This Week in gptme (W35 2026)

Here’s what landed in gptme and gptme-contrib this week (2026-08-24 – 2026-08-30): 35 new features, 61 bug fixes across 118 merged PRs.

Highlights

• gptme#3655 (eval) route fable-5 and haiku-4.5 to tool format by default
• gptme#3593 (cli) auto-discover local Ollama and LM Studio providers
• gptme#3595 (tools) add offline file format conversion tool
• gptme#3659 (tools) expose convert as auto-discovered structured tool
• gptme-contrib#1492 (sessions) add export command for JSON/CSV session dumps

New Features

• gptme#3583 (media) add 32x32-optimized gptme icon (colour + monochrome)
• gptme#3587 (skills) invoke skills as slash commands (/skill:)
• gptme#3593 (cli) auto-discover local Ollama and LM Studio providers
• gptme#3595 (tools) add offline file format conversion tool
• gptme#3613 (providers) complete context compression plugin interface - Phase 2
• gptme#3622 (knowledge) cross-session KB save/retrieve as gptme-util CLI
• gptme#3626 (memory) load Claude Code memory in gptme workspace context
• gptme#3628 (models) parallel-tool flags from provider docs; eval-format verdict
• gptme#3645 (doctor) add proxy URL format check (LLM_PROXY_URL)
• gptme#3647 (browser) skip html→markdown when server returns text/markdown
• gptme#3654 (ci) use config-driven root structure validator
• gptme#3655 (eval) route fable-5 and haiku-4.5 to tool format by default
• gptme#3659 (tools) expose convert as auto-discovered structured tool
• gptme#3665 (service-init) add optional local health probe
• gptme#3673 (shell) improve background job control
• gptme#3678 (knowledge) inject matching KB entries at session start
• gptme-contrib#1489 (activity-summary) add gptme fallback for claude quota exhaustion
• gptme-contrib#1492 (sessions) add export command for JSON/CSV session dumps
• gptme-contrib#1498 (gptme-rag) add injection logging and index-health reporting
• gptme-contrib#1501 (sessions) record eval attempt classification on the session record
• gptme-contrib#1502 (gptodo) add browse command — interactive fzf TUI for tasks
• gptme-contrib#1503 (browser-semantic) Path A observe/act/extract primitives
• gptme-contrib#1504 (pm-bandit) wire RunItem into bandit shadow mode
• gptme-contrib#1505 (precommit) add config-driven root-structure validator
• gptme-contrib#1506 (pm-bandit) Wire PmModelBandit into RunItem (Stage 1 shadow)
• gptme-contrib#1508 (tooloutput-trimmer) memoize summarizer by source and model hash
• gptme-contrib#1510 (gptodo) add –skip-claimed flag to gptodo ready
• gptme-contrib#1524 (voice-node) add gptme-voice-node embedded WS client package
• gptme-contrib#1529 (vision-node) add gptme-vision-node — BobBrain vision pipeline v0
• gptme-contrib#1531 (pr-review) adversarial per-finding verifier (Stage 2)
• gptme-contrib#1541 (bobutils) add GFM table-cell escape helper
• gptme-contrib#1543 (pm-bandit) restore RunItem Stage 1 shadow wiring
• gptme-contrib#1545 (rag) add KnowledgeEntrySource over gptme JSONL store
• gptme-contrib#1546 (lsp) rename workspace edit preview coverage + workspace index + diagnostics header fixes
• gptme-contrib#1551 (dotfiles) add Git-Session-Id prepare-commit-msg hook

