Changelog

Every released version of Cody Product Builder, newest first. For the complete release notes (features, enhancements, bug fixes, and other notes) see release-notes.md in the GitHub repository.

v2.2.0 · Best Practices (2026-06-12)

Adds a project-level Best Practices record: a best-practices/ folder holding project-best-practices.md, the project’s living, categorized set of build learnings. Cody reads it when generating a design, starting a patch, during implementation, and on :cody refresh, and updates it after every version or patch (or on demand). Kept deliberately lean: contradicted rules are changed or removed, not appended.

v2.1.0 · Standards Compliance (2026-05-19)

Brings the skill into compliance with the agentskills.io specification and the Cody Skill Framework. Moves version into metadata.version, renames templates/ to assets/, and adds a deterministic Python config resolver script.

v2.0.0 · Migrate to Agent Skill (2026-05-18)

Migrates to the Agent Skill open standard. Cody is now a single, self-contained skill folder with SKILL.md at the root; the old .cody/ framework and per-IDE activation files are removed.

v1.11.0 · Prototype Command (2026-05-18)

Adds the standalone :cody prototype command for throwaway, interactive prototypes that test an idea, independent of the Plan and Build phases.

v1.10.0 · Configurable Release Notes Path (2026-03-20)

Lets users choose where release-notes.md lives (build folder, project root, or a custom path), stored as releaseNotesPath in cody.json.

v1.9.0 · Configurable Project Path (2026-03-19)

Replaces the hardcoded cody-projects/product-builder/ output path with a user-configurable project path. Introduces the root-level cody.json (replacing the per-project project.json) and migrates legacy projects automatically.

v1.8.0 · Agent Optimization (2026-03-17)

Optimizes the agent for progressive disclosure: slims agent.md from 102 to 53 lines, extracts shared content into a new references/ folder, and removes pre-loading of all command files on activation.

v1.7.3 · Activation Restructure (Patch) (2026-03-17)

Renames IDE activation command files to cody-product-builder (slash command is now /cody-product-builder) and moves .claude/, .cursor/, .github/ into a new activations/ folder.

v1.7.2 · Consolidate Ideas Into Backlog (Patch) (2026-03-15)

Folds the separate ideas.md tracker into the Backlog section of feature-backlog.md. :cody idea writes directly to the backlog with a Source column distinguishing User vs Agent.

v1.7.1 · File System Check Safety (Patch) (2026-03-14)

Adds file system safety rules to prevent false negatives when checking for files: always use placeholders, and verify with two methods before concluding a folder is empty.

v1.7.0 · Idea Tracker (2026-03-14)

Adds :cody idea [description] for quick mid-flow idea capture. Captured ideas are offered as starting points when creating new versions or patches.

v1.6.0 · Unified Build Command (2026-03-14)

Consolidates :cody build backlog, :cody build version, and :cody patch into a single guided :cody build command. Reduces the command surface from 6 to 4.

v1.5.2 · Project Settings File (2026-03-14)

Adds a project.json file that tracks project metadata (name, description, version, phase, dates), created during setup and updated after each version or patch.

v1.5.1 · Patch Workflow Improvements (Patch) (2026-03-13)

Adds named patch titles, an agent verification step before handoff, a user testing confirmation loop, and a closing message that mentions both commit and push.

v1.5.0 · Patches & Command Restructure (2026-03-12)

Two changes: lightweight patches for quick fixes (skipping the full version build cycle), and a command restructure simplifying from 9 to 6 commands.

v1.4.0 · Brownfield Project Support (2026-02-26)

Adds support for existing codebases. :cody refresh auto-detects brownfield projects, runs an autonomous codebase analysis, and generates the plan phase documents.

v1.3.0 · Restructure and Improvements (2026-02-23)

Major reorganization: project output moves to a shared cody-projects/ directory, the internal config folder is flattened, and Cursor IDE support is added.