0.7.0 - 2026-09-08

Release Notes

Mega-plan execution (30 commits): plan-mode approval gates, oracle integrity, honest cost metering, independence hardening, session control plane, headless CI contract, trust posture, automation, and TUI unification. All user-facing claims below are covered by tests, mock-LLM end-to-end runs, or the VHS visual gate (tests/visual/, 12 reference frames at 0.00% self-diff).

Added

• Plan mode: niki plan researches without executing and writes reviewable plan.md; niki run --plan <id> executes the approved spec, skipping the Planner LLM call. Dry runs no longer create empty branch refs.
• Session CLI: niki session list/show/checkpoints/undo/rewind with code+conversation/both restore modes and a dirty-tree guard.
• User slash commands: .niki/commands/*.md (filename → /name) with description:/aliases: frontmatter, [commands] extra_dirs sharing, and niki commands list/show/expand.
• Headless contract: niki run --bare (no memory/MCP/knowledge-URLs), --output-format json stable envelope (incl. error path), stdout pipe-purity (display mute + captured git stdio), OTLP trace export (--otel-endpoint, no new dependencies).
• Oracle integrity: oracle_source (spec/derived/property) on every test case, reviewer oracle-check rule, no-healing rule, opt-in [agents.tester] mutation_command gate; red-suite/mutation failures block the branch unless --force (recorded as NOT verified).
• Independence hardening: Red receives evidence-only diffs, isolation records match wiring, topology selection reason recorded and reported, shared-model review warnings.
• Honest meter: cached-input/reasoning token splits, unpriced-model warnings (unpriced* in reports), price-table freshness test, failover cache-bust warnings, history-driven niki recommend --project.
• Trust posture: [permissions] mode + --permission-mode, disable_worktree kill-switch, fail_closed_headless flag, loud headless Ask fallback.
• Lifecycle hooks: [hooks.commands] wired to PreTaskStart/PreAgentStart/ PostAgentStop/PostTaskStop, fail-closed block semantics.
• GitHub automation: keyless nightly eval gate, human-gated @niki review workflow (injection-safe, loop-guarded).
• Eval credibility: per-case costs, disclosure manifest on every run, niki eval grade maintainer judgments with agreement metric, ablation protocol doc.
• Observability: trace.jsonl spans per run (honestly derived timeline), niki audit compliance bundles.
• MCP Streamable-HTTP remote transport (JSON + SSE, session affinity).
• Onboarding: niki init alias, init --scan AGENTS.md drafter, .niki/rules/ binding conventions, per-provider model aliases, per-agent effort presets, actionable key errors, guided empty states.
• TUI unification: one status grammar, 100% theme-token production code, normalized headers, global page jumps in both event loops, palette fleet/session rows, empty-state triads.
• TUI motion system: primitives + caret blink, Done slide-in, notice slide-in, progress shimmer, modal pulse, verdict pulse — all reduced-motion gated (frames pixel-identical with the flag on).

Fixed

• GEMINI_API_KEY vs GOOGLE_API_KEY chat fallback miss.
• smoke/doctor pointed at nonexistent niki init (now a real alias).
• Unwired schemas/review_feedback.schema.json removed.
• backend = "podman" doc strings corrected (docker|worktree only).
• safety_proof.json scope documented as git-only (was overclaimed).
• Approval tool auto-approved everything; ask tool invented answers.
• [permissions] table silently dropped by config merge.
• MCP JsonRpcResponse never parsed (jsonrpc field rename bug).
• Dry-run empty branch refs; planner-skip metrics crash.
• Global key h/s/l dead-ends; blank session screen; $-0.00.

Changed

• safety_proof.json, spend-cap, and deny-list copy narrowed to match code.
• niki recommend static-pairings truth in docs (history-driven per-project observed spend added to the command itself).

Install niki 0.7.0

Install prebuilt binaries via shell script

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -LsSf https://github.com/RavaniRoshan/niki/releases/download/v0.7.0/niki-installer.sh | sh

Install prebuilt binaries via powershell script

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -c "irm https://github.com/RavaniRoshan/niki/releases/download/v0.7.0/niki-installer.ps1 | iex"

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