Highlights
- Migrated from Spring Shell to custom JLine REPL for better control and natural language interaction.
- Added Embabel 0.3.2 thinking/reasoning capabilities to chat and review commands.
- Implemented tool call parsing for LLM-agnostic function calling (writeFile, replace, deleteFile, runCommand).
- Enhanced /implement command with shell command execution and concise output format.
- Added user input coloring (light green) for improved readability.
REPL & UX
- Replaced Spring Shell with custom JLine-based REPL for tighter control over input handling and natural language processing.
- Added syntax highlighting for user input (light green) to distinguish from assistant output.
- Fixed /clear command to work with both slash and non-slash variants (/clear, /cls, clear, cls).
- Improved multi-line input handling in command parser to support quoted strings with newlines.
- Enhanced intent routing with smart multi-line handling and conversational context tracking for file references.
- Improved conversational language handling for more natural interactions.
AI & Agent Improvements
- Upgraded to Embabel 0.3.2 with thinking/reasoning support:
- ChatAgent now supports --show-reasoning and --with-thinking flags to expose LLM reasoning chains.
- ReviewAgent displays thinking output when using models with extended thinking capabilities.
- Added ChatResponse wrapper to return both message and reasoning content.
- Added tool call parser for LLM-agnostic function calling:
- writeFile(path, content) - create or overwrite files.
- replace(path, old, new) - modify existing files.
- deleteFile(path) - delete files.
- runCommand(command) - execute shell commands (chmod, mkdir, mv, cp, etc.).
- Enhanced /implement command:
- Made output more concise (removed verbose Plan/Implementation/Notes format).
- Added shell command execution support via runCommand() tool.
- Now responds with brief confirmations and tool execution results only.
- Added auto-save feature for code blocks in /chat command.
- Improved code search with case-insensitive option (-i flag) and better feedback.
Web Search Standardization
- Added Embabel InternetResource and InternetResources domain object support.
- WebSearchTool now provides:
- searchAsInternetResources() - returns List.
- searchAsWebSearchResults() - returns WebSearchResults wrapper.
- Backward compatibility maintained with existing search() methods.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed integration test failures caused by ChatResponse type mismatch in agent process execution.
- Fixed /implement command to properly handle ChatResponse return type.
- Fixed multi-line input breaking command parser when pasting error messages or prompts with newlines.
- Fixed batch mode integration tests by implementing BatchModeRunner.
- Fixed NPE in integration tests related to agent result type resolution.
Documentation & Tooling
- Added comprehensive documentation for Embabel 0.3.2 features and implementation opportunities.
- Updated AGENTS.md to be language-agnostic (supports any programming language).
- Enhanced shell scripts (lca launcher) with better error handling and compatibility.
- Improved test output formatting and readability.
- Added presentation materials and expanded docs.
Dependencies
- Upgraded to Embabel 0.3.2 (from 0.3.1).
- Various dependency updates for improved stability and performance.
Breaking Changes
- Removed @action annotation from ChatAgent.respond() method - now only respondWithThinking() is the agent action.
- /implement command output format changed from verbose Plan/Implementation/Notes to concise confirmation + results.
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