v0.1.53 — A clearer Agents panel, drag-a-file context, and your phone can finally approve
Released 2026-06-08. Multi-platform signed/notarized DMG (Mac Apple Silicon + Intel) + EXE + AppImage. Auto-update from v0.1.52 happens on next launch.
Two cycles since v0.1.51. The headline of v0.1.53 is the Agents panel finally making sense — a lifecycle rail instead of a wall of tabs — plus a small change that punches above its weight: drag any file into the SMART-Code chat to ground the agent on it. Along the way (v0.1.52) the mobile loop closed: you can now approve the agent’s writes from your phone, not just watch them.
Catch-up first, then the v0.1.53 deep-dive.
v0.1.52 — the mobile loop closes
The v0.1.51 notes ended on “approve a write from the mobile Session, not just the desktop modal.” That’s now shipped.
| Change | What it does |
|---|---|
| Remote write-approval from your phone | When the desktop agent wants to write a file, the approve/reject prompt now reaches the mobile Session too. It’s race-both — whoever responds first (desktop modal or phone) wins, and the other dismisses. The “waiting for desktop approval” dead-end from v0.1.51 is gone. |
| Desktop Relay stays online | A keepalive + concurrency guard fixes the phone↔desktop session dropping mid-run. Long sessions no longer silently go stale. |
| Viral promo codes | New self-serve referral codes at signup. FOUNDERS10K grants 4 months free — share it with anyone you want on the beta. |
v0.1.53 — the Agents panel, reorganized
The Agents panel had grown to 14 horizontal tabs crammed across the top — easy to lose your place, and the row overflowed on narrower windows. v0.1.53 replaces it with a lifecycle navigation rail that walks an agent through its life in order:
Anatomy → Run → Test → Runs → Trace → Evals → Tools → Prompts → Skills → Publish
You always know where you are in the flow, the rail never overflows, and a couple of long-standing nav papercuts went with it: a stale hardcoded version string in the panel is gone, and the duplicate horizontal/vertical nav that showed the same destinations twice is consolidated. General menu cleanup throughout.
v0.1.53 — drag a file into SMART-Code for instant context
You can now drop a file (or several) straight into the SMART-Code chat. Each dropped file becomes a context chip above the composer, and its contents are sent to the agent as grounding before it answers or edits — no more pasting a whole file into the prompt or hoping the agent greps for it.
This is the fastest way to point the agent at exactly the code or doc you mean. Drop a config, a failing test, a spec — the agent reads it as part of the turn.
Upgrade notes
| Change | Who notices | What to expect |
|---|---|---|
| Agents lifecycle rail | Agents-panel users | Needs the v0.1.53 build. The 14 tabs become an ordered rail; same destinations, clearer path. |
| Drag-a-file context | SMART-Code users | Needs the v0.1.53 build. Drop files into the chat; they appear as context chips and ground the turn. |
| Phone write-approval | Mobile + Desktop Relay users | Shipped v0.1.52. Approve/reject reaches the mobile Session; race-both with the desktop modal. |
| Relay keepalive | Mobile + Desktop Relay users | Shipped v0.1.52. Sessions stay online through long runs. |
FOUNDERS10K promo | Anyone signing up | Live on codenow.pro signup — 4 months free. |
Auto-update from v0.1.52 happens on next launch. No migration steps.
What’s next
- In-app signup honoring invites + promo codes — admin invite links and codes now grant the right plan on direct signup (landed just after the v0.1.53 tag; ships in the next build).
- MCP HTTP/SSE import sources — stdio + CLI/stdin landed in v0.1.49; hosted transports are still queued.