Backfill issue -267 — The AI Toolchain

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AI & LLM Tooling

◆ AI Coding Agents

Alibaba Qwen Code

v0.3.0-nightly.20251123.c9af7481 NOTES

Qwen Code v0.3.0-nightly adds stream-json I/O format and internationalization support for UI and LLM output.

└──▷ GET THIS VERSION

$ git clone --branch v0.3.0-nightly.20251123.c9af7481 https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.3.0-nightly.20251123.c9af7481

└──▷ TRY IT

Pipe structured prompts into Qwen Code headlessly and receive streaming JSON responses for integration into automated pipelines.

$ qwen-code --input-format stream-json --output-format stream-json

›Adds stream-json as a supported value for --input-format and --output-format flags, enabling programmatic (headless) use of the CLI via streaming JSON.
›Adds internationalization (i18n) support for UI labels and LLM output.

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Google gemini-cli

v0.19.0-nightly.20251123.dadd606c0 NOTES

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

gemini-cli v0.19.0-nightly adds BaseLlmClient.generateContent and disables alternate buffer mode by default.

└──▷ GET THIS VERSION

$ git clone --branch v0.19.0-nightly.20251123.dadd606c0 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.19.0-nightly.20251123.dadd606c0

›Adds BaseLlmClient.generateContent method to the core LLM client interface.
›Disables alternate buffer mode by default for a more standard terminal experience.

└──▷ BREAKING ON UPGRADE

!Alternate buffer mode is now off by default, which changes terminal rendering behavior for users who relied on the previous default.

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◆ AI Agent Frameworks

holmesgpt

0.16.3 NOTES

SRE Agent - CNCF Sandbox Project

HolmesGPT 0.16.3 adds ServiceNow and OpenShift toolsets, streamable-HTTP MCP support, and Loki improvements.

└──▷ GET THIS VERSION

$ git clone --branch 0.16.3 https://github.com/HolmesGPT/holmesgpt.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout 0.16.3

└──▷ TRY IT

Cap how many tokens a single tool can consume from the context window, useful when running against models with tight context limits.

$ export TOOL_MAX_ALLOCATED_CONTEXT_WINDOW_TOKENS=8000
holmes ask 'Why is my payment-service pod crash-looping?'

›Adds TOOL_MAX_ALLOCATED_CONTEXT_WINDOW_TOKENS environment variable to control the maximum context window tokens allocated per tool.
›New ServiceNow toolset for querying and interacting with ServiceNow from within HolmesGPT investigations.
›New OpenShift toolset enabling use of oc commands during AI-driven investigations.
›Adds streamable-HTTP transport support for MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations.
›Supports custom GitHub Enterprise URLs, allowing users on GitHub Enterprise to point HolmesGPT at their own instance.

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›Improved Loki toolset with expanded log querying capabilities.
›Improved KRR (Kubernetes Resource Recommender) tool integration.

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The AI Toolchain · curated daily · November 23, 2025
Releases & features from the open-source and commercial AI tools that practitioners actually run.

The AI Toolchain — issue -267, November 23, 2025

Alibaba Qwen Code

Google gemini-cli

holmesgpt