v1.4.0

Added

• Smart branch naming — /implement #42 auto-derives branch names from issue labels and title (e.g., feature/42-add-jwt-auth); free-text tasks infer type from keywords (e.g., /implement fix login bug → fix/login-bug)

Fixed

• Code review file detection — Corrected file detection and skill check logic in /code-review

Changed

• Author standardization — Unified author name to Dean0x across marketplace and plugin manifests

v1.3.3

Changed

• Sudo trust prompt — Managed settings now shows a clear explanation, a copy-pasteable verification prompt, and an explicit fallback option before any password prompt

Added

• Managed settings test coverage — Unit tests for installManagedSettings two-stage write logic

v1.3.2

Changed

• Init prompt improvements — Agent Teams marked as experimental with recommendation to disable; ambient mode now defaults to enabled (recommended)
• Init flags documented — Added --ambient/--no-ambient and --memory/--no-memory to README

v1.3.1

Fixed

• Background memory updater silent Write failures — Added Read permission for memory files (Claude Code enforces Read-before-Write), read-only git commands for fresh context, mtime validation to detect silent failures, and stdout logging for debugging

v1.3.0

Added

• Skill shadowing — devflow skills shadow <name> copies a skill for personal overrides
  • devflow skills unshadow <name> restores the original
  • devflow skills list-shadowed shows active overrides
  • Shadowed skills are preserved during devflow init (not overwritten)
  • Uninstall warns about remaining shadow files
• Cross-platform hook wrapper — run-hook polyglot entry point for Windows compatibility
  • Discovers bash on Windows (Git Bash, WSL, MSYS2) via standard paths
  • All hook scripts renamed to drop .sh extension
• Ambient skill injection at session start — session-start-memory hook injects ambient-router SKILL.md directly into context
  • Eliminates the need for a Read tool call to load the ambient router
  • Only activates when ambient mode is enabled
• Skill activation integration tests — vitest.integration.config.ts + helpers for live classification tests
  • Separate npm run test:integration for tests requiring claude CLI

Changed

• Ambient depth labels renamed — STANDARD→GUIDED, ESCALATE→ELEVATE for clarity
  • GUIDED: skills guide the response; ELEVATE: elevate to a full workflow
• Hook commands use run-hook dispatch — Settings template and CLI now register hooks via run-hook <name> instead of direct .sh paths
• devflow init auto-upgrades hook format — Removes old .sh-style hooks before re-adding, ensuring existing installs migrate seamlessly
• Skill descriptions audited — All 12 review-only skills updated to trigger-format ("This skill should be used when...")
• Skills architecture docs — Added description rules section with good/bad examples
• chmod skipped on Windows — chmodRecursive no longer runs on win32 platform

Fixed

• Ambient preamble missing skill path — Hook now tells Claude to Read skills from ~/.claude/skills/<name>/SKILL.md
• Ambient --status hook path parsing — Handles run-hook <name> format instead of assuming direct .sh path

v1.2.0 - Polyglot Language Skills

DevFlow Kit v1.2.0

Polyglot language support with Go, Java, Python, and Rust skill plugins, plus optional plugin architecture for selective installation.

Highlights

• 4 new language skills — Go, Java, Python, Rust with comprehensive patterns and references
• Optional plugin architecture — Language plugins install selectively (devflow init --plugin=go)
• Dynamic skill loading — Coder agent reads language skills at runtime based on project type
• Conditional reviews — /code-review spawns language-specific reviewers when matching files are in the diff

Changes

Added

• Go skill plugin (error handling, interfaces, concurrency)
• Java skill plugin (records, sealed classes, streams, composition)
• Python skill plugin (type hints, protocols, dataclasses, async)
• Rust skill plugin (ownership, error handling, type system, concurrency)
• Optional plugin architecture (optional: true flag)
• Conditional language reviews in /code-review
• Dynamic skill loading in Coder agent

Changed

• devflow-core-skills no longer bundles typescript, react, accessibility, frontend-design (moved to optional plugins)
• Coder agent frontmatter trimmed to 6 core skills

Fixed

• Deprecated grpc.WithInsecure() in Go examples
• Deprecated datetime.utcnow in Python examples
• SQL injection in Python async streaming example
• Deprecated <Context.Provider> in React examples (React 19+)
• Deprecated useRef<T>() without argument (React 19+)
• Non-portable NodeJS.Timeout in TypeScript patterns
• Unsafe Function type in TypeScript type guard

Install / Upgrade

npx devflow-kit init
# With language plugins:
npx devflow-kit init --plugin=go --plugin=python

Links

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/devflow-kit
• Changelog: https://github.com/dean0x/devflow/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

v1.1.0 — Ambient Mode & Memory Enhancements

What's New

Added

• Ambient mode — New devflow-ambient plugin with /ambient command for proportional quality enforcement
  • Intent classification (BUILD/DEBUG/REVIEW/PLAN/EXPLORE/CHAT) auto-loads relevant skills
  • Three depth tiers: QUICK (zero overhead), STANDARD (2-3 skills), ESCALATE (nudge to workflows)
  • Always-on mode via devflow ambient --enable or devflow init --ambient
  • New ambient-router skill for intent/depth classification
  • New test-driven-development skill (auto-activates for BUILD tasks)
  • Skills: 24 → 26, Plugins: 8 → 9
• Working memory enhancements — Structured cross-session context preservation
  • Structured sections: Now, Progress, Decisions, Modified Files, Context, Session Log
  • Toggleable via devflow memory --enable/--disable/--status or devflow init --memory/--no-memory
  • PROJECT-PATTERNS.md extraction — background hook accumulates patterns across sessions
  • Directory separation: .memory/ (session state) vs .docs/ (reviews/design artifacts)
  • Auto-migration from .docs/ to .memory/ with no-clobber semantics
  • Auto-adds .memory/ and .docs/ to .gitignore on first hook run

