbered steps, the browser-open prompt, the paste prompt, and every result/error
  line. Same steps and validation as before; it was Japanese-only in v1.4.0.

Everything from v1.4.0 still applies — see that release and CHANGELOG.md.

Install

Download ppc-claude-agent-v1.4.1.zip, copy the folder to the PowerPC Mac, double-click
Install.command, follow the prompts, then run advisor in a new Terminal window.

v1.4.0

First tagged release. A self-contained Claude / Gemini terminal agent for
PowerPC Macs on Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) — single Perl file, bundled TLS-capable
curl, no MacPorts / Xcode / CPAN.

Highlights

• Input no longer flickers. The line editor stopped repainting the whole
  line on every keystroke — plain typing just prints the character now, so it
  feels stable even on a G4.
• Scrollback stays clean. Fixed the half-typed duplicate lines that used to
  pile up in terminal history while typing near the bottom of the screen.
• Japanese / IME input fixed across the board — stray characters, cursor
  drift on full-width text, accidental line submit while choosing a conversion,
  and garbled reconversions.
• Terminal size is measured, not guessed. Handles machines where
  stty size lies (including the "0 0" case seen on a PowerMac G4) by asking
  the terminal directly via CPR.
• Typewriter output. Replies print character by character; tune with
  CLAUDE_TYPE_DELAY (seconds per char), 0 for instant.
• Guided Gemini key setup on first run — a numbered walkthrough, opens the
  page for you, and verifies the key you paste before accepting it.
• Assorted crash and stability fixes (debug logger, stray cursor-report
  fragments, lazy-scroll bookkeeping).

Full detail, dated, in CHANGELOG.md.

Install

Download ppc-claude-agent-v1.4.0.zip, copy the folder to the PowerPC Mac,
double-click Install.command, follow the prompts, then run advisor in a new
Terminal window.