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All notable changes to Galyarder Framework will be documented in this file.

[1.9.9] - 2026-05-09

Changed

  • Canonical Extension Surface: Removed redundant generated extension surfaces and aligned marketplace, Codex, package, and smoke-test contracts around the canonical agents/, skills/, commands/, personas/, and integrations/ runtime source.
  • Scaffold Surface Clarity: Clarified that root departments are workflow taxonomy while galyarder scaffold still generates docs/departments/* Digital HQ workspaces for user projects.

[1.9.8] - 2026-04-27

Fixed

  • Gemini Agent Tool Schema: Corrected agent frontmatter to use the required tools key instead of the unrecognized allowed-tools. Standardized tool names to native Gemini CLI identifiers (read_file, grep_search, etc.) to fix validation failures.

[1.9.7] - 2026-04-22

Fixed

  • Legacy Purge: Permanently removed all legacy "Paperclip" references from Agent Adapter documentation, manifests, and skill logic. Standardized all packages under the @galyarder scope.

[1.9.6] - 2026-04-22

Changed

  • Migration Guide: Updated the MIGRATION.md guide to document the transition to the Unified CLI and NPM distribution model.

[1.9.5] - 2026-04-22

Fixed

  • Infrastructure Mismatch: Added the missing Infrastructure department to the galyarder scaffold command to ensure full architectural parity with system smoke tests.

[1.9.4] - 2026-04-22

Added

  • Physical Skill Bundles: Implemented physical directory entry points for each department (Engineering, Growth, etc.) to enable seamless npx skills add integration.

[1.9.3] - 2026-04-22

Added

  • Skills.sh Integration: Created the skills.json manifest and auto-sync engine to enable agentic skill injection via the skills.sh standard.

[1.9.2] - 2026-04-22

Fixed

  • NPM Registry Preparation: Adjusted installation links to favor the official galyarder-framework package name and optimized package size via .npmignore.

[1.9.0] - 2026-04-22

Added

  • Unified Framework CLI: Implemented the galyarder Node.js CLI to consolidate all shell scripts into a single, high-fidelity entry point.
  • NPM Distribution: Transformed the framework into a first-class NPM package for global installation.

[1.8.17] - 2026-04-19

Changed

  • Operational Sequence: Enhanced the Mermaid diagram in README.md to include the Neural Link dependency audit phase.
  • Command Protocol: Updated the "1-Man Army Command Protocol" table to include Neural Mapping as Phase II.

[1.8.16] - 2026-04-19

Changed

  • Canonical Root Runtime: agents/, skills/, commands/, and personas/ remain the source of truth for host installs and bundle generation.

Fixed

  • Compat Layer Removal: Removed the temporary Compat/ restore layer after migrating restored runtime assets into the canonical root runtime.
  • Bundle Generation: scripts/build_root_extension_surface.py now treats the root runtime as canonical and only regenerates .marketplace/full, instead of re-merging from a separate compatibility source tree.

[1.8.13] - 2026-04-20

Added

  • Compatibility Runtime Layer: Added Compat/agents and Compat/skills as a source layer for generated root and marketplace runtime surfaces so legacy assets can exist without re-fragmenting department ownership.

Fixed

  • Missing Agent Restore: Restored missing runtime agents including galyarder-specialist, analytics-architect, doc-updater, experimentation-engineer, interface-designer, mcp-builder, revenue-architect, support-lead, and ui-ux-designer.
  • Missing Skill Restore: Restored legacy compatibility skills and orchestration wrappers so historical prompts, docs, and host registries resolve cleanly again.
  • Runtime Parity Audit: Rebuilt root and full-bundle surfaces until historical canonical agents, personas, skills, and subagents all resolve with zero missing entries in the parity audit.

[1.8.12] - 2026-04-20

Fixed

  • Claude Bundle Autodiscovery: The full Claude marketplace bundle manifest now relies on Claude Code's default agents/, skills/, and commands/ discovery instead of explicit path override fields, avoiding the remaining agents: Invalid input validator failure.

[1.8.11] - 2026-04-20

Fixed

  • Claude Bundle Manifest Shape: The full marketplace bundle now exports agents, skills, and commands as string paths instead of arrays, matching the Claude Code plugin validator and fixing agents: Invalid input install failures.

[1.8.10] - 2026-04-20

Fixed

  • Claude Marketplace Manifest Schema: Full bundle and departmental Claude plugin manifests now use an object-shaped author field and no longer ship the unsupported personas key, fixing marketplace install validation failures.
  • Executive Persona Identity Parity: galyarder-cfo-coo, galyarder-cmo, and galyarder-cto now carry the same host-aware identity contract as galyarder-ceo, so Copilot-style hosts stop collapsing them to the platform default persona.
  • Skill Name Length: Shortened the canonical XSS Burp Suite skill name to xss-testing-burpsuite, keeping prefixed host registries under the 64-character limit.

