v1.30.0

This release introduces file drag-and-drop support, background agent tasks, and completes the transition from "cagent" to "docker-agent" branding throughout the codebase.

What's New

• Adds file drag-and-drop support for images and PDFs with visual file type indicators and 5MB size limit per file
• Adds background agent task tools (run_background_agent, list_background_agents, view_background_agent, stop_background_agent) for concurrent sub-agent dispatch
• Adds --sandbox flag to run command for Docker sandbox isolation
• Adds model_picker toolset for dynamic model switching between LLM models mid-conversation
• Adds search, update, categories, and default path functionality to memory tool
• Adds MiniMax as a built-in provider alias with MINIMAX_API_KEY support
• Adds top-level mcps section for reusable MCP server definitions in agent configs
• Adds support for OCI/catalog and URL references as sub-agents and handoffs

Improvements

• Auto-continues max iterations in --yolo mode instead of prompting
• Improves toolset error reporting to show specific toolset information
• Improves user_prompt TUI dialog with title, free-form input, and navigation
• Auto-pulls DMR models in non-interactive mode
• Animates window title while working for tmux activity detection
• Supports comma-separated string format for allowed-tools in skills

Bug Fixes

• Fixes thread blocking when attachment file is deleted
• Fixes max iterations handling in JSON output mode
• Fixes text to speech on macOS
• Fixes context window overflow with auto-recovery and proactive compaction
• Fixes data races in Session Messages slice and test functions
• Fixes SSE streaming by disabling automatic gzip compression
• Applies ModifiedInput from pre-tool hooks to tool call arguments

Technical Changes

• Completes rename from "cagent" to "docker-agent" throughout codebase, documentation, and repository URLs
• Supports both DOCKER_AGENT_* and legacy CAGENT_* environment variables
• Removes --exit-on-stdin-eof flag and ConnectRPC code
• Adds timeouts to shutdown contexts to prevent goroutine leaks
• Extracts TodoStorage interface with in-memory implementation
• Refactors listener lifecycle to return cleanup functions
• Updates Dockerfile to use docker-agent binary with cagent as compatible symlink

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.29.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1909
• Bump Go dependencies by @dgageot in #1913
• update taskfile to build both images docker/cagent and docker/docker-agent by @gtardif in #1916
• Remove --exit-on-stdin-eof by @dgageot in #1918
• Rename env vars CAGENT_ to DOCKER_AGENT_ (keep support for old env vars) by @gtardif in #1917
• agent: Improve toolset error reporting by @vvoland in #1914
• Nightly scanner should be less nit-picky about docs by @derekmisler in #1921
• Update docs and samples to rename docker-agent, change usage samples to docker agent by @gtardif in #1915
• Simplify the AGENTS.md a LOT by @dgageot in #1923
• Fix a few issues in the docs by @dgageot in #1924
• docs: remove generated pages/ from git tracking by @dgageot in #1927
• Fix speech to text on macOS by @dgageot in #1922
• More docs rename (in / docs), fix remaining docker agent serve a2a/acp/mcp by @gtardif in #1928
• Fix test by @dgageot in #1929
• Fix #1911 by @dgageot in #1931
• Validate yaml in doc by @dgageot in #1932
• Fix a few race conditions seen in tests by @dgageot in #1930
• Fix broken links in docs pages, were not using relative urls by @gtardif in #1939
• Rename CAGENT_HIDE_TELEMETRY & CAGENT_EXP_DEBUG_LAYOUT. Still support old env vars by @gtardif in #1926
• Teach the agent to work with our config versions by @dgageot in #1938
• Improve pkg/js by @dgageot in #1933
• Improve README by @dgageot in #1936
• Add model_picker toolset for dynamic model switching by @dgageot in #1937
• cagent run --sandbox by @dgageot in #1904
• Support auto-downloading tools by @dgageot in #1925
• Leverage latest MCP spec features from go-sdk v1.4.0 by @dgageot in #1955
• bump google.golang.org/adk from v0.4.0 to v0.5.0 by @dgageot in #1954
• Animate window title while working for tmux activity detection by @dgageot in #1949
• Fix listener resource leaks in serve commands by @dgageot in #1945
• Show the new TUI by @dgageot in #1942
• Auto-pull DMR models in non-interactive mode by @dgageot in #1944
• Improve user_prompt TUI dialog: title, free-form input, and navigation by @dgageot in #1943
• Improve sub-sessions usage by @dgageot in #1941
• Add MiniMax as a built-in provider alias by @dgageot in #1948
• Bump go dependencies by @dgageot in #1953
• Rename repo URL and pages URL by @gtardif in #1957
• Support OCI/catalog and URL references as sub-agents and handoffs by @dgageot in #1946
• Improve docs search by @dgageot in #1959
• Use docker agent command by @dgageot in #1958
• todo: extract storage interface with in-memory implementation by @rumpl in #1960
• docker-agent is primary binary in taskfile by @gtardif in #1961
• Add top-level mcps section for reusable MCP server definitions by @dgageot in #1947
• A few more renames from cagent by @dgageot in #1962
• Some more cagent urls by @gtardif in #1964
• fix(cli): auto-continue max iterations in --yolo mode by @frntn in #1737
• fix(editor): prevent thread block when attachment file is deleted by @Pnkcaht in #1736
• Fix main branch by @dgageot in #1968
• feat: add file drag-and-drop support for images and PDFs by @ambigois in #1658
• Add background agent task tools for concurrent sub-agent dispatch (#863) by @jfrey in #1908
• fix(hooks): apply ModifiedInput from pre-tool hooks to tool call arguments by @aheritier in #1950
• Add timeouts to shutdown contexts to prevent goroutine leaks by @dgageot in #1965
• Update winget workflow to modify Docker.Agent package, with the new GH repo name by @gtardif in #1972
• updated GHA with new checks:write permission by @derekmisler in #1974
• Disable automatic gzip compression to fix SSE streaming by @dgageot in #1967
• Fix cobra command and rename more things from cagent to docker agent by @dgageot in #1979
• Support comma-separated string for allowed-tools in skills by @dgageot in #1984
• Fix documentation by @dgageot in #1983
• Fix model name by @dgageot in #1991
• Fix gopls versions by @dgageot in #1988
• Daily fixes by @dgageot in #1990
• auto-complete tests by @gtardif in #1989
• Dockerfile with docker-agent binary, keeping cagent only as compatible symlink by @gtardif in #1992
• Rename cagent in eval by @gtardif in #1993
• Fix documentation by @dgageot in #1995
• More renames from cagent to docker-agent by @dgageot in #1994
• Rename e2e test files by @dgageot in #1997
• Remove useless documentation by @dgageot in #1998
• Remove ConnectRPC code by @dgageot in #1996
• Add search, update, categories, and default path to memory tool by @nunocoracao in #1971
• More renames by @dgageot in #1999
• Fix context window overflow: auto-recovery and proactive compacti...

