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title: "Changelog"
description: "Cody CLI release notes — all features shipped from v0.8.74 through v0.11.0."
canonical: "https://docs.ainative.studio/docs/cody-cli/changelog"
last-updated: "2026-10-03T21:47:10.764Z"
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# Changelog

Source: https://docs.ainative.studio/docs/cody-cli/changelog

> Cody CLI release notes — all features shipped from v0.8.74 through v0.11.0.

# Changelog

Release notes for Cody CLI, covering v0.8.74 through v0.11.0 (June 2026).

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## v0.11.0 (June 29, 2026)

### Auto Mode
- `/auto on` enables smart permission handling — safe actions (file reads, grep, git status) run without prompting
- Classifier categorizes every tool call as safe, review, or dangerous
- Dangerous operations (rm, git push, sudo) still require explicit approval
- `/auto off` returns to standard permission prompts

### Agent View
- `/agent-view` (alias `/av`) shows all running, completed, and failed agents
- See agent ID, type, status, duration, token usage, and last activity
- `/agent-view <id>` for detailed agent info
- `/agent-view kill <id>` to stop a running agent

### Dynamic Workflows
- `/workflow run <file.yml>` executes YAML-defined multi-step agent pipelines
- Steps can declare dependencies — independent steps run in parallel
- `/workflow list` shows available workflows in `.cody/workflows/`
- `/workflow init` creates a sample workflow template
- Supports topological ordering with circular dependency detection

### PR Review Automation
- `/pr-review` reviews the current branch's PR for bugs, security, and performance
- `/pr-review <number>` or `/pr-review <url>` for specific PRs
- `/pr-fix` fetches review comments and auto-generates code fixes
- Uses GitHub CLI (`gh`) for PR data — works with any GitHub repo

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## v0.10.2 (June 28, 2026)

### Session Recap
- `/recap` shows what happened in the last 5 minutes
- `/recap 10` for last 10 minutes, `/recap all` for full session
- Tracks tool use, errors, task completions, and messages

### File Monitor
- `/monitor start <path>` watches files/directories for changes
- `/monitor status` reports accumulated changes since last check
- `/monitor stop` to end watching
- Uses native fs.watch for low-overhead monitoring

### Push Notifications
- `/notifications on` enables mobile push notifications
- Get notified when background tasks complete or errors occur
- `/notifications test` sends a test notification
- Integrates with AINative mobile app pairing

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## v0.10.1 (June 28, 2026)

### Deny Rule Param Matching
- Permission deny rules now support parameter matching: `Tool(param:value)`
- Example: `Bash(command:rm -rf)` blocks rm commands specifically
- Example: `Agent(subagent_type:security-reviewer)` blocks a specific agent
- Uses contains-matching — `rm -rf` matches inside longer commands
- Backward compatible — plain `Tool` rules still work

### Inline Config
- `/config model=kimi-k2` sets model without opening the config menu
- `/config theme=dark` switches theme inline
- `/config verbose=true` toggles verbose mode
- No args still opens the interactive settings panel

### Loop Self-Pacing
- `/loop 5 run tests and fix failures` repeats an instruction N times
- `/loop until all tests pass` loops until a condition is met (max 20 iterations)
- Self-paces: backs off after 3 consecutive identical errors

### Interactive Lessons
- `/powerup` shows a menu of guided tutorials
- 6 lessons: tools, agents, MCP servers, memory, skills, code review
- Each lesson walks through the feature with live examples

### MCP Auth from Shell
- `/mcp-login <server>` authenticates with an MCP server via OAuth
- `/mcp-logout <server>` clears stored credentials
- No args lists available MCP servers

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## v0.10.0 (June 28, 2026)

### Nested Sub-Agents (5-Level Deep)
- Agents can now spawn sub-agents up to 5 levels deep
- Enables complex multi-step workflows where agents delegate specialized tasks
- Depth tracked via AsyncLocalStorage — no parameter drilling
- Background agents can also nest

### Security Review Plugin
- New `security-reviewer` built-in agent for OWASP Top 10 scanning
- `/security-review` command reviews code changes for vulnerabilities
- Covers: SQL injection, XSS, command injection, path traversal, hardcoded secrets, SSRF, insecure crypto, missing auth, insecure deserialization, security misconfiguration
- Outputs structured findings: severity, file:line, description, fix suggestion

