Changelog

Version 1.1.1 (2026-04-01)

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed agent card elapsed time continuing to increment after agent completion.
  • Fixed tooltips not showing in dashboard buttons.
  • Fixed editor freezing when deleting items from the executable list in agent preferences.
  • Fixed Auto Layout constraint bugs in the agent preferences editor.

Enhancements

  • Optimized memory system usage with improved embedding service and maintenance routines.
  • Rearranged conversation history context menu items to a more logical ordering.
  • Adjusted premium tool assignments.

Version 1.1.0 (2026-03-28)

Major New Features

  • Autonomous AI Agents — Event-driven agents that monitor your system and respond to file changes, clipboard activity, timers, calendar events, network changes, and more. Agents run headless AI sessions with configurable action policies (notify only, ask first, act silently, or act and notify). Includes a dedicated Agent Panel for monitoring and control.
  • iOS Companion App — Remote access to your conversations from iPhone and iPad via a WebSocket relay service. Includes onboarding flow, QR code license scanning, demo mode, and remote agent management.
  • MCP Server — Cogitae now hosts an embedded Model Context Protocol server, exposing all tools, conversations as resources, and prompts to other AI applications on your machine.
  • Memory System — Long-term memory with semantic search, automatic extraction from conversations, trust scoring, decay management, and a Memory Admin tool. Memories are injected into prompts when relevant.
  • Local AI with MLX — Run models locally on Apple Silicon using the MLX framework. Includes a model downloader from Hugging Face with size estimation, model swapping, and in-process inference with no external dependencies.
  • Spotlight-Style Launcher — A global hotkey activates a system-wide launcher for quick access to Cogitae from anywhere, with inline text triggers and voice input.
  • Plugin System — Seven bundled plugins: AppleScript, Embeddings, Image Generation, Maintenance (23 system tools), Plugin Builder, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. Plugins are built on the CogitaePluginSDK framework.
  • App Intents — Siri and Shortcuts integration for controlling Cogitae from outside the app.

New AI Providers

  • DeepSeek
  • OpenRouter
  • xAI image editing support

New Tools

  • Sherlock — Investigation and research tool with programmatic fan-out for deep analysis.
  • Patton — Security assessment agent with recon-driven threat discovery.
  • Caesar — Sub-agent coordinator for spawning and managing independent AI sub-tasks.
  • Hippodamus — Planning tool with save/load support for persistent plans.
  • Davinci — Innovation and creative problem-solving tool.
  • Newton — Research and scientific analysis tool.
  • Aristotle — Deep exploration and analysis with domain-specific disciplines.
  • Socrates — Critical review and Socratic questioning tool.
  • Dashboard — Visual dashboard panels for presenting structured results.
  • Clipboard — Read and write system clipboard contents.
  • Screenshot — Capture screen contents for visual analysis.
  • Random — Random number, float, and pick generation.
  • Read — Direct file content display as visible Note messages.
  • Memory Admin — Manage, search, and maintain the memory system.
  • SSH — Remote filesystem access and command execution over SSH.
  • Batch Read — Concurrent multi-file reading in a single tool call.
  • Tool Optimizer — Dynamically adjusts available tools based on conversation context.

Enhancements

  • Added extended thinking support for Claude Opus.
  • Added web search support for Anthropic provider.
  • Added structured JSON output support.
  • Added image URL support in conversations.
  • Added Google-specific API features including context caching.
  • Added Table of Contents sidebar with collapsible sections and interactive graph view.
  • Added bookmark navigator with fuzzy search and custom icons.
  • Added prompt template system for saving and reusing conversation setups.
  • Added auto-continuation when context fills up during long tasks.
  • Added token and cost tracking per conversation with per-provider pricing.
  • Added hide-from-LLM toggle to exclude specific message pairs from AI context.
  • Added pinch-to-zoom in conversation graph view.
  • Added message type indicators showing the kind of each message.
  • Added inline expand/collapse animations in editors.
  • Added swipe-to-delete across all list views (conversations, bookmarks, agents, etc.).
  • Added drag-and-drop import/export for agents and MCP server configurations.
  • Added per-tool timeout settings.
  • Added per-agent reasoning effort control for sub-agents.
  • Added composable prompt fragment system with built-in presets.
  • Added conversation summaries that update dynamically.
  • Added copy-to-clipboard in conversation history context menu.
  • Added configurable network connectivity during system sleep.
  • Added Mermaid diagram dark mode support for printing and export.
  • Refined Preferences UI across all panels for consistency.
  • Improved branch navigation and tree-structured conversation management.