Bug Fixes

• gptme#3566 (models) propagation gap + default_tool_format for OpenAI-compat providers
• gptme#3592 (server) don’t let step() finally clear a continuation reservation
• gptme#3597 (server) guard startup SIGTERM handler against overriding custom handlers
• gptme#3602 (webui) stabilize multi-server query results
• gptme#3606 (webui) recover local-server bearer handshake after #3430
• gptme#3609 (service-init) make the scaffolded agent actually run gptme
• gptme#3612 (server) treat missing X display as screenshot-unavailable
• gptme#3615 (prompts) keep volatile context after cache boundary
• gptme#3616 (prompts) move profile system prompts before cache boundary (Phases 2+3)
• gptme#3623 (server) use os.write() and re-entrance guard in SIGTERM handlers
• gptme#3630 (cli) forward nested help to utility shortcuts
• gptme#3633 (models) per-model parallel-tool opt-out via PARALLEL_TOOL_CALL_EXCEPTIONS
• gptme#3634 (tests) scope pytest timeouts to the function so retries can’t INTERNALERROR the run
• gptme#3635 (tests) assert webui html hint by content, not by index
• gptme#3636 (shell) route all commands through TOOL_CONFIRM hook chain (closes #3598)
• gptme#3639 (compat) improve Windows and cross-platform compatibility in tools and tests
• gptme#3640 (cli) reject unknown bare –model names before get_prompt()
• gptme#3650 (cli) support stdin dash in slop check
• gptme#3651 (status) serialize list/dict provider values as JSON in table format
• gptme#3657 (config) workspace fallback must not use process cwd (P1 follow-up from #3639)
• gptme#3658 (convert) register gptme-convert console script and fix error message
• gptme#3661 (tests) stop pytest-retry × tmp_path teardown KeyError failing green runs
• gptme#3662 (tests) give subagent thread-join guard a real liveness budget
• gptme#3663 (browser) harden lynx URL validation
• gptme#3670 (cli) suppress all shortcut dispatch after double dash
• gptme#3672 match Claude Code’s cwd→project-dir encoding (CC memory + agent hook)
• gptme#3674 (security) route git subprocesses through GIT_CMD in review-pr and 3-way merge
• gptme#3675 (tests) join subagent threads before teardown in TestParentContextForwarding
• gptme#3676 (server) return 400, not 500, for non-dict JSON bodies on tools QUERY and steer
• gptme#3677 (convert) handle non-UTF-8 converter stderr without crashing
• gptme#3679 (llm) pin Codex session_id to conversation instead of uuid4 per turn
• gptme#3684 (webui) gate task creation in demo mode
• gptme-contrib#1490 (git-safe-commit) block exclusion-only pathspec and pathspec-file bypass
• gptme-contrib#1491 (runloops) classify disabled CC subscriptions as infra
• gptme-contrib#1495 (activity-summary) fail smart when a due period fails
• gptme-contrib#1496 (twitter) skip cross-account bob_quote instead of looping on the pending marker
• gptme-contrib#1500 (git-safe-commit) skip whitespace-only lines in pathspec_file_has_positive
• gptme-contrib#1507 (community-plugins) git add docs/community_plugins.json (path mismatch)
• gptme-contrib#1511 (gptme-rag) make Indexer/ContextAssembler lazy imports
• gptme-contrib#1513 (output-clarity) add match.keywords to prevent over-broad descriptor injection
• gptme-contrib#1514 (bob-status) strip gptodo compact recency without a space before the unit
• gptme-contrib#1516 (lessons) honor metadata.status in both lesson/skill matchers
• gptme-contrib#1517 (pm) give AI-review dispatch arms a false-positive disposition path
• gptme-contrib#1518 (release-announce) freshness gate — never announce an old ‘latest’ stable
• gptme-contrib#1519 (runloops) count review-thread resolution as an observable effect
• gptme-contrib#1520 (precommit) make root structure hook installable
• gptme-contrib#1521 (runloops) make git_pull_with_retry shared-worktree-safe (fetch + ff-only)
• gptme-contrib#1522 (pm) skip pull-only author notifications and merge-lifecycle handoffs
• gptme-contrib#1523 (rag) raise file_limit default 1000→100k, expose –file-limit CLI flag
• gptme-contrib#1525 (gptme-voice) await in-flight pre-warm on claim + caller-aware external-caller instructions
• gptme-contrib#1526 (release-announce) handle naive publication timestamps
• gptme-contrib#1527 (pm) use first not last for handoff ref in latest_comment_is_bot_waiting
• gptme-contrib#1532 (rag) honor index pattern and clarify file limit error
• gptme-contrib#1533 (bob-status) return compact task summaries in table cells
• gptme-contrib#1534 (rag) content-hash change detection to stop mtime-only re-embeds
• gptme-contrib#1535 (rag) do not recreate a matching-model collection on EF conflict
• gptme-contrib#1539 (gptodo) emit waiting_for/waiting_since on recurrence reset
• gptme-contrib#1542 (rag) raise pathspec floor to 1.0 for GitIgnoreSpecPattern
• gptme-contrib#1544 (rag) type the stored change-detection fingerprint
• gptme-contrib#1548 (gptme-activity-summary) strip think tags + raw_decode JSON in gptme fallback
• gptme-contrib#1550 (news) parse total stars when GitHub wraps the count in an octicon

Performance

• gptme-contrib#1530 (rag) cache scan_lessons() by mtime+size to skip YAML re-parse

Refactors

• gptme#3614 (service-init) consolidate and document gptme-agent-template reference
• gptme#3619 (agent-cmd) clarify scan scope and add create cross-references
• gptme#3621 (autocompact) rename /compact modes to ‘trim’ and ‘summarize’
• gptme-contrib#1493 (backoff) remove duplicate circuit breaker
• gptme-contrib#1497 (bob-status) PR-queue depth is an attention watermark, not a cap

Documentation

• gptme#3605 add curated skills gallery page to gptme.org
• gptme#3608 (plugins) fix hook type names and add TOOL_CONFIRM guardrail example
• gptme#3611 (hooks) document TOOL_CONFIRM deny semantics and return contract
• gptme#3631 (getting-started) add free cloud providers section
• gptme#3649 (providers) link template and add integration FAQ
• gptme#3664 (mcp) surface bidirectional server support in README
• gptme#3671 point the free on-ramp at live OpenRouter models
• gptme-contrib#1494 link gptme.org skills gallery from READMEs

Tests

• gptme#3607 (webui) add opt-in vision_assert helper for generation E2E
• gptme#3610 (subagent) de-flake test_subagent_wait_polls_cache_after_join_timeout
• gptme#3637 (codeblock) load fixture files with pathlib so tests pass on Windows
• gptme-contrib#1512 (gptodo) regression tests for browse fixes from #1502; document fzf floor
• gptme-contrib#1547 (gptme-activity-summary) regression tests for deepseek preamble parse + prompt narrative contract

CI & Infrastructure

• gptme#3604 run pre-commit hooks in the lint workflow

Chore

• gptme-contrib#1537 (pm) drop legacy greptile_needs_{fix,improvement} label cases and stale comments
• gptme-contrib#1540 (runloops) drop legacy greptile_needs_{fix,improvement} read paths