docker/docker-agent v1.99.0 on GitHub

This release adds significant new capabilities including a Kanban board TUI, NVIDIA provider support, parallel tool dispatch, and numerous compaction and context-window improvements, along with several important bug fixes.

What's New

Adds docker agent board, a full-screen Kanban TUI for orchestrating multiple agents across pipeline stages (Dev → Review → Push → Done), each on an isolated git worktree
Adds NVIDIA (NIM / build.nvidia.com) as a supported model provider via a new nvidia alias
Adds /context slash command with a categorized context-window breakdown dialog, including a stacked usage bar and copy-to-clipboard action
Adds the ability to list and drop attached files directly from the /context dialog
Adds wait_background_job tool to the shell toolset, blocking until a background job finishes instead of requiring polling
Adds shell background job recall, routing completed job output back to active or idle sessions
Splits background jobs into a separate background_jobs toolset, leaving the shell toolset with only synchronous shell tools
Adds unix:// URL support in the remote MCP client for connecting over Unix domain sockets
Adds a Lean Mode checkbox to the agent picker (--agent-picker), toggled with l or mouse click
Adds compaction_threshold as a configurable key per agent (and per model), replacing the previously hardcoded 0.9 constant
Adds per-sub-agent context accounting in the TUI sidebar and agent inspector
Runs tool dispatcher calls in parallel, serializing only interactive confirmations
Extends the HCL file() function with an optional variables argument to render the file as a template
Groups the /sessions browser by current workspace instead of showing a flat global list

Improvements

Reconciles the compaction token estimator with provider-reported usage, using exact counts where available and a session-calibrated correction for unreported content
Wraps lean TUI tool calls in a padded themed box for improved rendering
Supports steering (sending messages while the agent is running) in the lean TUI, with pending messages displayed in muted styling

Bug Fixes

Fixes compaction replacing session history with a stale reply when the summarization model returns an empty response
Fixes compaction outcome reporting to accurately reflect applied/skipped/failed status on the completed event
Fixes whitespace-only compaction summaries being applied instead of treated as a no-op
Fixes --yolo flag not being applied correctly on session resume, causing safer_shell to prompt despite the flag
Fixes Gemini models failing with MCP tools that declare non-string enum values in their JSON schemas
Fixes session Message.AgentName silently dropping on load when reading files using the legacy agentName JSON key
Fixes database migration rollback errors being silently swallowed
Removes Anthropic Files API usage
Updates stale Anthropic model IDs in examples to current IDs

Technical Changes

Standardizes agent_name JSON tag on Message.AgentName, replacing the previous agentName camelCase tag
Shares git-branch detection logic between the lean and full TUIs via a new pkg/gitbranch package
Refactors lean TUI model into cohesive subsystems (usage/tool trackers, transcript type) with no functional change
Replaces context-smuggled emitters with an explicit tools.Runtime handle in the tool dispatcher

What's Changed

docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.98.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #3445
feat(tui): group /sessions browser by current workspace by @Sayt-0 in #3446
docs: point rel=canonical at the docs.docker.com mirrored pages by @Sayt-0 in #3447
feat(config): make the auto-compaction threshold configurable (compaction_threshold) by @Sayt-0 in #3448
feat(compaction): reconcile token estimator with provider-reported usage by @Sayt-0 in #3449
feat(mcp/remote): support unix:// URLs in remote MCP client by @maxcleme in #3453
ci: build and publish docker-agent sandbox templates by @dgageot in #3454
feat(tui): add /context command with a categorized context-window breakdown by @Sayt-0 in #3458
refactor(leantui): decompose the model into cohesive subsystems by @rumpl in #3455
refactor: share git-branch detection between the lean and full TUIs by @rumpl in #3457
fix: box lean TUI tool calls by @rumpl in #3460
fix: remove Anthropic Files API usage by @rumpl in #3466
feat(hcl): render file() as a template when given variables by @rumpl in #3464
feat(shell): add wait_background_job tool by @simonferquel-clanker in #3463
docs: sync documentation with recent changes by @aheritier in #3468
feat: run tool dispatcher calls in parallel by @rumpl in #3467
feat: add shell background job recall by @rumpl in #3461
feat: add NVIDIA provider as supported model provider by @Priyanshu-sde in #3421
fix: support steering in lean TUI by @rumpl in #3474
Tweak the golang dev by @rumpl in #3472
Split background jobs into separate toolset by @rumpl in #3473
docs: document lean TUI steering support by @aheritier in #3475
feat(tui): list and drop attached files from the /context dialog by @Sayt-0 in #3465
docs: switch github.io site from Jekyll to Hugo by @Sayt-0 in #3459
feat: add docker agent board, a Kanban TUI for orchestrating agents by @dgageot in #3451
fix: update stale Anthropic model IDs in examples by @dgageot in #3480
chore: bump direct Go dependencies by @dgageot in #3481
fix: backfill SafetyPolicy on session resume with --yolo by @melmennaoui in #3482
chore: standardize agent_name JSON tag in Message struct by @Piyush0049 in #3471
fix: handle tx.Rollback error in database migrations by @Piyush0049 in #3476
fix: compaction data loss on empty summary + honest compaction outcome reporting by @dgageot in #3470
fix(session): accept legacy agentName JSON key when unmarshaling Message by @dgageot in #3483
fix(gemini): stringify non-string enum values in tool schemas by @Sayt-0 in #3485
feat(tui): per-sub-agent context accounting in the TUI by @Sayt-0 in #3486

New Contributors

@Priyanshu-sde made their first contribution in #3421
@Piyush0049 made their first contribution in #3471

Full Changelog: v1.98.0...v1.99.0