Release v0.48.0

[wladimiiir]

Highlights

🌐 Expanded Provider Support: LiteLLM, Synthetic, & OpenCode ZEN

We are continuing to broaden your choice of LLMs with direct support for three new providers:

• LiteLLM: A huge thank you to @jutaz for contributing this integration, allowing for even more flexible model routing.
• Synthetic Provider: Access a new range of powerful models directly.
• OpenCode ZEN: Take advantage of their free models currently available for a limited time!

⚡ Z.AI One-Click MCP Setup

For users on the Z.AI Coding Plan, we've made it incredibly easy to supercharge your agent. You can now set up Z.AI's specialized MCP servers (including Vision for images and Web Search for web results) with a single click directly from the provider settings.

📺 Real-time Bash Tool Streaming

No more waiting in the dark! The bash power tool now supports live output streaming. If your agent is running a long-duration script or a complex build command, you can see the terminal output in real-time as it happens, making it much easier to monitor progress.

🌳 Professional Worktree & Task Management

We've added several features to make working with Git worktrees and complex tasks even smoother:

• Worktree Symlinks: You can now configure folders (like node_modules or vendor) to be automatically symlinked into your worktrees via Settings -> Tasks -> Worktree. This ensures your agent has access to all dependencies without duplicating data.
• Enhanced Sidebar Visibility: A new worktree icon appears on task items in the sidebar, so you can immediately see which tasks are running in isolated environments.
• Manual State Control: You can now manually override a task's state via a new "Change State" submenu in the task context menu.
• Task Info Command: Use the new /task-info command to see detailed metadata about your current task, with quick options to copy the path or open the worktree folder.

🛠️ Smart MCP Placeholders

To provide better control over MCP server configurations, we've refined our directory placeholders:

• ${taskDir}: Points to the current working directory (either the project root or the specific worktree directory).
• ${projectDir}: Now always points to the main project root, even when working inside a worktree.

Other Changes

• Performance: Optimized performance when switching between different tasks and projects.
• Agent Creator Skill: Added a new agent-creator skill to help you design and create custom agent profiles via interactive Q&A. Just copy the folder into ~/.aider-desk/skills/ folder and ask agent that has access to the skills to help you create a specific agent.
• UI Enhancements: Added missing menu actions to the last user message, added a favicon to the browser client, and updated the empty task message.
• Task Configuration: Added an option to hide task state actions for a cleaner sidebar experience.
• Power Tool Fixes: Power tools now properly resolve the ~ character to the user's HOME directory path.
• Platform Fixes: Improved copy-paste handling for MacOS and mobile devices, and fixed Markdown export functionality in browser environments.
• Aider Integration: Properly setting default max_output_tokens in Aider modes and respecting compacting thresholds when updated within a task.
• Context & Memory: Removed a duplicate AGENTS.md entry from the system prompt knowledge section and improved the retrieve_memories tool description for better LLM utilization.
• Defaults: Agent mode is now set as the default for all new projects.

💡 We’d love to hear your thoughts! Your feedback helps us improve AiderDesk - feel free to share any suggestions or issues. Happy coding! 🚀

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