The AI Toolchain — issue -173, February 25, 2026

Agno v2.5.5 adds real-time Slack streaming, per-bot credentials, and image generation to ModelsLabTools.

$ git clone --branch v2.5.5 https://github.com/agno-agi/agno.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v2.5.5

• ›Adds token and signing_secret per Slack instance, enabling multiple independent bots to run on the same server.
• ›Extends ModelsLabTools to support image generation (PNG/JPG) via ModelsLab's text-to-image API, completing the full ModelsLab media suite.
• ›Slack interface now streams responses in real-time with live progress cards for tool calls, reasoning, and workflow steps.

Your own personal AI assistant. Any OS.

OpenClaw v2026.2.24 adds multilingual stop keywords, native Android onboarding, ElevenLabs gateway config, and a multi-user security heuristic.

$ git clone --branch v2026.2.24 https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v2026.2.24

• ›Adds multilingual auto-reply stop keywords (ES/FR/ZH/HI/AR/JP/DE/PT/RU) plus trailing-punctuation tolerance and exact do not do that as a stop trigger.
• ›Ships a native four-step Android onboarding flow and a five-tab shell (Connect, Chat, Voice, Screen, Settings) with a full Connect setup/manual mode screen.
• ›Adds provider-agnostic Talk configuration with legacy compatibility and exposes ElevenLabs gateway Talk config metadata for setup/status surfaces.
• ›Introduces security.trust_model.multi_user_heuristic to flag likely shared-user ingress, with hardening guidance for multi-user deployments (sandbox.mode="all", workspace-scoped FS, reduced tool surface).

browser-use 0.11.13 adds automatic CAPTCHA solving, WebSocket reconnection, and a save-as-PDF agent action

$ git clone --branch 0.11.13 https://github.com/browser-use/browser-use.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout 0.11.13

• ›Adds save_as_pdf agent action for CDP-based page-to-PDF export, enabling agents to save the current page as a PDF.
• ›Adds automatic CAPTCHA solver handling via a CAPTCHA watchdog, allowing agents to proceed through CAPTCHA challenges without manual intervention.
• ›Adds WebSocket reconnection support for remote browser CDP connections, improving resilience when connections drop.
• ›Adds timeouts to browser connects and waits to prevent indefinite hangs during browser setup.

GitHub Copilot CLI v0.0.417 adds a /research command for deep research with exportable reports.

$ git clone --branch v0.0.417 https://github.com/github/copilot-cli.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.0.417

$ /research How do supply-chain attacks target npm packages?

• ›Adds /research command for deep research with exportable reports.
• ›Plugin skills and commands now load from custom paths declared in plugin.json.
• ›Plugin agents and skills are available immediately after install without restarting.

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

Codex CLI v0.105.0 adds syntax-highlighted diffs, voice dictation, multi-agent fan-out from CSV, new TUI commands, and granular approval controls.

$ git clone --branch rust-v0.105.0 https://github.com/openai/codex.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout rust-v0.105.0

# In your Codex config file (e.g. ~/.codex/config.toml)
[features]
voice_transcription = true

• ›Adds syntax highlighting for fenced code blocks and diffs in the TUI, plus a /theme picker with live preview and theme-aware diff colors for light and dark terminals.
• ›Enables voice dictation in the TUI: hold spacebar to record and transcribe a prompt directly (enable with features.voice_transcription = true in config).
• ›New spawn_agents_on_csv capability fans out multi-agent work from a CSV file with built-in progress and ETA tracking.
• ›Sub-agents now support nicknames, a cleaner picker UI, and visible child-thread approval prompts for easier multi-agent tracking.
• ›New /copy TUI command copies the latest complete assistant reply to the clipboard.

The open source coding agent.

OpenCode v1.2.14 adds a message delete endpoint to the core API.

$ git clone --branch v1.2.14 https://github.com/sst/opencode.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.2.14

• ›New message delete endpoint in the core API enables programmatic deletion of messages.

Zed v0.225.9 adds agent panel persistence, thinking effort controls, allow_extended_context for Bedrock 1M windows, mermaid preview, and document_symbols in breadcrumbs.

$ git clone --branch v0.225.9 https://github.com/zed-industries/zed.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.225.9

{
  "disable_ai": true
}

{
  "language_models": {
    "bedrock": {
      "allow_extended_context": true
    }
  }
}

{
  "languages": {
    "TypeScript": {
      "document_symbols": "on"
    }
  }
}

• ›Adds allow_extended_context to Bedrock settings to enable 1M context windows on supported models.
• ›Adds disable_ai project setting in .zed/settings.json to disable AI for a specific project.
• ›Adds "document_symbols": "on" language setting to include LSP document symbols in breadcrumbs and outline UI.
• ›Adds workspace::CloseItemInAllPanes action to close a file across all open panes.
• ›Adds {a,b} glob syntax support in project search include/exclude filters.

An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

gemini-cli v0.30.0 adds a --policy flag, Ctrl-Z suspension, tool output masking, multi-line ask-user input, strict seatbelt profiles, and an initial SDK package.

$ git clone --branch v0.30.0 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.30.0

$ gemini --policy ./my-policy.json

$ # Press Ctrl-Z inside an active gemini-cli session to suspend it
# Then resume with:
fg

• ›Adds --policy flag for user-defined tool policies, replacing --allowed-tools and excludeTools.
• ›Enables tool output masking by default to reduce sensitive data exposure in tool responses.
• ›Supports multi-line text answers in the ask-user tool for richer interactive prompts.
• ›Adds Ctrl-Z process suspension support for pausing and backgrounding the CLI.
• ›Introduces strict seatbelt profiles for tighter sandbox enforcement.

llama.cpp server gains multi-modal prompt caching support

$ git clone --branch b8153 https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout b8153

• ›Enables multi-modal prompt caching in the server, allowing image and other non-text prompt prefixes to be cached and reused across requests.

$ git clone --branch b8152 https://github.com/ggml-org/llama.cpp.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout b8152

vLLM v0.16.0 adds a WebSocket Realtime API, native NCCL weight-sync for RLHF, unified parallel speculative decoding, and major XPU/ARM/NVIDIA kernel expansions.

$ git clone --branch v0.16.0 https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.16.0

$ vllm serve meta-llama/Llama-3-8B --disable-access-log-for-endpoints

$ vllm serve bartowski/Meta-Llama-3-8B-Instruct-GGUF:Q4_K_M

• ›Adds --disable-access-log-for-endpoints CLI flag to suppress access logging for specific endpoints.
• ›Adds GGUF repo_id:quant_type syntax for selecting quantization variants when loading GGUF models.
• ›Adds nested config support in YAML files for vLLM server configuration.
• ›Adds FlashInfer autotune control flag (#34006) to manage FlashInfer autotuning behavior at runtime.
• ›Adds native NCCL-based weight syncing API for RLHF workflows, enabling direct weight updates between training and inference engines without third-party communication layers.

LanceDB python-v0.30.0-beta.2 adds parallel local inserts and a type-safe Rust expression builder API for query filters.

$ git clone --branch python-v0.30.0-beta.2 https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout python-v0.30.0-beta.2

• ›Adds an expression builder API in the Rust client for constructing type-safe query filters programmatically.
• ›Enables parallel inserts for local tables, improving write throughput for local LanceDB deployments.
• ›Upgrades the Node.js bindings from napi-rs v2 to v3.
• ›Hooks up a new writer backend for insert operations.

$ git clone --branch v0.27.0-beta.2 https://github.com/lancedb/lancedb.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.27.0-beta.2