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Release v0.2.0 — Governance Foundation & Autonomous Pipeline

This release marks the first publicly coherent, architecturally stable, and constitutionally governed version of CORE.

It delivers the fully functional A1 autonomous development pipeline, the complete governance stack, and the modern directory structure.

1. Highlights

✔ Fully functional autonomous development (A1)

  • Crate pipeline: isolated, safe, auditable
  • Planner + Coder agents producing real code
  • Validation pipeline (Black, Ruff, syntax, tests)
  • Complete constitutional audit preventing unsafe integration
  • Manual review + acceptance workflow

✔ Modern directory architecture

src/
├── api/
├── body/
├── features/
├── mind/
├── services/
├── shared/
└── will/

✔ Governance layer online

  • .intent/ active as constitutional source of truth
  • policy loader + resolver stable
  • capability domains functional
  • audit coverage > 85 checks

✔ Knowledge Graph operational

  • symbol indexing
  • capability extraction
  • vectorization service
  • drift and similarity analysis

✔ CLI coherence

  • core-admin develop feature
  • core-admin check audit
  • core-admin fix ...
  • core-admin manage ...

All commands reflect the modern architecture.

2. Major Changes

2.1. New Crate Pipeline

A complete overhaul introducing:

  • deterministic crate layout
  • intent.json metadata
  • full validation artifacts
  • audit reporting

2.2. Revised Audit Engine

  • strict file header rules
  • domain placement validation
  • import rule enforcement
  • unverified write prevention
  • refactor safety checks

2.3. Knowledge Sync Pipeline

Unified:

  • index → symbols → capabilities → embeddings

Located under:

src/features/introspection/

2.4. New LLM Client Architecture

Includes:

  • provider registry
  • orchestrator
  • streaming-safe execution
  • secrets integration

3. Breaking Changes

❗ Directory structure changed

Older paths such as src/core/ or src/agents/ are no longer valid.

❗ Daemon-based experimental flows removed

Autonomous background processing has been replaced by on-demand CLI workflows.

❗ Legacy audit code removed

All old checks replaced with the unified governance system.

❗ Manifest format updated

Capability and symbol manifests are now unified under .intent/.

4. Migration Guide

Step 1 — Clean working copy

Remove any old directories:

rm -rf src/core src/agents src/legacy

Step 2 — Update dependencies

poetry install

Step 3 — Sync knowledge

poetry run core-admin manage database sync-knowledge

Step 4 — Run audit

poetry run core-admin check audit

5. New Capabilities

5.1. Drift Detection

  • identifies outdated symbols
  • surfaces inconsistent capability annotations

5.2. Similarity Analysis

  • finds problematic duplication
  • aids refactoring in future A3

5.3. Context Builder

  • consolidates all inputs for agents
  • includes rule bundles
  • deterministic and reproducible

6. Developer Experience Improvements

  • meaningful error messages
  • structured audit output
  • improved CLI help
  • simplified test setup

7. Roadmap After v0.2.0

Phase 1.5 (Hardening)

  • stronger boundaries
  • better planner constraints
  • improved drift checks

Phase 2 (Intent-Aware Agents)

  • rule-driven planning
  • domain-aware generation

Phase 3 (Governed Refactoring)

  • safe automated refactor suggestions
  • deeper Knowledge Graph integration

8. Release Summary

v0.2.0 establishes:

  • the first stable, safe autonomous pipeline,
  • a fully governed constitution,
  • modern architecture,
  • solid foundations for future autonomy.

It is the release where CORE becomes a real autonomous development framework, not a prototype — and the starting point for its evolution toward A2 and A3.