Release Notes - August 22, 2025

This release brings OpenRouter support for model customization, improves UI discoverability with a keyboard shortcuts indicator, and fixes important daemon configuration issues for nightly builds.

Installation

brew install --cask --no-quarantine humanlayer/humanlayer/codelayer-nightly
# kill any existing hld process and open CodeLayer with current shell PATH so it can find your `claude` CLI
pkill hld; open /Applications/CodeLayer-Nightly.app

• if your claude cli is not in a very-default location like /usr/local/bin, you will need to launch with open /Applications/CodeLayer-Nightly.app rather than launching from Spotlight/Finder/Raycast/etc
• if you see a swift error about xattr, that is usually safe to ignore

Features

• OpenRouter proxy support with model customization (ENG-1889) (#453)
• Added keyboard shortcuts indicator button in status bar for improved discoverability (ENG-1966) (#455)

Fixes

• Nightly daemon now correctly uses humanlayer-nightly CLI binary (ENG-1981) (#471, #472)

Troubleshooting / Known Issues

• If install fails, ensure you've cleaned up all previous artifacts. brew reinstall is worth a shot as well.
• Logs can be found at ~/Library/Logs/dev.humanlayer.wui.nightly/CodeLayer-Nightly.log
• If daemon fails due to already running, you can pkill hld and reopen CodeLayer to try again
• If opening from spotlight/alfred/raycast/finder fails, try pkill hld; open /Applications/CodeLayer-Nightly.app to push your PATH into CodeLayer so it can better find your claude CLI