What’s New

ECC v1.8.0

v1.8.0

ECC v1.8.0 — Harness Performance & Cross-Platform Reliability

Added
  • Add /harness-audit command
  • Add /loop-start command
  • Add /loop-status command
  • Add /quality-gate command
  • Add /model-route command
  • Add model routing to NanoClaw v2
  • Add skill hot-load to NanoClaw v2
  • Add session branch/search/export/compact/metrics to NanoClaw v2
  • Add agent-harness-construction skill
  • Add agentic-engineering skill
  • Add ralphinho-rfc-pipeline skill
  • Add ai-first-engineering skill
  • Add enterprise-agent-ops skill
  • Add nanoclaw-repl skill
  • Add continuous-agent-loop skill
  • Add harness-optimizer agent
  • Add loop-operator agent
  • Add ECC_HOOK_PROFILE environment variable with minimal, standard, or strict options
  • Add ECC_DISABLED_HOOKS environment variable to disable comma-separated hook IDs
  • Add explicit hook controls for safer configuration
Changed
  • Tighten behavior parity across Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, and Codex for hooks, commands, and skill execution semantics
  • Add OpenCode command mirrors for new harness command set
  • Improve Codex config and docs alignment for app and CLI workflows
Fixed
  • Fix SessionStart root resolution with robust fallback when plugin root env is missing
  • Fix empty and partial session summary behavior by moving summary persistence to Stop lifecycle path
  • Replace fragile inline one-liner hook commands with dedicated scripts for safer cross-platform behavior
  • Improve Windows path handling for doc-warning and whitelist logic
  • Harden observer behavior for non-interactive environments to reduce hang risk
Deprecated
  • Retain autonomous-loops for compatibility but discontinue in favor of continuous-agent-loop as canonical skill name
ECC v1.8.0: Harness Performance Release

v1.8.0 shifts ECC from "config bundle" to a practical agent harness performance system: more reliable hooks, stronger eval/quality controls, and tighter parity across Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, and Codex (macOS app + CLI).

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What’s New
  • New harness commands
    • /harness-audit
    • /loop-start
    • /loop-status
    • /quality-gate
    • /model-route
  • NanoClaw v2 upgrades
    • Model routing
    • Skill hot-load
    • Session branch/search/export/compact/metrics
  • New harness skills and operators
    • agent-harness-construction
    • agentic-engineering
    • ralphinho-rfc-pipeline
    • ai-first-engineering
    • enterprise-agent-ops
    • nanoclaw-repl
    • continuous-agent-loop
  • New agents
    • harness-optimizer
    • loop-operator
Reliability and Hook Fixes
  • Fixed SessionStart root resolution (robust fallback when plugin root env is missing).
  • Fixed empty/partial session summary behavior by moving summary persistence to the Stop lifecycle path where transcript payload exists.
  • Added explicit hook controls:
    • ECC_HOOK_PROFILE=minimal|standard|strict
    • ECC_DISABLED_HOOKS=comma,separated,ids
  • Replaced fragile inline one-liner hook commands with dedicated scripts for safer cross-platform behavior.
  • Improved Windows path handling for doc-warning/whitelist logic.
  • Hardened observer behavior for non-interactive environments to reduce hang risk.
Cross-Harness Parity
  • Claude Code, Cursor, OpenCode, and Codex now share tighter behavior around hooks, commands, and skill execution semantics.
  • OpenCode command mirrors added for the new harness command set.
  • Codex config/docs alignment improved for both app and CLI workflows.
Compatibility Notes
  • autonomous-loops is retained for compatibility in this release.
  • continuous-agent-loop is now the canonical skill name.
Upgrade Path
  1. Pull latest and reinstall/update ECC.
  2. Run /harness-audit to baseline reliability and risk.
  3. Use /quality-gate . --strict on active repos.
  4. If needed, tune hooks with ECC_HOOK_PROFILE and ECC_DISABLED_HOOKS.
Credits
Supporting Docs
  • Release notes source: docs/releases/1.8.0/release-notes.md
  • Launch assets: docs/releases/1.8.0/
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