What Changed

Release Period: September 30, 2025 - October 11, 2025

Summary: This release includes major refactoring, new features, bug fixes, and comprehensive documentation improvements since the initial v0.1.0 release.

✨ New Features

• feat: enable uv pkg management - @qin-ctx (538efe0)

  • Migrated from pip/requirements.txt to modern pyproject.toml with uv support
  • Faster, more reliable dependency management
  • Added .python-version for consistent Python environment
  • Updated build scripts to use uv workflow

• feat: Optimize the API key handling logic for retrieving and updating model settings, and add an API key masking feature to enhance security. - @fanrenaz (abe44d3)

  • Enhanced API key security with masking functionality in settings
  • Improved handling of sensitive credentials in UI

• feat: Update the model settings data structure, the apiKey field returns a masked value to enhance security. - @fanrenaz (38fb32a)

  • API keys now returned with masked values in responses

🐛 Bug Fixes

• fix: add start args, avoid port conflict - @qin-ctx (8f2e3d4)

  • Added --port, --host, and --config CLI arguments
  • Prevents port conflicts when running multiple instances
  • Priority: Command-line args > Config file > Defaults

• fix: repeated generation of daily reports - @qin-ctx (0bac59d)

  • Resolved issue causing duplicate daily reports
  • Improved scheduling logic for report generation

• fix: init config first - @qin-ctx (fc0a730)

  • Config now properly initialized before server start
  • Prevents startup errors related to missing configuration

• fix: optimize chat & todo - @qin-ctx (10852a4)

  • Enhanced chat interface responsiveness
  • Improved todo list management and display
  • Better state management in context agent

• fix: optimize tool desc - @qin-ctx (afb7c85)

  • Improved clarity and accuracy of tool descriptions
  • Better prompt engineering for tool usage

• fix: add link - @qin-ctx (8b80b4d)

  • Added download link fixes

• fix: remove unused code & add contribute doc - @qin-ctx (486bbcd)

  • Cleaned up unused code
  • Added contributing documentation

📚 Documentation

• docs: fix link for github issue and weChat group README.md - @WuMingDao (e064582)

  • Updated GitHub issue links in README.md
  • Corrected feedback form URLs

• docs: fix link for github issue and weChat group README_zh.md - @WuMingDao (484a557)

  • Fixed WeChat group links in README_zh.md

• docs: github Issue and PR template - @KashiwaByte (03e9aa2)

  • Added comprehensive GitHub templates:
    • Bug report template (.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/01_bug_report.yml)
    • Feature request template (.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/02_feature_request.yml)
    • Documentation advice template (.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/03_docs_advice.yml)
    • Pull request template (.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md)
    • Issue configuration (.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/config.yml)

• docs: add contributing desc - @qin-ctx (1df0987)

  • Added comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md
  • Clear guidelines for code contributions

• docs: add user guide with GIFs - @KashiwaByte (c3e3100)

  • Added comprehensive GIF tutorials:
    • Download-App.gif - Application download process
    • Quarantine.gif - macOS quarantine removal
    • Enter-API-Key.gif - API key configuration
    • Enable-Permissions.gif - System permissions setup
    • Screen-Settings.gif - Screen capture configuration
  • Step-by-step visual guides improve onboarding experience

• docs: add shield and star history - @KashiwaByte (ee2470e)

  • Added project shields (stars, issues, contributors, license)
  • Integrated Star History chart

🔄 Other Changes

Refactoring

• refactor: add single tool - @qin-ctx (46d1a2b)
  • Major refactoring of the retrieval tool system
  • Split monolithic tools into specialized, focused components:
    • activity_context_tool.py - Activity context retrieval
    • semantic_context_tool.py - Semantic search
    • intent_context_tool.py - Intent-based context
    • procedural_context_tool.py - Procedural context
    • state_context_tool.py - State management context
    • document_management_tool.py - Document operations
    • get_activities_tool.py - Activity retrieval
    • get_daily_reports_tool.py - Daily report generation
    • get_tips_tool.py - Tips retrieval
    • get_todos_tool.py - Todo management
  • Removed deprecated tools:
    • document_retrieval_tool.py
    • filter_context_tool.py
    • text_search_tool.py
  • Introduced base classes for better code organization:
    • base_context_retrieval_tool.py
    • base_document_retrieval_tool.py

Chores

• chore: translate notes and logging info into English in routes/settings.py - @fanrenaz (3a1f95e)
  • Improved code readability for international contributors

Internal Improvements

• vlm_request - @qin-ctx (84e85ff)
  • Enhanced vision-language model request handling

🎉 Contributors

Special thanks to all contributors who made this release possible:

• @qin-ctx - Core refactoring, features, and bug fixes
• @KashiwaByte (Betty) - Documentation and community features
• @WuMingDao - Documentation fixes
• @fanrenaz (Yifan Ren) - Security improvements and internationalization
• @MaojiaSheng - Bug fixes

Release Date: October 11, 2025
Previous Release: v0.1.0 (September 30, 2025)