The AI Toolchain — issue -286, November 4, 2025

Autonomous coding agent as an SDK, IDE extension, or CLI assistant.

Cline v3.35.1 adds a redesigned Hooks UI, Hicap provider, Claude 4.5 Sonnet on SAP AI Core, and remote multi-provider config.

$ git clone --branch v3.35.1 https://github.com/cline/cline.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v3.35.1

• ›Redesigned Hooks UI with an overhauled visual interface for managing .clinerules/hooks/.
• ›Adds Hicap as a new AI provider integration.
• ›Adds Claude 4.5 Sonnet model support for the SAP AI Core provider.
• ›Enables remote config to configure multiple providers simultaneously.
• ›Adds global rules and workflows to the remote config schema.

Glamourous agentic coding for all

Crush v0.14.0 adds MCP Prompt template support and startup progress feedback on Ghostty/Windows Terminal.

$ git clone --branch v0.14.0 https://github.com/charmbracelet/crush.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.14.0

• ›Supports MCP stored prompts (templates): access via ctrl+p then the MCP tab in the command prompt.
• ›Shows a progress bar loading feedback during startup on Ghostty and Windows Terminal.

Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal

Codex CLI v0.54.0 adds Azure OpenAI proxy support, an improved compactor, and elapsed-time display after aborts.

$ git clone --branch rust-v0.54.0 https://github.com/openai/codex.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout rust-v0.54.0

• ›Adds options to responses-api-proxy to support Azure OpenAI endpoints.
• ›Introduces compactor v2 (feat: compactor 2) for improved conversation compaction, with a warning displayed on compact.
• ›Shows elapsed time in the TUI after aborting a request.
• ›Follows symlinks during file search.
• ›Parses Azure OpenAI rate-limit messages for clearer error reporting.

The open source coding agent.

OpenCode v1.0.21 adds scoped npm plugin support, /mcp alias, and disable_paste_summary setting.

$ git clone --branch v1.0.21 https://github.com/sst/opencode.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.0.21

$ /mcp

• ›Supports scoped npm packages as plugins (e.g., @org/plugin-name).
• ›Adds /mcp as an alias for the /status command.
• ›Honors the disable_paste_summary setting to suppress paste summaries.

$ git clone --branch v1.0.20 https://github.com/sst/opencode.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.0.20

$ echo $AGENT

$ git clone --branch v1.0.19 https://github.com/sst/opencode.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.0.19

$ opencode stats

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

gemini-cli v0.12.0 adds YOLO mode disable setting, extension aliases, sequential tool approval, and an executeCommand API endpoint.

$ git clone --branch v0.12.0 https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v0.12.0

• ›Adds a setting to disable YOLO mode, giving users control over autonomous tool execution.
• ›Adds an extension alias for the /extensions command for faster CLI access.
• ›Adds an executeCommand API endpoint with support for /extensions list.
• ›Supports requesting extension settings during install via extension settings.
• ›Implements sequential approval for tool execution, prompting confirmation one tool at a time.

PydanticAI v1.10.0 adds synchronous streaming via Agent.run_stream_sync, application/msword file detection, and OpenAIResponsesModel.base_url.

$ git clone --branch v1.10.0 https://github.com/pydantic/pydantic-ai.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v1.10.0

with agent.run_stream_sync('Summarise this document') as result:
    for text in result.stream_text():
        print(text, end='', flush=True)

• ›Adds Agent.run_stream_sync method and synchronous convenience methods on StreamedRunResult for consuming streamed agent runs without an async runtime.
• ›Implements OpenAIResponsesModel.base_url property, exposing the configured base URL on the responses model.
• ›Adds support for detecting and handling application/msword files as agent inputs.

Chroma 1.3.2 adds Qwen to the JavaScript embedding package list.

$ git clone --branch 1.3.2 https://github.com/chroma-core/chroma.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout 1.3.2

• ›Adds Qwen to the list of supported JS embedding packages.

Langfuse v3.126.0 adds tool call rendering in the trace UI and IdP-initiated SSO support.

$ git clone --branch v3.126.0 https://github.com/langfuse/langfuse.git
# already have the repo? check out this version:
$ git checkout v3.126.0

• ›Adds IdP-initiated SSO, allowing identity providers to initiate authentication flows directly.
• ›Renders tool calls in the trace UI, making LLM tool-use interactions visible in trace views.
• ›Displays IdP callback error messages on the sign-in page for clearer authentication failure feedback.