Claurst changelog: what's new each month
Every stable Claurst release summarised by month: the highlights, new features, improvements, fixes and anything you need to act on. 3 months covered; the current month updates daily.
July 2026
1 release: 0.1.7
July brought hardening improvements and introduced ultracode mode, a new capability for enhanced code analysis and generation. The release focused on both robustness and new user-facing features.
Highlights
- Ultracode mode now available per-turn directly from your prompt for deeper code scanning.
- Model-adaptive effort selector automatically adjusts processing based on your model.
- Bundled ultracode skill with keyword and addendum helpers for streamlined use.
- Visual ultracode indicator with purple gradient rendering in the terminal interface.
New
- Ultracode mode for enhanced code analysis and generation.
- Per-turn ultracode activation from submitted prompts.
- Bundled ultracode skill with helper utilities.
- Purple gradient rendering for ultracode keyword display.
- Model-adaptive effort selector for automatic resource optimization.
Improved
- Deep-scan hardening pass to improve stability and security.
- Enhanced linting and code quality across the codebase.
June 2026
2 releases: 0.1.5 → 0.1.6
June brought stability improvements and expanded configuration flexibility to Claurst. The month focused on fixing core issues while adding multi-account support and environment variable substitution.
Highlights
- Multi-account switching for Codex lets you manage multiple accounts more easily.
- Environment variable substitution in config files simplifies credential management.
- Adjustable reasoning levels (low/medium/high/xhigh) give you more control over Codex behavior.
- Removed OpenSSL runtime dependency, reducing external requirements.
- Wide character handling in the terminal UI now works correctly.
New
- Multi-account switching for Codex
- Adjustable reasoning levels (low/medium/high/xhigh) in the Codex picker
- Environment variable substitution support ({env:VARNAME}) in apikey and apibase config values
- OAuth impersonation of Claude Code
Improved
- File edit tools are now optimized
- Codex now shows available models after ChatGPT login
- Development container setup now works properly
- Terminal UI cursor positioning handles wide characters correctly
Fixed
- Zombie processes and atomic writes
- Runtime OpenSSL dependency removed
- Terminal UI test failures resolved, CI now fully green
- Test suite now deterministic with hermetic fixtures and serial runs
May 2026
5 releases: 0.1.0 → 0.1.4
May brought Claurst to its initial beta release with rapid iterations focused on improving the terminal interface, expanding provider support, and refining user interactions. The month saw four minor versions building on the foundation with significant UX enhancements and bug fixes.
Highlights
- Added free mode in the /connect command for easier access.
- Implemented @file injection and autocomplete for working with files in prompts.
- Expanded provider support with new integrations including Ollama, OpenCode Zen, and Crof.ai.
- Revamped the /goal UI and scrollbar for better visual feedback.
- Introduced stealth OAuth login for streamlined authentication.
New
- Free mode option in /connect command.
- Experimental snapshot-based shadow tree auto-commits.
- @file injection and autocomplete feature.
- Local and Cloud Ollama provider support.
- Multiple new AI provider integrations (OpenCode Zen, Synthetic.new, routing.run, Neuralwatt, Crof.ai).
- Auto-copy selection to clipboard on mouse release.
- Environment variable fallbacks for multiple providers (Qwen, Minimax, DashScope).
- Stealth OAuth login capability.
Improved
- Enhanced askuser dialog with bracketed paste support and paste summary.
- Improved keyboard support with Cmd+C/Cmd+V on macOS and kitty keyboard protocol.
- Better handling of Shift with special characters across all terminals.
- Unified invalid-session error handling with resume warning.
- Full scrollbar redesign for improved visual feedback.
- Changed prompt focus setting to allow interactive/popup during streaming.
- Removed redundant home directory warning and shortcuts from UI.
- Eliminated file I/O from settings initialization for faster startup.
Fixed
- Fixed bypass-permissions dialog to show correctly when using --yolo flag.
- Fixed gzip decompression by removing manual Accept-Encoding header.
- Ensured bypass-permissions dialog only appears once per session.
- Fixed animation rendering in rustle component.
- Corrected tilde string replacement bug in root path display for Windows terminals.
- Fixed tool call and result blocks to be properly toggleable in shared sessions.
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