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Changelog

All notable changes to Kit will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[0.7.0]

🎉 Major Features

  • Custom Context Profiles: Store and apply organization-specific coding standards and guidelines

    • Create reusable profiles: kit review-profile create --name company-standards
    • Apply to any PR: kit review --profile company-standards <pr-url>
    • Export/import for team collaboration

  • Priority Filtering: Focus reviews on what matters most

    • Filter by priority levels: kit review --priority=high,medium <pr-url>
    • Reduce noise and costs by focusing on critical issues
    • Combine with other modes for targeted workflows

[0.6.4]

🎉 Major Features

  • OpenRouter & LiteLLM Provider Support: Complete integration with OpenAI-compatible providers

    • Access to 100+ models through OpenRouter at competitive prices
    • Support for Together AI, Groq, Perplexity, Replicate, and other popular providers
    • Additional cost tracking with accurate model name handling
    • Thanks to @AlanVerbner for this contribution

  • Google Gemini Support for PR Reviews: Complete integration of Google’s Gemini models

    • Support for latest models: gemini-2.5-flash, gemini-2.5-pro, gemini-1.5-flash-8b
    • Ultra-budget option with Gemini 1.5 Flash 8B at ~$0.003 per large PR
    • Automatic provider detection and accurate token-based cost tracking for Gemini

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Better fork PR Support: Fixed issue preventing reviews of PRs from certain outside forks
    • Now uses base repository coordinates instead of head repository for diff fetching
    • Resolves 404 errors when reviewing external contributor PRs
    • Thanks to @redvelvets for this contribution

✨ Enhanced Features

  • Expanded Provider Ecosystem: Three major categories now supported

    • Cloud Providers: Anthropic Claude, OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini
    • Alternative Providers: OpenRouter, Together AI, Groq, Fireworks
    • Local Providers: Ollama with free local models

  • Smart Model Detection: Intelligent routing based on model names

    • Handles complex model naming like openrouter/anthropic/claude-3.5-sonnet
    • Automatically strips provider prefixes for accurate cost calculation
    • Maintains compatibility with all existing configurations

[0.6.3]

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Symbol Type Extraction Fix: Fixed bug where some symbol types were incorrectly processed
    • Classes and other symbol types no longer have characters incorrectly stripped
    • Added comprehensive test coverage for symbol type processing edge cases

[0.6.2]

🎉 Major Features

  • Ollama Support: Complete local LLM inference support with Ollama

    • Zero-cost PR reviews with local models
    • Support for popular models like DeepSeek R1, Qwen2.5-coder, CodeLlama
    • Automatic provider detection from model names (e.g., deepseek-r1:latest)
    • First-class integration with kit’s repository intelligence

  • DeepSeek R1 Reasoning Model Support

    • Thinking Token Stripping: Automatically removes <think>...</think> tags from reasoning models
    • Clean, professional output without internal reasoning clutter
    • Preserves the analytical capabilities while improving output quality
    • Works in both summarization and PR review workflows

  • Plain Output Mode: New --plain / -p flag for pipe-friendly output

    • Removes all formatting and status messages
    • Perfect for piping to Claude Code or other AI tools
    • Enables powerful multi-stage AI workflows (e.g., kit review -p | claude)
    • Quiet mode suppresses all progress/status output

✨ Enhanced Features

  • CLI Improvements

    • Added --version flag to display current kit version
    • Model override support: --model / -m flag for per-review model selection
    • Better error messages and help text

  • Documentation

    • Comprehensive Ollama integration guides
    • Claude Code workflow examples
    • Multi-stage AI analysis patterns
    • Updated CLI reference with new flags

🔧 Developer Experience

  • Community

    • Added Discord community server for support and discussions
    • Improved README with better getting started instructions

  • Testing

    • Comprehensive test suite for thinking token stripping
    • Ollama integration tests with mock scenarios
    • PR reviewer test coverage for new features

💰 Cost Optimization

  • Free Local Analysis: Use Ollama for zero-cost code analysis
  • Hybrid Workflows: Combine free local analysis with premium cloud implementation
  • Provider Switching: Automatic provider detection and switching

[0.6.1]

🔧 Improvements

  • Enhanced line number accuracy in PR reviews
  • Improved debug output for troubleshooting
  • Better test coverage for core functionality
  • Performance optimizations for large repositories

🐛 Bug Fixes

  • Fixed edge cases in symbol extraction
  • Improved error handling for malformed diffs
  • Better validation for GitHub URLs

[0.6.0]

🎉 Major Features

  • Advanced PR reviews
  • Enhanced line number context and accuracy fore reviews
  • Comprehensive cost tracking and pricing updates for reviews
  • Improved repository intelligence with better symbol analysis

✨ Enhanced Features

  • Better diff parsing and analysis
  • Enhanced file prioritization algorithms for reviews
  • Improved cost breakdown reporting