v1.29.0

This release adds automated issue triage capabilities and new CLI configuration options for directory overrides.

What's New

• Adds auto issue triage workflow that automatically evaluates bug reports and can create fix PRs
• Adds --config-dir, --data-dir, and --cache-dir global CLI flags to override default paths

Bug Fixes

• Fixes result marker parsing in auto-issue-triage workflow to handle LLM output with trailing empty lines
• Fixes GitHub Pages deployment issues

Technical Changes

• Updates nightly scanner documentation and configuration
• Removes draft status from PR creation workflow steps
• Adds tip about the default agent in documentation

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.28.1 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1902
• Fix the github pages? by @dgageot in #1903
• Fix GitHub pages deployment by @dgageot in #1901
• feat: add auto issue triage workflow by @derekmisler in #1888
• Replace the brittle tail -n 1 parsing with something that searches for the marker by @derekmisler in #1905
• Add tip about the default agent by @dgageot in #1906
• Add --config-dir and --data-dir global CLI flags to override default paths by @dgageot in #1907

Full Changelog: v1.28.1...v1.29.0

v1.28.1

This release adds image support for AI agents, improves cross-platform compatibility, and includes various stability fixes.

What's New

• Adds image support to read_file tool and MCP tool results, allowing agents to view and describe images
• Adds content-based MIME detection and automatic image resizing for vision capabilities
• Strips image content for text-only models using model capabilities detection

Improvements

• Reduces builtin tool prompt lengths while preserving key examples for better performance
• Skips hidden directories in recursive skill loading to avoid walking large trees like .git and .node_modules
• Only uses insecure TLS for localhost OTLP endpoints for better security

Bug Fixes

• Fixes Esc key not interrupting sub-agents in multi-agent sessions
• Fixes slice bounds out of range panic for short JWT tokens
• Fixes goroutine tight loop in LSP readNotifications
• Fixes race condition with elicitation events channel
• Avoids looping forever on symlinks during skill loading
• Handles json.Marshal errors for tool Parameters and OutputSchema

Technical Changes

• Replaces syscall.Rmdir with golang.org/x/sys for cross-platform directory removal
• Removes per-chunk UpdateMessage debug log from SQLite store to reduce log noise
• Stops tool sets for team loaded in GetAgentToolCount
• Migrates GitHub pages to markdown with Jekyll