[1.8.9] - 2026-04-20

Fixed

  • Copilot Persona Identity: galyarder-ceo now includes an explicit identity contract so hosts that preserve their own platform identity still answer as the Galyarder CEO persona running inside the host, instead of collapsing to a plain "I am just Copilot" response.

[1.8.8] - 2026-04-19

Fixed

  • Gemini Agent Tool Schema: Root and full-bundle runtime agents now export Gemini-native allowed-tools blocks instead of legacy tools arrays, reducing the chance of 400 INVALID_ARGUMENT failures when custom agents are invoked.

[1.8.7] - 2026-04-19

Fixed

  • Gemini Agent Schema: Root and full-bundle agent exports now strip unsupported color, emoji, and vibe frontmatter keys so Gemini can load executive/persona agents without validation errors.
  • Design Skill Packaging: Root and full-bundle design references now ship with valid YAML frontmatter in skills/design-md-*/SKILL.md, fixing skill loader warnings in Codex and other hosts that require native skill metadata.

[1.8.6] - 2026-04-19

Added

  • Canonical Root Runtime: agents/, skills/, commands/, and personas/ are now real committed runtime directories instead of root symlink shims.
  • Full Bundle Root Surface: .marketplace/full/ now carries the same real root runtime layout so all-in-one marketplace installs expose the same asset structure as the repo root.

Changed

  • Runtime Ownership: Host integrations now build from the root runtime surface first; department silos remain the source content for docs/reporting and surface generation, not the direct install shape.
  • Design Packaging: Growth design libraries now ship as first-class skill directories under skills/design-md-*/SKILL.md and flow through generated integrations the same way as other skills.
  • Manifest Routing: Full bundle manifests now point at root ./agents/, ./skills/, ./commands/, and ./personas/ surfaces instead of scattered department paths.

Fixed

  • GitHub Extension Packaging: Installers that scan fixed root paths now receive actual directories from the repository archive instead of repo-local symlink tricks that only worked after local regeneration.
  • Cross-Tool Consistency: Gemini, Codex, Cursor, Claude bundle exports, and generated integrations now consume the same canonical runtime shape.

[1.8.5] - 2026-04-19

Added

  • Root Compatibility Surface: Restored root-level agents/, skills/, commands/, and personas/ paths as generated symlink surfaces so extension hosts that scan fixed root directories can discover framework assets again.

Changed

  • Gemini/Cursor/Codex Root Paths: Repointed top-level manifests back to root compatibility directories instead of custom bundle-only paths.

Fixed

  • Gemini Extension Discovery: Root extension installs can now resolve the standard directory names Gemini CLI expects for custom agents, skills, and commands.

[1.8.4] - 2026-04-19

Added

  • Host Bundle Layer: Added root Bundle/ and Gemini/ all-in-one install surfaces so multi-department assets are exposed through single paths that host manifests can scan.

Changed

  • Gemini Manifest Shape: Reworked the top-level Gemini extension manifest to use single bundle paths for agents, skills, and commands, matching the older manifest style that previously registered custom assets.
  • Design Discovery: Folded Growth/design/*.md assets into bundle-backed skill entries so design libraries travel with all-in-one installs.

Fixed

  • Executive Visibility: Exposed CEO/CFO/CMO/CTO personas through host-facing agents bundles for pickers that ignore personas.
  • Cursor/Codex Root Paths: Repointed root plugin manifests away from nonexistent ./agents / ./skills / ./commands directories to valid bundle paths.
  • Gemini Local Install: Fixed Gemini sync/install scripts so generated skills deploy from integrations/gemini instead of the pre-silo root layout.

[1.8.3] - 2026-04-19

Added

  • Bundle Install Path: Added a top-level galyarder-framework marketplace bundle so all 8 departments can be installed as one package.

Changed

  • Neural Link Policy: Re-scoped Neural Link / World-Map access to lazy lookup. Agents, personas, and commands now load graph context only for architecture discovery, cross-department routing, or explicit /graph work.
  • Boot Surface: Root operating context is department-scoped and monolith-free instead of dragging full-world context into normal execution.

Fixed

  • Marketplace Integrity: Removed broken nested skill symlinks that caused ENOENT realpath install failures in marketplace consumers.
  • Aider Decommission: Removed legacy CONVENTIONS.md and the integrations/aider export so obsolete Aider conventions no longer leak into generated tool packages.
  • Generated Integrations: Rebuilt all supported tool integrations so the lazy-load policy and cleaned packaging propagate consistently.

