Prepare 0.5.0 package releases

Author: jayscambler

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.0] - 2026-05-01
+
 ### Added
 
 - Python and TypeScript `autoctx solve` now accept the plain-language goal as a positional argument while keeping `--description` as a named option.
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 - Python installed `autoctx` no longer crashes on no-args startup when packaged banner assets are missing.
 
+### Changed
+
+- Python `autocontext` and TypeScript `autoctx` package metadata are bumped to `0.5.0`.
+- Pi `pi-autocontext` package metadata is bumped to `0.2.4`, and its `autoctx` dependency range accepts both the current `0.4.9` package and the upcoming `0.5.0` npm line.
+
 ## [0.4.9] - 2026-04-30
 
 ### Fixed
@@ -335,7 +342,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 - FastAPI dashboard with WebSocket events.
 - CLI via Typer (Python) and `parseArgs` (TypeScript).
 
-[Unreleased]: https://github.com/greyhaven-ai/autocontext/compare/py-v0.4.9...HEAD
+[Unreleased]: https://github.com/greyhaven-ai/autocontext/compare/py-v0.5.0...HEAD
+[0.5.0]: https://github.com/greyhaven-ai/autocontext/compare/py-v0.4.9...py-v0.5.0
 [0.4.9]: https://github.com/greyhaven-ai/autocontext/compare/py-v0.4.8...py-v0.4.9
 [0.4.8]: https://github.com/greyhaven-ai/autocontext/compare/py-v0.4.7...py-v0.4.8
 [0.4.7]: https://github.com/greyhaven-ai/autocontext/compare/py-v0.4.6...py-v0.4.7

README.md

@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ Autocontext is a harness. You point it at a goal in plain language. It iterates
 The fastest path uses our **Pi runtime**, a local coding agent that handles its own auth. No API key plumbing, no provider config: install Pi, install autocontext, point one at the other.
 
 ```bash
-uv tool install autocontext==0.4.9
+uv tool install autocontext==0.5.0
 
 AUTOCONTEXT_AGENT_PROVIDER=pi \
 AUTOCONTEXT_PI_COMMAND=pi \
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Pi runs locally as a subprocess and emits live traces back into the harness. For
 Prefer TypeScript? Same surface, same command:
 
 ```bash
-bun add -g autoctx@0.4.9
+bun add -g autoctx@0.5.0
 AUTOCONTEXT_AGENT_PROVIDER=pi bunx autoctx solve \
   "improve customer-support replies for billing disputes" \
   --iterations 5 --json
@@ -205,14 +205,12 @@ uv run autoctx train --scenario support_triage --data training/billing.jsonl --t
 ```
 
 <!-- autocontext-whats-new:start -->
-## What's New in 0.4.9
-
-- **Pi-shaped scenario hardening** keeps schema-evolution simulations from persisting empty mutation plans and improves recovery from Pi-style JSON wrappers.
-- **Budgeted Pi/Pi-RPC role calls** now report effective bounded timeouts and clean up one-shot persistent clients after use.
-- **RLM convergence guards** capture explicit final-answer tags, cautious closure cues, and repeated silent no-progress cases without stealing normal inspection turns.
-- **Rubric drift monitoring** now catches within-generation mean-versus-best compression and slower dimension decline.
-- **Task-like solve lifecycle metadata** separates persisted generations from improvement rounds for hook consumers.
-- **Pi extension release alignment** keeps `pi-autocontext` one package behind `autoctx` while publishing the next extension patch.
+## What's New in 0.5.0
+
+- **Plain-language CLI continuity** lets Python and TypeScript callers use positional goals/scenarios, `--iterations`, and run-scoped exports while preserving the existing flag forms.
+- **Hermes Agent integration** adds read-only Hermes v0.12 inspection plus an exportable CLI-first `autocontext` skill for Hermes agents.
+- **Packaged CLI startup** no longer crashes when installed without banner assets.
+- **Release alignment** bumps Python `autocontext` and npm `autoctx` to `0.5.0`, with `pi-autocontext` moving to `0.2.4` on its own lower-numbered line.
 <!-- autocontext-whats-new:end -->
 
 ## Choose Your Package
@@ -227,11 +225,11 @@ uv run autoctx train --scenario support_triage --data training/billing.jsonl --t
 
