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All notable changes to NucleusIQ are documented in the CHANGELOG.md in the repository root.

Recent releases

  • 0.7.10 — nucleusiq[http] optional extra + urllib3 lock hygiene; structured-output resolver (Ollama / Groq); nucleusiq-ollama 0.1.0a1 (alpha, nucleusiq>=0.7.10)
  • 0.7.9 — retry_policy (429 Retry-After across Groq/OpenAI/Gemini), nucleusiq-groq 0.1.0b1 public beta (strict_model_capabilities, streaming-open parity); nucleusiq-openai 0.6.4, nucleusiq-gemini 0.2.6 (nucleusiq>=0.7.9)
  • 0.7.8 — Run-local context state (workspace, evidence, lexical corpus), L4.5 activation, phase/evidence gate, synthesis package, tool-result serialization fix, autonomous Critic/Refiner wiring; nucleusiq-groq 0.1.0a1 (since superseded by 0.1.0b1)
  • 0.7.7 — Context Management v2 stability, idempotent tool opt-in, AgentResult / synthesis fixes, provider sync (OpenAI 0.6.3, Gemini 0.2.5)
  • 0.7.6 — Context window management, prompt system refactor, synthesis pass, ObservabilityConfig
  • 0.7.5 — Gemini native + custom tool mixing (proxy pattern), full observability wiring
  • 0.7.4 — ExecutionTracer, Pyrefly type checking, error package restructure, usage extraction, exhaustive error wiring
  • 0.7.3 — Gemini tool-calling fixes, $ref/$defs inlining for structured output
  • 0.7.2 — Unified exception hierarchy (10 families), AgentResult response contract
  • 0.6.0 — Gemini provider, @tool decorator, cost estimation, framework error taxonomy
  • 0.5.0 — Token origin split, UsageSummary schema, FileWriteTool, FileExtractTool query filtering

v0.7.10 highlights — 2026-05-09

Packages

Package Version What's new
nucleusiq 0.7.10 Security-focused dependency graph (urllib3); optional nucleusiq[http]; structured_output.resolver recognizes ollama / groq LLMs for OutputSchema
nucleusiq-ollama 0.1.0a1 New alpha — BaseOllama, OllamaLLMParams (think, keep_alive), tools, streaming, structured format; nucleusiq>=0.7.10, ollama>=0.5,<1

Ollama provider (alpha)

  • Official ollama Python SDK (no LangChain); OLLAMA_HOST / OLLAMA_API_KEY / OLLAMA_MODEL env passthrough patterns match monorepo examples.
  • Runnable matrix: src/providers/inference/ollama/examples/agents/ (00–03).

Documentation

See the full CHANGELOG.md on GitHub for security notes and exhaustive lists.

v0.7.9 highlights — 2026-05-07

Packages

Package Version What's new
nucleusiq 0.7.9 nucleusiq.llms.retry_policy — shared 429 / Retry-After parsing, backoff merge, DEFAULT_RATE_LIMIT_MAX_SLEEP_SECONDS ceiling
nucleusiq-openai 0.6.4 Align with retry_policy; 404/409 mapped before generic APIError retry loops (ModelNotFoundError, InvalidRequestError)
nucleusiq-gemini 0.2.6 429 honors Retry-After via retry_policy; nucleusiq>=0.7.9
nucleusiq-groq 0.1.0b1 Public beta; nucleusiq>=0.7.9; GroqLLMParams(strict_model_capabilities=…); nucleusiq_groq.capabilities; streaming session open shares chat 429 policy

Groq provider (beta)

  • strict_model_capabilities — optional gate parallel_tool_calls=True against PARALLEL_TOOL_CALLS_DOCUMENTED_MODELS.
  • Stream open_streaming_completion path wired through stream_create for parity with non-stream retry semantics.

Documentation

  • Groq quickstart — runnable DIRECT / STANDARD / AUTONOMOUS snippets (beta pins).
  • Groq provider — refreshed for beta + retry_policy narrative.

See the full CHANGELOG.md on GitHub for CI gates and exhaustive lists.

v0.7.8 highlights — 2026-05-06

Packages

Package Version What's new
nucleusiq 0.7.8 Run-local context stack (workspace, evidence dossier, lexical document corpus), automatic L4.5 activation, phase/evidence gate telemetry, synthesis package, shared tool-result serialization, autonomous Critic/Refiner fixes
nucleusiq-openai 0.6.3 Dependency floor nucleusiq>=0.7.8 (package version unchanged)
nucleusiq-gemini 0.2.5 Dependency floor nucleusiq>=0.7.8 (package version unchanged)
nucleusiq-groq 0.1.0a1 New — Groq Chat Completions via official groq SDK; local tools, streaming, structured output (model-dependent); nucleusiq>=0.7.8

Run-local context state (L4 / analyst notebook)

  • InMemoryWorkspace (nucleusiq.agents.context.workspace) — bounded per-run notebook (notes, artifacts, summaries) with WorkspaceEntry, WorkspaceStats, WorkspaceLimitError.
  • Workspace tools (nucleusiq.agents.context.workspace_tools) — build_workspace_tools: write_workspace_note, write_workspace_artifact, list_workspace_entries, read_workspace_entry, summarize_workspace. Helpers is_workspace_tool_name, is_context_management_tool_name (all framework-injected context helpers skip the user’s external tool budget).