[1.8.2] - 2026-04-19

Added

  • Neural Link Broadcast: Added /graph command to core GEMINI.md and CLAUDE.md operational triggers.
  • Executive Awareness: Injected "Strategic Knowledge Synthesis" into chief-of-staff to automate map rebuilding.

Changed

  • Manifest Versions: Bumped all 21 gemini-extension.json, plugin.json, and marketplace.json manifests to 1.8.2.

[1.8.1] - 2026-04-19

Fixed

  • Legacy Path Purge: Surgically removed all hardcoded references to .agents/, .claude/, and .gemini/ hidden directories inside logic files.
  • Dependency Re-routing: Updated agent memory logic to use the new docs/departments/ structure for founder-context.md and product-marketing-context.md.
  • OpenCode Plugin Integrity: Fixed Silo path resolution and internal tool mapping for the OpenCode environment.
  • Hidden Directory Eradication: Permanently deleted .autoresearch, .claude, .gemini, .github, and .agents legacy folders.
  • Asset Re-generation: 207 assets across 14 platforms re-synced to ensure consistent path logic system-wide.

[1.8.0] - 2026-04-19

Summary

Architectural guardrails to make execution provable: gated testing ladder, test-oracle defenses, operational modes, context version-truth, and tool interface boundaries.

Added

  • Gating Ladder: Enforced execution gates: Unit → Contract → E2E.
  • Test Oracle Guardrails: Mandatory negative control / mutation check to prevent “fake green” tests.
  • Operational Modes:
  • BUILD (default): PRD-driven, full ceremony, full TDD.
  • INCIDENT: hotfix bypass with mandatory post-mortem.
  • EXPERIMENT: timeboxed, quarantined throwaway work.
  • Context Truth: context7 fetch must verify library version against local dependencies before adoption.
  • Tool Interfaces: Standard interfaces introduced:
  • IssueTracker (Linear adapter)
  • ExecutionProxy (RTK adapter)
  • MemoryStore (Obsidian adapter)
  • Obsidian Loop: Mandatory durable reporting artifact output to docs/departments/.
  • Company Scaffolder: scripts/scaffold-company.sh to initialize HQ + departmental templates.
  • Sync Suite: Added/updated sync + docs generation scripts (see /scripts).

Changed

  • Repo structure flattened; removed legacy framework/ directory.
  • WORKFLOW.md updated for Humans 3.0 hierarchy + gating + modes.
  • Branding standardized: “Galyarder Framework” vs “Galyarder Labs”.

Fixed

  • Non-ASCII purge for terminal compatibility.
  • Linear scoping hardened to enforce project-scoped operations.
  • Global Karpathy protocol integrated across agents/skills (think-first, simplicity-first, surgical changes, goal-driven execution).

Breaking Changes

  • Removed framework/ subdirectory; paths have changed accordingly.
  • Any workflows/scripts referencing old paths must be updated.

Migration

  1. Update local references from framework/... to repo root paths.
  2. Re-run install/conversion scripts for your tool (./scripts/install.sh --tool <...>).
  3. Regenerate docs if you rely on portal output (generate-docs.py).

Verification (Smoke)

  • Run one BUILD mission and confirm gates: unit pass → contract pass → e2e pass.
  • Confirm test-oracle policy: a known-bad variant must fail before implementation proceeds.
  • Confirm context7 outputs include version verification metadata.

[1.6.0] - 2026-04-12

Added

  • 5 new agents:
  • mcp-builder - MCP server development specialist
  • sre - Site reliability engineering, SLOs, error budgets
  • chief-of-staff - Founder coordination and clarity
  • rapid-prototyper - Ultra-fast POC and MVP validation
  • sales-engineer - Pre-sales technical specialist
  • Total: 40 agents, 132 skills

Fixed

  • All plugin configs updated to root paths (no framework/ prefix)
  • Gemini extension paths fixed
  • FUNDING.yml removed (pending GitHub Sponsors enrollment)

Changed

  • Separated Framework from Dashboard into independent repos
  • Dashboard moved to Galyarder Framework HQ
  • Framework is now standalone - agents and skills at root level
  • Updated README to reflect standalone Framework positioning
  • Fixed all symlinks for Antigravity, Codex, and OpenCode

Breaking Changes

  • Removed all Dashboard CI workflows (Docker, e2e, release-smoke).
  • Migrated dashboard logic to a separate repository; local hooks must be re-pointed to @galyarderlabs/galyarder-hq.