Changelog

v0.12.0 Latest

• Renamed Compliance Criteria / Compliance Cases to Conformance Criteria / Conformance Cases in the feature spec template (consumers must run sdd-init.sh update-all to pick it up; existing specs keep the old heading until owners rename it)
• Replaced ✅ / ❌ / ⚠️ symbols in the ADR template evaluation table with meets / partially meets / fails text values
• Added template provenance and a manifest.lock to sdd-init.sh: each managed file carries a one-line provenance header and .github/devsquad/manifest.lock records plugin_version, template_sha, and written_at per file
• Added update-all --dry-run to preview changes without writing, and timestamped .pre-<version>-<unix>.bak backups before overwriting
• Added version-parity.yml workflow that fails a PR if the two plugin.json files and marketplace.json disagree on the plugin version
• Added two CHANGELOG categories (Breaking / Migration Required, Template changes (consumer action required)) so compatibility impact is explicit per release
• Fixed work item state transitions skipped during implement: work-item-workflow Phase 1 (assignee + Active) is now a precondition, names the exact MCP calls (github/issue_write with assignees, ado/wit_update_work_item with System.AssignedTo), and stops on assignment failure; devsquad.implement.finalize enforces an explicit state machine (Active on start, Resolved on PR open, Closed on merge)
• Fixed harness learnings rarely captured automatically: implement.execute, implement.verify, review.code, and implement.finalize now have a Learning Capture Checkpoint with concrete numeric triggers (2+ correction attempts, REGRESSION/COVERAGE_GAP verdicts, Major/Critical findings, contradicted human PR feedback) and a [Y]/[N]/[E] prompt with [Y] as default
• Fixed PR bodies silently failing to auto-close issues: pull-request skill now lists the recognized closing keywords (close/closes/closed/fix/fixes/fixed/resolve/resolves/resolved), distinguishes resolved (Closes) from referenced (Refs), covers the spike PR case, and adds a pre-flight check that verifies a closing keyword exists for every resolved work item before creating the PR
• Fixed version drift: marketplace.json was at 0.11.0 while both plugin.json files were at 0.11.1; bumped to match

v0.11.1

• Fixed accidental pushes to integration branch: added integration branch guard to git-commit skill (checks before committing), pull-request skill (guards all push paths including PR creation), and copilot-instructions.md (framework-level rule). The agent now asks the user whether to create a feature branch when on main, master, or develop.

v0.11.0

• Added skills: test-discipline, deep-clarification, domain-glossary, triage-workflow
• Added devsquad.triage agent for issue intake and bug reproduction
• Added LSP server detection hook with .memory/lsp-status.md seeding
• Added pattern anchoring, context budget awareness, and spec conformance check to implement agents
• Added prompt injection guard in debugging-recovery
• Added documentation style rules to copilot-instructions.md for universal coverage
• Added platform-aware PR creation (GitHub vs Azure DevOps) in pull-request skill
• Wired ADO repo MCP tools into implement, finalize, review, and refine agents
• Added conductor routing for artifact management (branch/push/PR without delegating to implement)
• Made failure capture mandatory in debugging-recovery (previously conditional)
• Fixed stale tool references: memory renamed to vscode/memory, removed execute/testFailure

v0.10.0

• Added harness-learnings skill: agents capture codebase-specific patterns (correction loops, test prerequisites, review findings) in .memory/harness-learnings.md with confidence scoring and two-tier maturation (local capture, then promotion to permanent controls). See ADR-0013
• Added hook output contract for postToolUse validation hooks: structured JSON with decision, reason, instructions, files, severity fields for agent self-correction
• Updated lint-markdown.sh and validate-work-item-tags.sh to emit structured JSON with actionable fix instructions
• Wired harness-learnings consult/capture into implement.execute, implement.verify, review.code, refine.health, implement.finalize, and debugging-recovery

v0.9.0

• Added spec amendment during implementation: implement agent flags spec/ADR drift and proposes a scoped amendment; developer confirms, rejects, or defers. See the concept doc
• devsquad.refine is now invocable mid-implementation via the [AMEND] prompt prefix for scoped spec/ADR edits
• Renamed Usage Scenarios tab Feature-first to Scope-stable; iterative scenario is now the first tab (breaking for anyone automating against tab labels)
• Updated spec authoring guidance: specs describe the smallest vertical slice that delivers user-visible value and are treated as living artifacts that can be amended mid-flight; affects what devsquad.specify produces
• Known limitations (v1): whole-feature task regeneration after amendment, design artifacts (plan.md, data-model.md, contracts/) flagged but not auto-updated on high-impact amendments, no multi-developer concurrency guard, no strict mode for regulated contexts

