VT Code

What's Changed

0.97.0 - 2026-04-05

Highlights

Bug Fixes

• Include terminal-detection before tui publish (6f68a365) (@vinhnx)
• Publish specs crates before core (0c1da64d) (@vinhnx)
• Allow publishing specs crates (2f91bd14) (@vinhnx)
• Update task_tracker permission and model version in configuration (05405f5c) (@vinhnx)
• Harden perf baseline startup measurement (32f657dc)
• Animate active file operation indicator (c2baca0a)
• Enhance command safety checks and segment handling (d7491771)
• Dim top-level task tail lines in tool blocks (060ec1f5)
• Isolate shared state locks (0d685107)

Documentation

• Add Codex and debug startup release notes (9d24fb99)

Features

• Add Anthropic native memory and tool result clearing (7b7124f2)
• Update notification delivery mode to desktop (80b49f12)
• Combine native clearing with compaction (4edb1f65)
• Implement orchestrated harness mode with contract evaluation (b437d588)
• Enhance scorecard validation and add tests for missing/invalid criteria (29e3df0a)
• Update tool policies and add new tools with appropriate permissions (b7e51521)

Other Changes

Other

• Fix badge duplication in README.md (4ffc53bb) (@vinhnx)
• Migrate to serde-saphyr (c29cdd5d) (@Sachin-Bhat)
• Enhance first-run wizard with startup modes and memory (199d1569)
• Fix check script and logging guard regressions (c6781996)
• Refactor system prompts and contracts for clarity and conciseness; optimize skill rendering and memory handling; enhance path policy checks; update execution kernel for unified file actions; adjust configuration formatting. (1b1d0c79)
• Remove sparse-checkout configuration from release workflow steps (d4be7f53)
• Enhance recovery handling and fallback messages; update command sharing options; adjust configuration for model and tool limits. (ebad1810)
• Update agent prompt for auto mode rule reviewer and adjust model settings in configuration (7ae71a83)
• Add permission request and stop hooks to lifecycle management (5186a3ea)
• Refactor permission handling and improve code readability across multiple modules (a28db433)
• Implement notification system with /notify command and enhance session start hooks (e1bc7e41)
• Add configurable desktop notification backends (bf8c51d8)
• Enhance pty command handling, update configuration options, and add new JSON schemas for collaboration and command execution (6cf2dd04)
• Refactor vtcode.toml configuration: streamline agent settings, enhance permissions, and update context management (a5e4e440)
• Tighten persistent memory extraction and tool policies (f15b43a5)
• Add Agent Trajectory Interchange Format (ATIF) support for session trajectory export (0e09ef90)

Contributors

@vinhnx

Full Changelog: https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode/compare/0.96.15...0.97.0