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## v0.9.8–v0.9.9 (June 27, 2026)

### Autonomous Goal Mode
- `/goal <condition>` — Cody works autonomously until a condition is met
- Example: `/goal all tests pass with 80% coverage`
- Maximum 20 turns, backs off after 3 failed attempts
- Reports "Goal achieved" or "Goal blocked" with summary

### Code Review
- `/code-review` reviews staged or last-commit changes for bugs
- Detects edge cases, security issues, and missing error handling
- Cites line numbers and suggests specific fixes
- Truncates large diffs (50K char limit)

### Background Agents
- `/bg <task>` delegates work to a background agent instantly
- Continue working in the foreground while the agent runs
- Get notified when background tasks complete
- `/tasks` shows progress of all running agents

### Token & Cost Tracking
- `/usage` and `/session-usage` show real-time token usage
- Displays model, turns, input/output tokens, and estimated cost
- Works with all models including free-tier

### Better Instruction Following
- System prompt now enforces literal instruction following
- "Only change X" means change ONLY X
- Model won't add unsolicited features, refactor code, or add comments
- Asks for clarification instead of assuming

### Model Registry Optimization
- Trimmed from 44 models to 9 top coding models
- Removed embeddings, audio, image, and video models from CLI
- System prompt reduced from 59K to 43K characters (-28%)
- Saves ~4K tokens per API request

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## v0.9.5 (June 27, 2026)

### Shell Auto-Explain
- `! npm test` — run a shell command and get automatic explanation of the output
- Triggers on 4+ lines of output
- Explains errors, test failures, and build output

### Default Model Switch
- Free tier default: DeepSeek 4 Flash (79% SWE-Bench)
- Paid tier default: Kimi K2 (80.2% SWE-Bench, best open-source coding model)

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## v0.9.2 (June 27, 2026)

### UX Quick Wins
- `/rewind` — resume conversation from before `/clear`
- `--dry-run` flag — see what would be sent to the LLM without API call
- `--color` flag — force or disable color output
- `--output-format markdown` — structured markdown output for CI/CD
- Streaming progress indicators for long operations
- Structured error codes (ERR_AUTH, ERR_MODEL, ERR_RATE_LIMIT, etc.)

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## v0.8.90–v0.9.1 (June 13–19, 2026)

### Web Search
- Built-in web search via Brave API in the AINative gateway
- Models can search the web without external MCP servers

### Auth & Security
- Retry transient 401 errors for API key users (2-second delay)
- Detect upstream rate limits disguised as 401 errors
- Proprietary license (corrected from Apache-2.0)
- Voice kill-switch fixed
- User-Agent and cache paths updated to `cody-cli`

### Package & Distribution
- Package size reduced from 42.7MB to 22MB (removed stale build artifacts)
- Tab autocomplete placeholder hints working reliably
- Postinstall and welcome message fixes

### RLHF Data Capture
- Fire-and-forget interaction data to ZeroDB
- Respects essential-traffic-only privacy setting
- Session UUID prevents key collisions

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## v0.8.74–v0.8.89 (June 10–12, 2026)

### Core Features (Batch 1)
- `/skill-marketplace` — browse and install skills from catalog
- `/cd` — change working directory mid-session
- `--safe-mode` — disable plugins and custom skills
- `disableBundledSkills` config option
- Fallback model chain with automatic retry
- Client-side Cerebras rate limiter (5 RPM)
- ZeroDB MCP URL centralized

### Test Framework
- Comprehensive CLI test framework with spawn utilities
- E2E tests for CLI basics, API integration, MCP connections
- Live API tests with `CODY_E2E_API_KEY` env var

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## Summary

| Metric | Value |
|--------|-------|
| Versions shipped | v0.8.74 → v0.11.0 (37 releases) |
| Features built | 50+ |
| Issues closed | 220+ |
| Tests | 1,274 (including 144 stress tests) |
| Models available | 9 top coding models |
| Default (free) | DeepSeek 4 Flash (79% SWE-Bench) |
| Default (paid) | Kimi K2 (80.2% SWE-Bench) |
| Package size | 4.4 MB (npm), 22 MB (unpacked) |
| System prompt | 43K chars (optimized from 59K) |