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.28.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1892
• Replace syscall.Rmdir with golang.org/x/sys for cross-platform directory removal by @rumpl in #1885
• Remove per-chunk UpdateMessage debug log by @trungutt in #1896
• Fixes to the documentation by @dgageot in #1893
• Pushes docker/docker-agent next to docker/cagent hub image by @gtardif in #1897
• Reduce builtin tool prompt lengths while preserving key examples by @dgageot in #1879
• Daily fixes of the bot-detected issues by @dgageot in #1895
• Skip hidden directories in recursive skill loading by @dgageot in #1875
• 👀 Vision 👀 by @rumpl in #1889
• Migrate our GitHub pages to markdown, with Jekyll by @dgageot in #1900
• fix: Esc key not interrupting sub-agents in multi-agent sessions by @dgageot in #1899

Full Changelog: v1.28.0...v1.28.1

v1.28.0

This release improves authentication debugging, session management, and MCP server reliability, along with UI enhancements to the command palette.

What's New

• Adds 'debug auth' command to inspect Docker Desktop JWT with optional JSON output
• Adds automatic retry functionality for all models, including those without fallbacks

Improvements

• Improves MCP server lifecycle with caching and auto-restart capabilities using exponential backoff
• Sorts command palette actions alphabetically within each group
• Uses tea.View.ProgressBar instead of raw escape codes for better display

Bug Fixes

• Fixes session derailment by preserving user messages during conversation trimming
• Fixes duplicate Session header in command palette on macOS
• Fixes mcp/notion not working with OpenAI models by properly walking additionalProperties in schemas
• Defaults to string type for script tool arguments when type is not specified

Technical Changes

• Updates tool filtering documentation
• Updates CHANGELOG.md for v1.27.1
• Updates Charm libraries to stable v2.0.0 releases (bubbletea, bubbles, lipgloss)

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.27.1 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1862
• Fix mcp/notion not working with OpenAI models by @vvoland in #1871
• Fix script args with DMR by @dgageot in #1859
• Add 'debug auth' command to inspect Docker Desktop JWT by @dgageot in #1861
• Improve MCP server lifecycle: caching and auto-restart by @dgageot in #1872
• fix(#1863): preserve user messages in trimMessages to prevent session derailment by @aheritier in #1864
• Improve tool filtering doc by @dgageot in #1874
• Improve Commands dialog by @dgageot in #1877
• Bump dependencies by @dgageot in #1876
• Add retries even for models without fallbacks by @rumpl in #1886

Full Changelog: v1.27.1...v1.28.0

v1.27.1

This release improves the user interface experience with better message editing capabilities and fixes several issues with token usage tracking and session loading.

What's New

• Adds on_user_input hook that triggers when the agent is waiting for user input or tool confirmation

Improvements

• Improves multi-line editing of past user messages
• Adds clipboard paste support during inline message editing
• Makes loading past sessions faster
• Updates TUI display when the current agent changes

Bug Fixes

• Fixes token usage being recorded multiple times per stream, preventing inflated telemetry counts
• Fixes empty inline edit textarea expanding to full height
• Fixes docker ai shellout to cagent for standalone invocations

Technical Changes

• Updates schema tests to only run for latest version
• Fixes documentation issues

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.27.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1846
• Repaint the TUI when the current agent changes by @dgageot in #1845
• fix: record token usage once per stream to prevent inflated telemetry by @dgageot in #1855
• Make loading past sessions faster by @dgageot in #1854
• Improve editing past user messages by @dgageot in #1850
• Schema tests should be only for latest version by @dgageot in #1857
• feat(hooks): add on_user_input by @doringeman in #1847
• Fix doc by @dgageot in #1858
• Fix docker ai shellout to cagent by @gtardif in #1860

New Contributors

• @doringeman made their first contribution in #1847

Full Changelog: v1.27.0...v1.27.1

v1.27.0

This release introduces dynamic agent color styling for multi-agent teams, adds new filesystem tools, and includes several bug fixes and security improvements.

What's New

• Adds dynamic agent color styling system that assigns unique, deterministic colors to each agent in multi-agent teams for visual distinction across the TUI
• Adds hue-based agent color generation with theme integration that adapts saturation and lightness based on theme background
• Adds mkdir and rmdir filesystem tools so agents can create and remove directories without using shell commands
• Allows .github and .gitlab directories in WalkFiles traversal for better CI workflow support

Bug Fixes

• Fixes race condition in agent color style lookups
• Fixes path traversal vulnerability in ACP filesystem operations
• Fixes YAML marshalling issues that could produce corrupted configuration files
• Handles case-insensitive filesystems properly
• Logs errors when persisting session title in TUI

Technical Changes

• Consolidates color utilities into styles/colorutil.go
• Unexports internal color helpers and deduplicates fallbacks
• Fixes cassettes functionality

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.26.0 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1841
• Daily fixes by @dgageot in #1832
• tools/fs: Add mkdir and rmdir by @vvoland in #1781
• feat(#1756): Add dynamic agent color styling system by @aheritier in #1757
• allow .github and .gitlab directories in WalkFiles traversal by @maxcleme in #1833
• Fix yaml marshalling by @dgageot in #1844

Full Changelog: v1.26.0...v1.27.0

v1.26.0

This is a maintenance release with dependency updates and internal improvements.

