Changelog

Added

• Reasoning trail stays accessible after a review completes: an "Activity" drawer (collapsed by default) appears beneath the findings for any completed API or panel review that emitted thoughts or tool rounds, letting you reopen the full reasoning trail without re-running.
• AI reviews can inspect more source languages by symbol: source-outline and symbol lookup tools now understand C, C++, Dart, Java, Kotlin, PHP, and Ruby in addition to the previously supported languages.

Changed

• AI reviews prefer symbol-aware navigation before broad text search: tool-capable reviewers are now guided to find definitions with symbol lookup and inspect source outlines before reading whole files.
• AI review findings stream faster on code-heavy output: review JSON is no longer repeatedly re-decoded for every brace inside generated code snippets, reducing delays before large reviews surface findings.

Fixed

• Failed reasoning reviews keep the previous results visible: if a reviewer streams only reasoning updates and then fails, Coducky no longer clears the last completed review.

Changed

• Review findings appear all at once when a review finishes: line comments and notes no longer stream in one-by-one during a run; they reveal together the moment the reviewer completes. The live activity timeline still shows progress while the review runs.
• AI review findings now show kind and importance: findings keep their primary tag such as Proposal or Bug and add an importance label such as Critical, Major, Minor, or Info.
• The review timeline now shows a Thinking… step while a model is reasoning: instead of leaving the activity rail blank when a model has only reasoned so far, a placeholder entry appears to confirm the reviewer is actively working.

Fixed

• Self-review comments no longer reappear in AI reviews once their file leaves the diff: comments on a changed file but outside the changed hunks still show; only comments on files not in the diff at all are suppressed.
• Review thoughts are compressed in the live timeline: streaming reviews now show short status preambles plus plan/tool activity by default, keeping the live feed focused while reviews run.

Added

• AI reviews can inspect source outlines before reading whole files: tool-capable reviewers can now list a file's symbols, line ranges, and signatures before deciding which code slices to read.
• AI reviews can locate symbol definitions by name: tool-capable reviewers can now find ranked source declarations before falling back to broader text search.

Changed

• AI review system prompt updated: improves review performance.

Added

• AI review launch now shows what will be reviewed: before starting a review, Coducky summarizes included files and omitted diff material such as deleted, binary, low-value, oversized, and budget-trimmed files.

Fixed

• Oversized AI review prompts fail before contacting the provider: Coducky now checks the selected model's safe context budget before streaming and records a diagnostic when the review input is too large.
• Malformed AI review output no longer appears as a finding: Coducky now retries tool-capable reviews once in strict JSON mode and shows any still-unparseable reviewer text as a diagnostic note instead of attaching it to line 1.

Changed

• AI review prompts reuse cache better across panel reviewers: Coducky now keeps the shared review instructions ahead of reviewer-specific identity so provider prompt caches can reuse more of each review request.
• One-shot AI reviews avoid unnecessary prompt-cache writes: Coducky now skips explicit prompt-cache markers for non-tool single-pass review requests while keeping them for tool-capable review loops.
• AI review comments now validate their code anchors: generated line findings are checked against the changed code before saving, so misplaced or ambiguous anchors fall back to review notes instead of attaching to the wrong line.
• AI reviews skip noisy diff files: binary files, lock files, whole-file deletions, and oversized diffs are summarized instead of sent in full, keeping reviews focused on source changes.
• AI reviews warn about tight model context: the launch screen now flags reviews whose estimated prompt may exceed a selected model's safe context budget.

Added

• MCP external reviews keep their review brief: clients can pass a user-authored prompt when starting an external review, and tools-only clients can read that brief back later with the review results.
• Self-review notes appear in AI Review findings: your notes now show in the AI Review findings list as You; explanation requests appear as questions, and reviewer answers use an Explanation tag instead of looking like proposed changes.

Changed

• AI reviews now use your self-review comments: question comments are answered by the reviewer, and suggestion comments are checked against the code instead of sitting in a separate manual prompt.

Fixed

• Fetched model filtering now appears inside the model list: the API provider model filter stays above the fetched models instead of moving into the Settings window header.

