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Summary

This release focuses heavily on model integration and performance, introducing support for Claude Sonnet/Opus 4.6, z.ai, and enabling ai-sdk integration for providers like xai and deepseek. Key enhancements include turn-level prompt caching and background execution for bash tools. Several security fixes were also implemented, including resolving minimatch vulnerabilities and adding checks to the file creation tool.

New Features

  • Enabled background execution for bash tool commands.
  • Introduced turn-level prompt caching for improved response times.
  • Integrated support for Claude Sonnet and Opus 4.6 models.
  • Added support for z.ai models.
  • Enabled integration of the ai-sdk provider.
  • Added pre-install suggestions via CLI in devbox blueprints.
  • Enabled AI SDK usage via an environment variable.
  • Added ai-sdk support for xai and deepseek models.
  • Introduced quiz answers functionality in the CLI.
  • Enabled checking for background job permissions by default.
  • Added a hooks system for CLI event interception.
  • Added 5 new agent checks derived from codebase history.
  • Added an alias for /title, allowing use of /rename.
  • Documented the check CLI for running checks locally.

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 using Node 22/24.

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.
  • Removed the beta release workflow.
  • Updated documentation URLs for extensions.

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