Changed

• Background agent permissions — Replaced --dangerously-skip-permissions with --tools "Write" + --allowedTools for restricted file access in memory update hooks
• Safe-delete auto-upgrade — devflow init now detects outdated safe-delete blocks and silently upgrades them; no manual uninstall/reinstall needed

Fixed

• Ambient depth classification — Intent now drives depth exclusively; removed 20-word threshold that silently downgraded ~32% of BUILD/DEBUG prompts to QUICK (#73)
• Safe-delete file existence — Filter non-existent files before calling trash in bash/zsh, fish, and PowerShell Unix blocks; prevents noisy trash: file doesn't exist errors on rm -f of missing files (#74)
• Safe-delete deny list — Expanded rm deny patterns from 8 to 21, covering rm -r, rm -fr, and rm -f flag variations that could bypass the rm -rf-only patterns (#74)

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Installation

# Fresh install
npx devflow-kit@1.1.0 init

# With ambient mode + working memory
npx devflow-kit@1.1.0 init --ambient --memory

# Upgrade existing installation
npx devflow-kit@1.1.0 init

Full changelog: v1.0.0...v1.1.0

v1.0.0 - DevFlow Agentic Development Toolkit

DevFlow Kit v1.0.0

8 plugins, 24 skills, 10 agents, 6 commands. Agentic development workflows for Claude Code.

Highlights

• Agent Teams — Peer-to-peer agent collaboration across /code-review, /implement, /debug, /specify, /resolve
• devflow-debug plugin — Competing hypothesis investigation with adversarial debate
• 24 Iron Laws — Every skill has a single non-negotiable core principle, enforced on activation
• Working Memory hooks — Zero-ceremony session continuity via stop/session-start/pre-compact hooks
• Security deny list — 140 blocked operations via OS-level managed settings
• Layered statusline — 4-tier base branch detection (reflog → gh pr view cache → main/master fallback)
• /review → /code-review rename — Clearer command naming

Changes

Added

• Agent Teams integration for peer-to-peer collaboration (debate rounds, consensus findings)
• devflow-debug plugin with 3-5 hypothesis investigators
• accessibility skill (WCAG 2.1 AA patterns)
• frontend-design skill (Anthropic's 4 Dimensions, AI slop detection)
• github-patterns skill (rate limiting, comment deduplication, branch generation)
• git-workflow skill (atomic commits, PR patterns)
• Enhanced react skill (5 new categories from Vercel best practices)
• Conditional frontend reviews in /code-review
• Clarification Gates for /specify
• Security deny list via managed settings (140 blocked operations)
• Working Memory hooks for automatic session continuity
• Teams/no-teams command variants (install-time selection)

Changed

• Lean agent and command redesign (-77% lines, 3,653 → 844)
• Skills consolidation (28 → 24)
• /review renamed to /code-review
• --teams default flipped to off (opt-in)
• CLAUDE.md creation removed from init
• Managed settings replace --override-settings flag

Removed

• /commit, /pull-request, /breakdown, /release, /resolve-comments, /run commands
• /catch-up, /devlog commands (superseded by Working Memory hooks)
• Commit, PullRequest, Release, GetIssue, Comment, TechDebt agents

Fixed

• Statusline base branch detection (layered 4-tier fallback)
• Skimmer agent global install requirement (npx rskim)
• Working Memory throttle race condition
• Stale CLAUDE.md in package.json files array

Installation

npx devflow-kit init

Links

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/devflow-kit
• Changelog: https://github.com/dean0x/devflow/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

v0.9.0 - Add /get-issue command

What's New

Added

• /get-issue command - Fetch GitHub issue details and create working branch
  • Fetch issue by number (/get-issue 42) or search term (/get-issue fix login)
  • Display comprehensive issue details (title, body, labels, assignees, comments)
  • Auto-generate branch names: {type}/{number}-{slug}
  • Branch type derived from labels (feature, fix, docs, refactor, chore)
  • Pre-flight checks for gh authentication and repository validation
• get-issue sub-agent - Specialized agent for GitHub issue workflow

Changed

• Optimized sub-agent model selection - 5 sub-agents switched to haiku model for simple tool-call tasks:
  • get-issue, pull-request, project-state, tech-debt, pr-comments
• Minimized command files - Reduced /get-issue (16 lines) and /pull-request (20 lines) to delegate work to sub-agents

Installation

npx devflow-kit init

Links

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/devflow-kit
• Changelog: https://github.com/dean0x/devflow/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

v0.8.1 - Clean CLI Output

DevFlow Kit v0.8.1

Improves the first-run experience with cleaner, command-focused output.

✨ What's New

Added

• --verbose flag for devflow init - Clean output by default
  • Default output shows only version, available commands, and docs link
  • Use --verbose for detailed installation progress, paths, and skills list
  • Reduces noise and highlights what matters: the available commands

Changed

• Refactored init command output rendering into separate functions
• Extracted command and skill lists into maintainable constants

📦 Installation

npx devflow-kit init

🔗 Links

• npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/devflow-kit/v/0.8.1
• Changelog: https://github.com/dean0x/devflow/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md
• Previous Release: https://github.com/dean0x/devflow/releases/tag/v0.8.0