Fixed

• Findings outside the diff no longer produce a broken "view in diff" link: comments on files not included in the current diff are grouped in a separate "Outside this diff" section without a navigation affordance.
• Jumping to an AI-review comment lands on the right line: clicking a finding's "view in diff" now scrolls to and keeps the comment in view, instead of momentarily showing it and then snapping back to the first changed hunk.
• MCP clients now see Coducky tools on fast local startup: the MCP bridge briefly waits for the app's local socket before falling back to offline mode, avoiding an empty tool list when clients ignore later list-change notifications.
• "No Changes" / "No Diff" diff states no longer center the whole screen: the empty-state body now fills the space between the header and the breadcrumbs/footer, keeping them pinned to the top and bottom edges instead of bunching everything into the vertical middle.
• External MCP reviews can be cancelled from Coducky: the AI Review running banner now exposes Cancel for agent-driven MCP reviews and stops showing the run as in progress.
• Failed panel reviews keep their findings in the sidebar: when a multi-reviewer review ends in failure but a reviewer that ran first still produced findings, the review now stays in the repo's review list instead of disappearing. Failed runs that produced nothing are still hidden.
• Re-running a review starts from a clean slate: clicking Re-run now clears the previous run's findings and overview and returns to the fresh loading state, instead of leaving the prior results on screen under a "Reviewing…" banner until the new pass produced output.

Added

• Preconfigured API provider choices in Settings: Add API Provider now offers OpenAI, OpenRouter, Google Gemini, GroqCloud, Mistral AI, and Ollama with their base URLs prefilled, plus an Other option for custom endpoints.
• Auto-installed MCP command: Coducky now installs a private coducky-mcp helper command for simpler client setup.
• MCP client setup link in Settings: the MCP pane now includes a direct button to open the public client setup guide for the Node stdio bridge and client config examples.
• Changelog link in Settings: the Updates pane now links directly to Coducky's public changelog.

Changed

• Settings now use a roomier native sidebar layout: the Settings window opens taller by default, can be resized, and organizes API provider setup, model selection, external agents, MCP, licensing, updates, and developer tools with grouped panes, larger provider rows, drill-downs, and an Add API Provider sheet.
• No longer defaults to OpenAI / GPT-4o when no providers are configured: a fresh install starts with no providers and no pre-selected reviewer; add a provider with at least one model (or an external agent) in Settings to begin. Existing provider configurations are unaffected.

Added

• Inline reviewer selection on the AI Review empty state: model selection is now embedded directly in the page: pick reviewers with brand avatars and drag to reorder in sequential mode, choose sequential or parallel execution, set reasoning effort, and save the configuration as your default, all without opening a popover.
• Repo path controls in the diff window: the bottom of the detail view now shows the current repository, branch, and commit context, with View Latest Commit on repo/branch views and previous/next controls on commit diffs.
• AI Review from branch and commit headers: branch and commit detail views now keep an AI Review button fixed at the top right of the header.
• Selectable review text: drag across code in split or unified diffs, keep selecting while the diff scrolls at the viewport edge, copy just the diff body text, and select text in the review activity timeline.

Changed

• Branch commit picker now follows the selected branch's unique history: the Commits in dropdown now shows only commits unique to the chosen branch, and when you switch it away from the checked-out branch the overview offers a Back to <current branch> button.

Fixed

• Diff gutter hover controls no longer repeat while scrolling: comment markers and add-comment icons now clear stale hover state as the diff moves under the pointer.

Added

• Choose the reviewer reasoning effort: the reviewer picker now has a Low / Medium / High control (defaults to Medium). Reasoning-capable API models (including those routed through OpenRouter) receive it as their reasoning effort, and the Codex and Claude Code agents run at the chosen effort. Other external agents that expose an effort setting use it where they can; the rest run at their own default.
• Claude Code and Codex now stream their reasoning into the live activity timeline as they review, like opencode already did.
• A note in Settings, External Agents explains that, during a review, an agent may choose to use its own skills and tools (the commands, MCP servers, and capabilities configured in its CLI), in addition to the files Coducky shares with it.

