VT Code

What's Changed

0.96.0 - 2026-03-30

Highlights

Bug Fixes

• Update external editor instructions to reflect single-click behavior (7f9f0557)

Features

• Add shared lightweight model routing (4e41e088)
• Implement preferred lightweight model variants and update configuration settings (2112d993)
• Implement collect_single_response function for streamlined LLM interactions and refactor related code (a863561c)
• Add interactive OpenAI manual compact controls (6660de5d)
• Implement transcript link detection and wrapping functionality (9cfd3e01)

Other Changes

Other

• Add parallel batch test for file listing and unified search; refactor list_files to avoid reentrancy (b5b2d2de)
• Add minimum turn limit for child agents and update documentation (97eb9a89)
• Update theme permissions and synchronize theme selection across components (43361475)
• Add theme management and accessibility features (512ad686)
• Add documentation for theme-related functions and improve code readability (9c387721)
• Enhance terminal restoration on panic and signal handling (d546487f)
• Implement scheduled tasks and automation framework (a0c65096)
• Add ast-grep integration for code quality checks and rule enforcement (a7b81d0a)
• Implement structural search workflows and enhance ast-grep integration (5112cdbb)
• Enhance ast-grep documentation and add tests for skill discovery queries (652ab8aa)
• Enhance ast-grep documentation and improve pattern syntax guidance (a5a71c9d)
• Enhance ast-grep documentation with rule cheat sheets and improve skill discovery tests (0e6a5a6c)
• Enhance ast-grep documentation with config cheat sheets and improve skill discovery tests (306f4ab4)
• Update TOOL_SPECS.md with strictness details and usage preferences; remove unused stats.rs; enhance SKILL.md and project-workflows.md with ast-grep insights; add tests for skill discovery and structural search flags; refine hints in structural_search.rs. (0cf298f6)
• Enhance documentation for custom language setup and tree-sitter integration; add tests for skill discovery by custom language queries. (71b6eadb)
• Enhance documentation on language injection and multi-language support; add tests for skill discovery by language queries. (16de0f58)
• Enhance ast-grep documentation and language support; add tests for new aliases and inference rules (644d908f)
• Enhance documentation for transformation objects and rewriters; add tests for skill discovery by new queries (211e21aa)
• Enhance documentation for sgconfig.yml and project workflows; add tests for skill discovery by ruleDirs, testConfigs, libraryPath, and dynamic injected queries. (4c0405d1)
• Enhance documentation and refine descriptions for ast-grep commands; normalize exit codes for no matches and findings in structural search. (29867cdc)
• Enhance documentation for Rust, TypeScript, TSX, YAML, Ruby, Python, Kotlin, Java, HTML, Go, Cpp, and C catalog examples; provide guidelines for adapting rules to repository-specific conventions. (819298a2)
• Enhance documentation for ast-grep project workflows and APIs; clarify project discovery behavior, scan vs run requirements, and performance optimizations (3db5c5e5)
• Fix typo in comments for line truncation functions (32ccac09)
• Add persistent memory support and enhance instruction appendix functionality (4c73f931)
• Refactor signal handling and improve session finalization timeout logic (47828a62)
• Refactor credential storage to support encrypted file storage and improve legacy migration handling (d2e97368)
• Add model configuration commands and lightweight model support (1458605d)
• Refactor transcript link handling and add URL guard feature (5463ab53)

Contributors

@vinhnx

Full Changelog: https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode/compare/0.94.0...0.96.0