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Summary

This release focuses heavily on model integration and stability, introducing support for Claude Sonnet/Opus 4.6, z.ai, and enabling ai-sdk for XAI and Deepseek. Key new capabilities include background execution for bash tools and a new hooks system for CLI event interception. Numerous fixes address API error handling, security vulnerabilities (including path traversal), and improve the reliability of publishing workflows.

New Features

  • Enabled background execution for bash tool commands.
  • Introduced support for Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6 models.
  • Integrated the ai-sdk provider for model connectivity.
  • Added support for z.ai models.
  • Enabled pre-install suggestions within devbox blueprints via CLI.
  • Added turn-level prompt caching for improved performance.
  • Enabled ai-sdk support for xai and deepseek models.
  • Added quiz answers functionality to the CLI.
  • Allowed background job permission checks by default.
  • Introduced a hooks system for CLI event interception.
  • Added 5 new agent checks derived from codebase history.
  • Added an alias for /title, allowing usage of /rename.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed detection of embedded 429 (Too Many Requests) errors from Gemini/VertexAI APIs.
  • Fixed calculation of cache hit rate and corrected Vercel stream tool call handling.
  • Fixed security vulnerability (CWE-22) by adding a security check to the createNewFile tool.
  • Fixed duplicate predefined tools appearing in the dynamic tools system message.
  • Fixed configuration not refreshing when creating a new assistant file.
  • Fixed handling of spaces in filepaths for JetBrains autocomplete functionality.
  • Fixed resolution of file paths starting with a dot in the ls tool.
  • Fixed displaying the diff line when instantly applying changes in JetBrains extensions.
  • Fixed showing the 'create new assistant' option in the CLI when the user is logged in.
  • Resolved high severity minimatch vulnerabilities through dependency upgrades.
  • Fixed npm OIDC publishing issues by restoring registry-url, clearing tokens, and updating Node versions.

Improvements

  • Simplified the quickstart guide documentation to point to continue.dev/check.
  • Added PostHog metrics and live API tests alongside prompt caching.
  • Added conversation message caching specifically for AnthropicApi.
  • Added cache token data to PostHog telemetry events.
  • Removed directory structure information from the system prompt to potentially improve context usage.
  • Documented the check CLI for running checks locally.
  • Updated documentation URLs for extensions readmes.

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