Release Notes - v0.1.7

Features

• Enhanced Security & Credential Management

  • Added secure credential prompting with native SecureField UI
  • Implemented Ed25519 digital signatures for app bundle verification
  • Added comprehensive security validation for .vellumapp files

• Shared App Management

  • Introduced .vellumapp file format with UTI registration and file handling
  • Added app bundler for creating packaged skill bundles
  • Implemented confirmation dialogs and sandbox unpacking for shared bundles
  • Added vellumapp:// URL scheme handler for seamless app sharing
  • Integrated NSSharingServicePicker for easy bundle sharing

• Memory & Search Improvements

  • Added configurable recall injection format (markdown/structured_v1)
  • Enhanced memory_search tool with source/citation metadata
  • Unified retrieval core for auto recall and memory_search functionality
  • Added retrieval telemetry to memory recall pipeline

• Skills Management

  • Added detailed skill inspection and installation feedback
  • Integrated Available Skills tab with ClaWHub backend
  • Added trust signals, sorting controls, and local filtering for skills
  • Included "Start the Day" bundled skill
  • Added skill invocation tracking with visual chips in chat

• UI/UX Enhancements

  • Restructured settings with renamed Control Panel to Settings Panel
  • Added trust rules management interface
  • Improved skill detail view with immediate search result display
  • Enhanced segmented control layout and visual polish
  • Added Brave Search API key configuration

Fixes

• Stability & Error Handling

  • Fixed Qdrant startup failure handling to prevent daemon crashes
  • Improved error handling in GeneratedPanel to prevent stuck UI states
  • Fixed DM Mono font rendering issues with "f" glyph
  • Resolved screen detection fallback when main screen is unavailable

• Skills System

  • Fixed skill toggle revert and operation serialization issues
  • Resolved stale installation timeouts with UUID tracking
  • Fixed skill invocation guards and metadata leak prevention
  • Improved skills submenu cache with serialized refreshes

• Memory Management

  • Added proper handling for uninitialized Qdrant client
  • Fixed memory job deferral and queue management

• UI State Management

  • Prevented concurrent Trust Rules sheets across settings views
  • Fixed stale skill selection states when search results change
  • Resolved layout issues with emoji sizing and padding

Infrastructure

• Optimized macOS build script with auto-rebuild watch mode
• Added healthz route for system monitoring
• Enhanced security validation with path traversal and XSS protection
• Improved build workflow management