 ```bash
 # Python: library or CLI tool
-uv pip install autocontext==0.4.9
-uv tool install autocontext==0.4.9
+uv pip install autocontext==0.5.0
+uv tool install autocontext==0.5.0
 
 # TypeScript
-bun add -g autoctx@0.4.9
+bun add -g autoctx@0.5.0
 
 # Pi extension
 pi install npm:pi-autocontext

autocontext/README.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ The intended use is to hand the harness a real task in plain language, let it so
 pip install autocontext
 ```
 
-The current PyPI release line is `autocontext==0.4.9`.
+The current PyPI release line is `autocontext==0.5.0`.
 The PyPI package name is now `autocontext`. The CLI entrypoint remains `autoctx`.
 
 ## Working Directory

autocontext/assets/whats_new.txt

@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-**Pi-shaped scenario hardening** keeps schema-evolution simulations from persisting empty mutation plans and improves recovery from Pi-style JSON wrappers.
-**Budgeted Pi/Pi-RPC role calls** now report effective bounded timeouts and clean up one-shot persistent clients after use.
-**RLM convergence guards** capture explicit final-answer tags, cautious closure cues, and repeated silent no-progress cases without stealing normal inspection turns.
-**Rubric drift monitoring** now catches within-generation mean-versus-best compression and slower dimension decline.
-**Task-like solve lifecycle metadata** separates persisted generations from improvement rounds for hook consumers.
-**Pi extension release alignment** keeps `pi-autocontext` one package behind `autoctx` while publishing the next extension patch.
+**Plain-language CLI continuity** lets Python and TypeScript callers use positional goals/scenarios, `--iterations`, and run-scoped exports while preserving the existing flag forms.
+**Hermes Agent integration** adds read-only Hermes v0.12 inspection plus an exportable CLI-first `autocontext` skill for Hermes agents.
+**Packaged CLI startup** no longer crashes when installed without banner assets.
+**Release alignment** bumps Python `autocontext` and npm `autoctx` to `0.5.0`, with `pi-autocontext` moving to `0.2.4` on its own lower-numbered line.

autocontext/pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "autocontext"
-version = "0.4.9"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "autocontext control plane for iterative strategy evolution."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "Apache-2.0" }

autocontext/src/autocontext/__init__.py

@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@
 
 __all__ = ["AutoContext", "ExtensionAPI", "HookBus", "HookEvents", "HookResult", "__version__"]
 
-__version__ = "0.4.9"
+__version__ = "0.5.0"

autocontext/src/autocontext/banner.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 SYNC_BLOCK_END = "<!-- autocontext-readme-hero:end -->"
 WHATS_NEW_BLOCK_START = "<!-- autocontext-whats-new:start -->"
 WHATS_NEW_BLOCK_END = "<!-- autocontext-whats-new:end -->"
-README_WHATS_NEW_HEADING = "What's New in 0.4.9"
+README_WHATS_NEW_HEADING = "What's New in 0.5.0"
 FALLBACK_BANNER_ART = "autocontext"
 README_BADGES = (
     (

autocontext/uv.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "pi-autocontext",
-  "version": "0.2.3",
+  "version": "0.2.4",
   "description": "autocontext extension for Pi coding agent \u2014 iterative strategy generation, LLM judging, and evaluation tools",
   "type": "module",
   "keywords": ["pi-package", "pi", "pi-extension", "autocontext", "autoctx", "evaluation", "llm", "judging"],
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "@sinclair/typebox": "*"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "autoctx": "^0.4.8"
+    "autoctx": "^0.4.9 || ^0.5.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@sinclair/typebox": "^0.34.0",