Security

  • Sandboxed application with security-scoped bookmark inheritance.
  • Added executable security verification for tool execution.
  • Added SSRF protection for web fetch and image rendering.
  • Added secret detection dialog when unrecognized secrets are found.
  • Added global workspaces with drag-and-drop in Security preferences.
  • Google API key moved from URL query parameter to request header.
  • Relay authentication token moved from URL query parameter to Authorization header.
  • Secrets are now redacted in query lifecycle logging before persistence.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed inline LaTeX parser misinterpreting currency symbols (e.g. “$3.00 of your $10”) as math expressions.
  • Fixed race condition in continuation tool execution.
  • Fixed security-scoped bookmark access for workspace files.
  • Fixed conversation branching, reparenting, and deletion preserving child messages.
  • Fixed chat scroll sticking and bouncing issues.
  • Fixed multiple AI responses when continuing a conversation.
  • Fixed agent panels losing content after sub-agent completion.
  • Fixed token counting to correctly sum input tokens and prefer per-model pricing.
  • Fixed cache token double-counting in cost calculations.
  • Fixed duplicate dashboard panels stacking on repeated tool calls.
  • Fixed CoreText crash in markdown rendering.
  • Fixed AI provider editor removal race condition.
  • Fixed continuation instruction messages not laying out properly.
  • Fixed ChatHistory window display issues.
  • Fixed scheduled agents not firing during system sleep or App Nap.
  • Fixed various sandbox-related path issues for home directory access.
  • Fixed transient provider error retries with exponential backoff.
  • Fixed status bar token count to include both prompt and completion tokens.

New Plugins

  • Embeddings Plugin — Local semantic embeddings using Natural Language framework.
  • Image Generation Plugin — AI image generation with xAI editing support.
  • Maintenance Plugin — 23 system maintenance and cleanup tools.
  • Plugin Builder Plugin — Create new plugins from within Cogitae.
  • PostgreSQL Plugin — Direct PostgreSQL database access.
  • SQLite Plugin — SQLite database browsing and querying.
  • AppleScript Plugin — Execute AppleScript automation from AI tools.

Version 1.0.2 (2026-02-06)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix tool settings not appearing dynamically when a tool is installed
  • Fix UI shifts when changing App Mode: changes take effect on restart
  • Fix images silently dropped when using Anthropic or Gemini providers (Anthropic: native base64 format with URL support; Gemini: inline_data in native format)
  • Fix MCP paste JSON panel text invisible (text view sizing issue)
  • Fix MCP server discovery failing silently after successful connection (Accept header, initialized notification, Mcp-Session-Id header)
  • Fix MCP tool list not updating in chat after server discovery
  • Fix MCP server preferences showing stale tool counts after save
  • Fix MCP resources/prompts UI not appearing
  • Fix tables truncating text

Enhancements

  • Handles long plugin descriptions more gracefully in Plugins Preferences
  • Remove “META” tagging for meta messages
  • Claude Opus 4.6 support (adaptive thinking, effort parameter, 128K output, pause_turn, interleaved thinking)
  • Anthropic web search (domain filtering, citations, status bar updates)
  • Structured outputs (strict tool use, JSON schema output mode for Anthropic/OpenAI/Grok)

Non-functional Changes

  • Added note about summarization backend setting

New Plugins

  • Maintenance Toolkit — cleanup tools for deleted app artifacts, duplicates, etc.

Version 1.0.1 (2026-02-04)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix growing input field padding
  • Fix plugin parameters not persisting

Enhancements

  • Added About panel in preferences

Non-functional Changes

  • Updated copyright date

Version 1.0.0 (2026-02-01)

Initial release

Last updated April 1, 2026