Changed

• OpenRouter-routed Anthropic and Gemini reviews now opt into prompt caching where those providers require explicit cache markers, reducing repeat prompt costs during multi-turn reviews.
• A more honest review verdict: the top-line verdict now reflects the model's overall readiness and each finding's severity, not just whether a bug was filed. Reviews with real concerns surface "Worth another pass" or "Needs a look" instead of a flat "Looks good to me", and the summary line counts everything still worth weighing.
• External agents are now opt-in: in Settings → External Agents, an agent can only be switched on once Coducky has confirmed its CLI is installed, and only enabled agents are offered in the reviewer picker. This stops an agent that isn't installed from being selectable and then failing mid-review. (After updating, re-enable the agents you use, they start off.)
• Agents stop reciting host instructions in their thinking: only Claude Code (which needs it) is now told to call the host file-read tool by name; other agents (opencode, Cursor, Copilot, Gemini) get a generic steer toward their own file-read tool. Previously every agent was handed a Claude-specific tool name, so agents like opencode would visibly argue with it in their reasoning ("I don't have that tool…") and leak the instruction.
• Readable line length for agent reasoning. The streamed thinking and message prose now cap their width so long lines stay easy to read on wide windows. Tool steps keep their natural width.

Fixed

• Provider rate-limit errors now explain the key state when available: for OpenRouter 429s, Coducky checks the key limit endpoint and includes retry-after, remaining credits, recent usage, and free-tier status in the failure message.
• OpenRouter reasoning now appears in the review activity timeline when a reasoning-capable routed model streams reasoning_details, matching the thinking trail shown for agent reviewers.
• Clear reason when an agent review can't start: a review that fails because the agent isn't installed or isn't signed in now says which agent and how to fix it (e.g. "Cursor CLI isn't signed in, run cursor-agent login") instead of a raw exit 127 / rpc -32000.
• Agent reasoning renders cleanly: an external (ACP) agent's streamed thinking in the activity timeline and the completed-review drawer no longer shows gaps inside words (e.g. "Bound ary"), and now renders the agent's Markdown, bold leads, inline code, lists, instead of raw ** and backticks.
• External-agent reviews no longer stall when Coducky is in the background. A review run by an external agent now keeps streaming when the app is hidden or behind other windows on an idle Mac, instead of silently freezing until you bring Coducky back to the front.
• Switching tabs during a review no longer ends it. You can now move to the Diff tab (and back) or browse elsewhere while an external-agent review streams, without the review cutting short and jumping to partial results.
• Smoother, lighter external-agent reviews. A fast-streaming agent (opencode especially) no longer drives a CPU core to 100% as its reasoning streams in; the live activity timeline and transcript now update at a steady cadence instead of re-rendering on every token.

Added

• Model suggestions in Settings → Providers: Coducky can fetch the live model list from each configured endpoint (a Refresh control next to the field), then autocompletes model ids as you type. Suggestions are cached per provider across launches.
• Cursor and GitHub Copilot agents: both are now available as built-in ACP external agents.
• opencode agent: SST's opencode is now available as a built-in ACP external agent (runs opencode acp; sign in with opencode auth login).
• App version on the Updates pane: Settings → Updates now shows the current version and build.
• Plan in the activity timeline: agent reviews now show the agent's plan (its checklist of steps) in the live activity timeline, updating as steps complete.
• Searchable reviewer picker: type to find any model or agent in one list (no more scrolling a wall of every provider's models), drag your chosen reviewers to set the order they run in (Sequential), and Set as default selection so every repo opens pre-selected.