Technical Changes

• Maintenance release with dependency updates

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Full Changelog: v1.25.0...v1.26.0

v1.24.0

This release introduces remote skills discovery capabilities and improves file reading tools with pagination support.

What's New

• Adds remote skills discovery with disk cache and dedicated tools, supporting the well-known skills discovery specification
• Adds offset and line_count pagination parameters to read_file and read_multiple_files tools for incremental reading of large files

Improvements

• Limits output size for read_file and read_multiple_files tools to prevent excessive token usage
• Removes pagination instructions from tool descriptions for cleaner interface

Bug Fixes

• Fixes LineCount metadata on truncated read_multiple_files results

Technical Changes

• Freezes configuration version v5 and bumps to v6
• Updates test cassettes to match schema changes for file reading tools

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.23.6 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1829
• builtin: add offset and line_count pagination to read_file and read_multiple_files by @trungutt in #1828
• Implement remote skills discovery with disk cache and dedicated tools by @rumpl in #1822
• Freeze v5 (and a few refactoring) by @dgageot in #1810

Full Changelog: v1.23.6...v1.24.0

v1.23.6

This release improves cost tracking accuracy, enhances session management, and fixes several UI and functionality issues.

What's New

• Adds tab completion for /commands dialog
• Adds mouse support for selecting and opening sessions in the sessions dialog

Improvements

• Computes session cost from messages instead of accumulating on session for better accuracy
• Includes compaction cost in /cost dialog
• Displays original YAML model names in sidebar instead of resolved aliases
• Improves emoji copying support by reversing clipboard copy order (OSC52 first, then pbcopy fallback)

Bug Fixes

• Fixes token usage percentage display during and after agent transfers
• Fixes session forking and costs calculation
• Fixes actual provider display for alloy models in sidebar (was showing wrong provider)
• Restores ctrl-1, ctrl-2... shortcuts for quick agent selection
• Fixes NewHandler panic on parameterless tool calls

Technical Changes

• Consolidates TokenUsage event constructors
• Removes dead UpdateLastAssistantMessageUsage method
• Emits TokenUsageEvent on session restore for context percentage display
• Emits TokenUsageEvent after compaction so sidebar cost updates
• Adds e2e tests on binaries for CLI plugin execution
• Creates ~/.docker/cli-plugins directory if it doesn't exist

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.23.5 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1803
• Better support copying emojis by @dgageot in #1804
• Fix multiple cost/tokens related issues by @dgageot in #1795
• Tab completion for /commands dialog by @dgageot in #1806
• Update winget workflow by @lorenrh in #1808
• feat: use docker read write bot by @lorenrh in #1813
• Binary e2e tests by @gtardif in #1812
• fix: use actual provider for alloy models in sidebar by @Aliexe-code in #1807
• Improve sessions dialog by @dgageot in #1811
• Bump Go dependencies by @dgageot in #1817
• fix: restore ctrl-1, ctrl-2... shortcuts for quick agent selection by @dgageot in #1816
• Refactor winget workflow to use wingetcreate CLI by @gtardif in #1826
• get_memories errors on new memories by @derekmisler in #1827

New Contributors

• @Aliexe-code made their first contribution in #1807

Full Changelog: v1.23.5...v1.23.6

v1.23.5

This release improves the session browser interface and fixes several issues with the docker-agent standalone binary.

Improvements

• Shows message count in session browser dialog for better session overview

Bug Fixes

• Fixes recognition of cobra internal completion commands as subcommands
• Fixes help text display for docker-agent standalone binary exec
• Fixes version output for docker-agent CLI plugin and standalone exec

Technical Changes

• Renames internal schema structure

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What's Changed

• docs: update CHANGELOG.md for v1.23.4 by @docker-read-write[bot] in #1792
• Rename schema by @dgageot in #1793
• Show message count in session browser dialog by @dgageot in #1791
• Fix bash/zsh/... completion by @dgageot in #1794
• Fix help for docker-agent standalone binary exec by @gtardif in #1796
• Fix docker-agent version for cli plugin & standalone exec by @gtardif in #1802

Full Changelog: v1.23.4...v1.23.5