v0.8.1

• Fixed MCP config format: renamed servers to mcpServers in plugin .mcp.json after Copilot CLI dropped .vscode/mcp.json support
• Updated CLI install docs with the new two-step marketplace install flow and deprecated the direct install method

v0.8.0

• Added debugging-recovery skill with stop-the-line rule, 6-step triage checklist, error-specific decision trees, and untrusted error output safety principle
• Added anti-rationalization tables (“Common Rationalizations”) to 6 skills: security-review, quality-gate, git-commit, adr-workflow, pull-request, engineering-practices
• Added Red Flags sections to security-review, quality-gate, and git-commit for self-monitoring
• Added source verification protocol to implement.execute for non-Microsoft stacks with UNVERIFIED: labels
• Added scope discipline output format to implement.execute (“Changes made”, “Not touched”, “Potential concerns”)
• Enhanced Prove-It bug fix flow with correct-reason failure verification and full suite regression check
• Added save-point protocol: commit after each passing task group, revert on failure
• Standardized 4-tier review severity labels (Critical/Major/Minor/Suggestion) across review agents
• Added Chesterton’s Fence rule to devsquad.review.code

v0.7.2

• Replaced local Azure DevOps MCP server (npx @azure-devops/mcp@next) with the remote HTTP server (https://mcp.dev.azure.com/)
• Authentication now uses Microsoft Entra ID (OAuth); PAT-based auth removed
• Toolsets (wit, work, search, repos) declared via X-MCP-Toolsets header
• Removed ado_org prompt input; no local Node.js or npx required

v0.7.1

• Removed duplicated docs/framework/ content fully covered by the docs-site; only ADRs and images are kept
• Consolidated README into a concise landing page that links to the docs-site for details
• Updated stale docs/framework/ references in agents, plugin README, CONTRIBUTING, and sync script to point to docs-site URLs
• Added active development banner to all docs-site pages

v0.7.0

• Added nested sub-agent architecture support around coordinator and worker patterns for devsquad.plan, devsquad.implement, devsquad.review, and devsquad.refine
• Added 14 worker agent files with user-invocable: false and minimal tool sets
• Added ADR 0012 and marked ADR 0011 as superseded
• Updated public prerequisites to require VS Code 1.113.0+ and chat.subagents.allowInvocationsFromSubagents for nested workflows
• Updated architecture diagrams to show coordinator nodes, worker topology, and parallel execution

v0.6.1

• Replaced ~45K embedded template content with a deterministic shell script for file operations
• Reduced agent file sizes significantly

v0.6.0

• Converted worker sub-agents to skills to comply with GitHub Copilot’s one-level sub-agent nesting limit (ADR 0011)
• Affected: security-review, init-config, init-docs, init-scaffold
• Standalone agent files preserved for direct invocation

v0.5.0

• Added migration specification support for infrastructure migrations
• Migration types: lift-and-shift, rehost, replatform
• devsquad.specify now handles both feature and migration specs
• New instructions: migration-specs.instructions.md, migration-tasks.instructions.md

v0.4.0

• Introduced Tool Extensions (preview) for injecting MCP server tools into plugin agents via YAML patches
• ADR 0010 documents the overlay generation approach
• sessionStart hook detects unsynced extensions

v0.3.0

• Added diagram-design skill for architecture diagram guidance
• Split monolithic architecture diagram into focused diagrams
• Mermaid and Draw.io tool selection guidance

v0.2.0

• Renamed all sdd.* agents to devsquad.*
• Restructured as self-contained plugin for VS Code
• Plugin marketplace registration

v0.1.0

• Initial release
• 16 agents, 13 skills, 5 MCP servers, 7 templates (restructured to 13 user-visible agents + internal workers in subsequent releases)
• Core framework: Conductor pattern, Socratic AI, Spec-Driven Development
• GitHub Issues and Azure DevOps integration
• Lifecycle hooks for auto-detection

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