Changed

• A reviewer must be selected to run: Generate / Re-run are disabled until at least one model or agent is chosen, instead of silently falling back to a default model (which could 404 if your first provider didn't serve it).
• Model lists are now editable pills: selected models show as removable chips in Settings → Providers instead of a raw comma-separated field; click the × on a pill to drop a model.
• Enable/disable external agents: Settings → External Agents greys out unavailable agents and offers a switch to enable or disable each available one as a reviewer choice.
• Refreshed visual design: a macOS-native grey/blue/white colour scheme (light and dark), a frosted titlebar and sidebar with behind-window vibrancy, emphasized blue source-list selection, and accent-tinted rounded buttons throughout.
• Brand reviewer discs: reviewers now show their provider's real logo and brand colour.
• Copy as Markdown: the AI review "Export" action is now labelled "Copy as Markdown".
• Wrapping review titles: long review titles in the sidebar wrap up to three lines instead of truncating.
• Button press feedback: primary calls to action (View in Diff, Generate review, Open the diff) and bordered secondary buttons (re-run, cancel, Copy prompt) now dim briefly while pressed.
• Activity timeline auto-scroll: the live activity timeline now stays scrolled to the newest step as a review streams in.
• Faster agent reviews: external (ACP) agents now receive the diff inline instead of reconstructing it by repeatedly running git and re-reading files, and are told to review statically rather than run the test suite or build the project. Reviews are faster and stay focused on the change.
• Deeper agent reviews: external (ACP) agents now follow the same strict maintainability rubric as the built-in providers (ambitious structural simplification, escalation triggers, one high-conviction finding over a pile of nits) instead of their generic coding-assistant defaults.
• Cleaner agent file access: the agent prompt now points reviewers at the host file-read tool (mcp__acp__Read) instead of a built-in Read that the ACP session doesn't expose, so agents read files directly rather than failing every read and grepping the tree symbol by symbol.
• Agents warm up while you read: the selected local agents start up in the background as you view a diff, so kicking off a review no longer waits on the agent to launch. They're reaped if you move on without reviewing.
• Faster npx-based agent launch: Claude Code and Codex now launch from the local npm cache (--prefer-offline) instead of re-checking the registry on every spawn, cutting several seconds off each cold start once the adapter is cached.

Removed

• Review cockpit "Re-run" button: removed.

Fixed

• Reviewer picker stays open for multi-select: choosing a model no longer closes the picker after each click, so you can select several reviewers (and toggle the run mode) in one pass.
• Agents in the re-run picker: external (ACP) agents now appear in the reviewer picker on a completed review's "Re-run" footer, not just on the initial launch screen.
• Clearer message when a review fails on a bad model id: an unknown model now reads "Model not found: " instead of a raw HTTP error blob, and the failure screen offers an Open Provider Settings button to fix it.
• Automatic update checks: now on by default for fresh installs (the toggle was inadvertently off).
• External-agent review titles: reviews run by ACP agents now take their title from the agent's output.
• External-agent file reads: ACP agents can read files again; absolute paths (which the protocol requires) were being rejected, so every file read during an agent review failed.
• Activity timeline connector line: the rail no longer draws over the step icons; it connects them cleanly and stops at the in-progress step.
• Failed tool calls show dimmed, not hidden: when an agent's tool call fails (including a transient miss it self-corrects from, e.g. reaching for an unavailable tool like Claude's native Read), the activity timeline now renders it de-emphasised instead of dropping it, so the reasoning trail stays honest without alarming.
• Cockpit findings breakdown matches the finding tags: the review cockpit now counts findings by kind (Bugs / Nits / Questions / …), matching the chip on each finding, instead of by severity. Previously a finding tagged "Bug" but rated only "warning" was miscounted as a "Nit", and the verdict now flags any bug for a look.

First public release of Coducky for macOS.

Added

• AI code review: open any local Git repo, select a branch or commit range, and get an inline review from an AI model.
• Multiple providers: connect OpenAI, Anthropic, OpenRouter, or any OpenAI-compatible endpoint via Settings → Providers.
• External agents (ACP): run your own AI agents alongside built-in providers; Coducky brokers file access via the Agent Communication Protocol.
• Review cockpit: live activity timeline showing the model's reasoning, tool calls (grep, read file, list dir), and findings as they stream in.
• Inline annotations: findings are anchored to diff hunks; grouped by file with severity indicators.
• 7-day free trial: starts automatically on first launch; upgrade to a full licence via Settings → Licence.
• Automatic updates: Sparkle checks for new versions in the background (Settings → Updates to configure).