Structured evidence (L4)

  • InMemoryEvidenceDossier + EvidenceItem (nucleusiq.agents.context.evidence) — claims with status, confidence, tags, quotes, provenance.
  • Evidence tools (nucleusiq.agents.context.evidence_tools) — build_evidence_tools: add_evidence, add_evidence_gap, list_evidence, summarize_evidence, evidence_coverage; is_evidence_tool_name.

Lexical document corpus (L5)

  • InMemoryDocumentCorpus (nucleusiq.agents.context.document_search) — indexes caller-provided text into bounded chunks with lexical search (DocumentRef, DocumentChunk, ChunkHit, DocumentSearchStats). No PDF parsing, embeddings, or Task E logic in this surface.
  • Corpus tools (nucleusiq.agents.context.document_corpus_tools) — build_document_corpus_tools(corpus, evidence=…): search_document_corpus, get_document_chunk, list_indexed_documents, promote_document_chunk_to_evidence; is_document_corpus_tool_name.

L4.5 activation

  • ContextStateActivator (nucleusiq.agents.context.state_activator) — after each business tool result (skips framework context tools): strict promotion into evidence when shaped like facts; light ingest into workspace + corpus with guards (tool-name hints, length gates, false-positive filters).
  • ContextActivationMetrics — counters surfaced as AgentResult.metadata["context_activation"].

L6 phase control & evidence gate

  • PhaseController + AgentPhase (nucleusiq.agents.context.phase_control) — ordered phases, durations, evidence-gate outcomes, flags (synthesis_used_package, critic_used_package, refiner_used_gaps). PhaseStats.to_dict() → AgentResult.metadata["phase_control"].
  • EvidenceGate + EvidenceGateDecision — optional tag-based completeness vs the dossier.
  • AgentConfig — evidence_gate_required_tags, evidence_gate_enforce, context_tool_result_corpus_max_chars (per-result corpus cap; 0 disables), context_activation_ingest_min_chars (minimum text size for light ingest when not evidence-shaped).

Synthesis package

  • SynthesisPackage + build_synthesis_package (nucleusiq.agents.context.synthesis_package) — bounded final input from workspace + evidence + recalled snippets. Agent.build_synthesis_package / _last_synthesis_package; AgentResult.metadata["synthesis_package"] when present.

Agent wiring & metadata

  • Agent lazy accessors: workspace, evidence_dossier, document_corpus, phase_controller, evidence_gate, build_synthesis_package.
  • AgentResult.metadata may include workspace, evidence, document_search, phase_control, context_activation, synthesis_package (alongside context_telemetry on the result).

Serialization & autonomous behavior

  • tool_result_to_context_string (nucleusiq.agents.modes.tool_payload) — shared by base/standard/direct modes; str tool results are not double JSON-encoded.
  • CriticRunner — any critique exception → Verdict.UNCERTAIN, score 0.0, explicit feedback (safer than treating failures as pass).
  • SimpleRunner — after Refiner success, _last_messages refreshed so the next Critic sees the revised trace.

Validation

Upstream gate (see CHANGELOG.md): 2554 passed, 2 skipped with pytest tests --ignore=tests/memory/integration (~2026-05-06).

Documentation

  • Groq provider — Install, env vars, BaseGroq / GroqLLMParams, Phase A limitations, links to monorepo examples.
  • Context stack layers (L0–L7) — unified map from compaction tiers (L0–L3) through run-local state (L4–L6) to synthesis/AgentResult (L7).
  • Run-local context state — deep dive on L4–L6, tools, config, AgentResult.metadata.

See the full CHANGELOG.md on GitHub for the authoritative list and CI notes.

v0.7.7 highlights

Packages

Package Version What's new
nucleusiq 0.7.7 Stable Context Management v2 (single Compactor, bounded markers, recall/rehydration), idempotent tool metadata, clearer AgentResult on errors and tool-cap exhaustion
nucleusiq-openai 0.6.3 Sync with v0.7.7 core message/tool contracts (nucleusiq>=0.7.7)
nucleusiq-gemini 0.2.5 Sync with v0.7.7 core message/tool contracts (nucleusiq>=0.7.7)

Context Management v2

  • One compaction pipeline, bounded observation markers, recallable offload, synthesis-time rehydration.
  • Default ContextConfig.squeeze_threshold=0.70 kept after validation on PDF-heavy runs.
  • Fixed: rehydration uses the engine’s resolved model context window when max_context_tokens is auto-detected (was skipping when the field was None).

