Standardize multi-action tools around tool_args.action while keeping parser compatibility for older tool/args, tool_name:action, and method-shaped requests. This keeps new prompts clean without breaking agents that learned the previous dialect.
Move A0 connector remote execution/file tools into stable standard prompts, make remote targeting independent of the active chat context, and skill-gate beta computer-use remote so it no longer weighs down the always-on tool list.
Align text editor, scheduler, skills, office artifact, memory, notify, and browser prompts/tools around the canonical action contract. Add scheduler update/timezone handling, skills_tool read_file, text editor patch coverage, and fixes for memory_forget, behaviour_adjustment, and code execution progress warnings.
Reduce default prompt pressure by compacting browser and scheduler prompts into skill-backed manifests, shortening skill catalog descriptions, and pruning noisy framework knowledge. Remove obsolete connector prompt stubs and root tool-call knowledge examples.
Tests: conda run -n a0 pytest tests/test_a0_connector_prompt_gating.py tests/test_tool_action_contracts.py tests/test_task_scheduler_timezone.py tests/test_text_editor_context_patch.py tests/test_tool_request_normalization.py tests/test_office_document_store.py::test_odf_is_advertised_and_docx_remains_explicit_compatibility tests/test_office_document_store.py::test_document_artifact_accepts_method_alias_for_ods_create tests/test_skills_runtime.py tests/test_default_prompt_budget.py::test_a0_small_profile_removed_and_prompt_text_generic -q
Remove dynamically loaded skills when they are deactivated from the Skills selector. Treat skill names and paths as aliases so scoped defaults, chat overrides, and loaded-skill state resolve consistently.
Unify skill handling layer and raise the active skills cap to 20.
The Skills UI now presents a simpler checklist-style flow for selecting active
skills, with live chat activation and saved defaults using the same visible list.
Skill contents can be opened in a read-only Ace viewer via the existing markdown
modal.
Add a builtin `a0-setup-cli` skill for guiding host-side A0 connector setup,
and restore the lightweight trigger-word based skill matching flow, which many users asked for.
- add builtin `skills/a0-setup-cli/` with installer-first host setup guidance,
container guardrails, fallback install paths, and example responses
- fix `helpers.skills_cli` so builtin skills under `/skills` are discoverable,
searchable, and validatable
- restore trigger-pattern scoring in runtime `search_skills()`
- re-enable `skills_tool:search` in the current tool flow
- add lightweight lexical relevant-skill recall for the current user message
without reintroducing memory/vector-db skill recall
- update skill prompts to steer the agent toward search/load when requests
match skill trigger phrases
Ensure printed output and HTML logs are safe by importing and applying sanitize_string, opening log files with utf-8 and errors='replace', and sanitizing text before writing. Add tests to verify lone surrogate characters are replaced and that logging won't crash on invalid Unicode. In the plugin installer UI, introduce POPULAR_PLUGIN_MIN_STARS and centralize popularity checking in _isPopularPlugin, using it for filtering and counts.
