This is a major license change to better encourage open source contributions
and accelerate the global advancement of AI agent development.
Changes:
- Replace AGPLv3 LICENSE file with Apache 2.0 license text
- Update package.json license field from ISC to Apache-2.0
- Add prominent announcement in both README files about the license change
- Update license badges in README files
The Apache 2.0 license allows free use in both open source and commercial projects
with only attribution requirements, removing barriers to innovation and collaboration.
- Add WebSearchTool with DuckDuckGo integration for web search
- Provides titles, snippets, and links for current information
- Add URLFetcherTool for AI-powered web content analysis
- Fetches and converts HTML content to markdown
- Processes content using AI with user-provided prompts
- Includes 15-minute caching for efficiency
- Uses queryQuick for fast content analysis
- Register both tools in the tools registry
- Update documentation to reflect new web capabilities
- Add elegant API error logging system with file storage in ~/.kode/logs/error/api/
- Show API responses in terminal during errors (verbose mode only)
- Fix tool description usage (prompt vs description methods)
- Remove unnecessary bundledDependencies check in publish workflow
- Bump version to 1.0.80
- Add CLAUDE.md with development guidelines and architecture overview
- Add AGENTS.md for Claude Code compatibility with subagent system details
- Update README.md and README.zh-CN.md with recommended Bun installation method
- Remove bundledDependencies from package.json to fix npm publish hard link issues
- Add .npmignore for proper package distribution
- Remove obsolete CONTEXT.md and next_todo.md files
- Update .gitignore to include AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md in version control
Key documentation improvements:
- Complete development workflow commands and build system details
- Multi-model architecture explanation with 3-layer design
- Agent system with 5-tier priority configuration loading
- Tool architecture patterns and service layer documentation
- Critical implementation details like async tool descriptions
- Development patterns for adding tools, commands, models, and agents
Installation improvements:
- Bun installation now recommended as fastest method
- Fallback to npm for compatibility
- Clear step-by-step installation instructions in both languages
- Update project branding from claude-cli to Kode
- Reorganize documentation with new development guides
- Add CONTRIBUTING.md and Chinese README
- Remove worktree_merge command and relocate system-design.md
- Update dependencies and package configuration
- Improve custom commands service with better error handling
- Clean up storage utilities and debug logging