Tools

  • Opt-in idempotent tools: BaseTool.idempotent and @tool(idempotent=True). Default remains False so live-data tools are never deduplicated unless you declare them safe. Identical (tool_name, args) short-circuits to the prior result.

Agent execution & results

  • Mode default tool budgets when max_tool_calls is unset: Direct 25, Standard 80, Autonomous 300 tool invocations per run (and the same ceiling applies to how many user tools you register, excluding recall tools). Older docs listed 5 / 30 / 100; behavior matches AgentConfig.get_effective_max_tool_calls() in the framework.
  • AgentResult: legacy mode error-string outcomes surface as status=error when agent state is already ERROR, including stable ToolCallLimitError when the tool budget is exhausted.
  • Standard mode: when the configured tool-call cap is reached and synthesis is enabled, the runtime forces a tools-free synthesis pass so autonomous flows can still reach validation/refinement instead of stopping on a raw limit string.

Telemetry

  • Compaction telemetry distinguishes tokens freed by the observation masker vs by compactors (finer-grained than a single tokens_freed where applicable).

Autonomous mode

  • Critic / Refiner wired with context helpers (e.g. extract_raw_trace from ContentStore) so critique passes can work from masked traces where appropriate.

Tests & validation

  • Broad recall/masking tests (policy, squeeze gating, markers, synthesis rehydration, streaming vs non-streaming symmetry).
  • Autonomous stability tests (critic/refiner routing, abstention, compute-budget escalation, tool-budget synthesis).

See the full CHANGELOG.md on GitHub for known limitations and CI notes.

v0.7.6 highlights

Packages

Package Version What's new
nucleusiq 0.7.6 Context window management, prompt system refactor, synthesis pass, ObservabilityConfig
nucleusiq-openai 0.6.2 Context window registry (20 models), get_context_window(), prompt API migration
nucleusiq-gemini 0.2.4 get_context_window() method override, prompt API migration

Context Window Management

Automatic context management for tool-heavy agents. Prevents context overflow when agents make many tool calls, ensuring the LLM always has room to respond.

Key additions: ContextConfig, ContextEngine, ContextStrategy enum, ContextTelemetry.

See Context management guide.

Prompt System Refactor (Breaking)

  • prompt is now mandatory on Agent (was Optional[BasePrompt])
  • narrative field removed — move content to prompt.system
  • role and objective are labels only — not sent to the LLM
  • ZeroShotPrompt — only system is required; user is optional

See Migration notes.

Synthesis Pass

After multi-round tool loops, the agent makes one final LLM call without tools to produce the full deliverable. Breaks the "mode inertia" problem. Controlled by AgentConfig(enable_synthesis=True) (default).

ObservabilityConfig

Unified config replacing verbose + enable_tracing: tracing, verbose, log_level, log_llm_calls, log_tool_results. Backward compatible with legacy fields.

Provider Updates

  • OpenAI — new _CONTEXT_WINDOWS registry with 20 models, get_context_window() method
  • Gemini — get_context_window() method wired to existing _MODEL_REGISTRY

Tests

  • 97 new context management unit tests + 4 agent-level integration tests
  • 27 existing test files updated for prompt system refactor
  • For current test counts and gates, see the upstream CHANGELOG for the release you are on (example upstream gate cited for v0.7.8: ~2,554 passed with skips per environment).

v0.7.5 highlights

Packages

Package Version What's new
nucleusiq 0.7.5 Full observability wiring — PluginEvent, MemorySnapshot, AutonomousDetail tracing
nucleusiq-openai 0.6.1 No changes
nucleusiq-gemini 0.2.3 Native + custom tool mixing via transparent proxy pattern

Part A: Gemini Native + Custom Tool Mixing

Google's Gemini 2.5 API rejects requests that mix native tools (google_search, code_execution, url_context, google_maps) with custom function declarations. NucleusIQ v0.7.5 resolves this transparently with a proxy pattern — entirely within the Gemini provider, zero core framework changes.

See Gemini provider guide — Mixing native and custom tools.

Part B: Full Observability Wiring

AgentResult now captures every dimension of an execution when enable_tracing=True:

New field What it captures
result.plugin_events Every plugin hook fired — name, duration, payload
result.memory_snapshot Conversation messages and token count at execution end
result.autonomous Decomposition steps, sub-task names, validation records, critic scores
result.llm_calls[].prompt_technique Which prompt strategy was used (e.g. chain_of_thought)

See Observability docs.

v0.7.4 highlights

  • ExecutionTracer observability — full LLM/tool call tracing
  • AgentResult response contract — typed, immutable Pydantic model (v0.7.2)
  • Full exception hierarchy — 10 error families (v0.7.2)
  • Gemini tool-calling fixes (v0.7.3)
  • Pyrefly type checking — 121 type errors fixed, CI-gated
  • Architecture cleanup — core/errors/ and core/agents/usage/ packages

For the full history, see CHANGELOG.md on GitHub.