# Release v0.4.0

> This is a major release introducing the Event Loop Node architecture, an interactive TUI dashboard, ClientIO gateway for client-facing agents, a GitHub tool, Slack tool integration (45+ tools), and a full migration from…

- Skill: `tools-only/release-v0-4-0` (Agent Skill, multi-file: 3 files)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add tools-only/release-v0-4-0`
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- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: tools-only (https://skillmd.com/u/tools-only)
- Updated: 2026-09-29
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/tools-only/release-v0-4-0

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# 🚀 Release v0.4.0

**79 commits since v0.3.2** | **Target: `main` @ `80a41b4`**

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## ✨ Highlights

This is a major release introducing the **Event Loop Node architecture**, an **interactive TUI dashboard**, **ClientIO gateway** for client-facing agents, a **GitHub tool**, **Slack tool integration** (45+ tools), and a full **migration from pip to uv** for package management.

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## 🆕 Features

### 🔄 Event Loop Node Architecture
- Implement event loop node framework (WP1-4, WP8, WP9, WP10, WP12) — a new node type that supports iterative, multi-turn execution with tool calls, judge-based acceptance, and client-facing interaction
- Emit bus events for runtime observability
- Add graph validation for client-facing nodes
- Soft-fail on schema mismatch during context handoff (no more hard failures)

### 🖥️ Interactive TUI Dashboard
- Add interactive TUI dashboard for agent execution with 3-pane layout (logs/graph + chat)
- Implement selectable logging, interactive ChatREPL, and thread-safe event handling
- Screenshot feature, header polish, keybinding updates
- Lazy widget loading, Horizontal/Vertical layout fixes
- Integrate agent builder with TUI

### 💬 ClientIO Gateway
- Implement ClientIO gateway for client-facing node I/O routing
- Client-facing nodes can now request and receive user input at runtime

### 🐙 GitHub Tool
- Add GitHub tool for repository and issue management
- Security and integration fixes from PR feedback

### 💼 Slack Tool Integration
- Add Slack bot integration with 45+ tools for multipurpose integration
- Includes CRM support capabilities

### 🔑 Credential Store
- Provider-based credential store (`aden provider credential store by provider`)
- Support non-OAuth key setup in credential workflows
- Quickstart credential store integration

### 📦 Migration to uv
- Migrate from pip to uv for package management
- Consolidate workspace to uv monorepo
- Migrate all CI jobs from pip to uv
- Check for litellm import in both `CORE_PYTHON` and `TOOLS_PYTHON` environments

### 🛠️ Other Features
- Tool truncation for handling large tool outputs
- Inject runtime datetime into LLM system prompts
- Add sample agent folder structure and examples
- Add message when LLM key is not available
- Edit bot prompt to decide on technical size of issues
- Update skills and agent builder tools; bump pinned ruff version

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## 🐛 Bug Fixes

- **ON_FAILURE edge routing**: Follow ON_FAILURE edges when a node fails after max retries
- **Malformed JSON tool arguments**: Handle malformed JSON tool arguments safely in LiteLLMProvider
- **Quickstart compatibility**: Fix quickstart.sh compatibility and provider selection issues
- **Silent exit fix**: Resolve silent exit when selecting non-Anthropic LLM provider
- **Robust compaction logic**: Fix conversation compaction edge cases
- **Loop prevention**: Prevent infinite loops in feedback edges
- **Tool pruning logic**: Fix incorrect tool pruning behavior
- **Text delta granularity**: Fix text delta granularity and tool limit problems
- **Tool call results**: Fix formulation of tool call results
- **Max retry reset**: Reset max retry counter to 0 for event loop nodes
- **Graph validation**: Fix graph validation logic
- **MCP exports directory**: Handle missing exports directory in test generation tools
- **Bash version support**: Fix bash version compatibility

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## 🏗️ Chores & CI

- Consolidate workspace to uv monorepo
- Migrate remaining CI jobs from pip to uv
- Clean up use of `setup-python` in CI
- Windows lint fixes
- Various lint and formatting fixes
- Update `.gitignore` and remove local claude settings
- Update issue templates

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## 📖 Documentation

- Add Windows compatibility warning
- Update architecture diagram source path in README

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## 👏 Contributors

Thanks to all contributors for this release:

- **@mubarakar95** — Interactive TUI dashboard (3-pane layout, ChatREPL, selectable logging, screenshot feature, lazy widget loading)
- **@levxn** — Slack bot integration with 45+ tools including CRM support
- **@lakshitaa-chellaramani** — GitHub tool for repository and issue management
- **@Acid-OP** — ON_FAILURE edge routing fix after max retries
- **@Siddharth2624** — Malformed JSON tool argument handling in LiteLLMProvider
- **@Antiarin** — Runtime datetime injection into LLM system prompts
- **@kuldeepgaur02** — Fix silent exit when selecting non-Anthropic LLM provider
- **@Anjali Yadav** — Fix missing exports directory in MCP test generation tools
- **@Hundao** — Migrate remaining CI jobs from pip to uv
- **@ranjithkumar9343** — Windows compatibility warning documentation
- **@Yogesh Sakharam Diwate** — Architecture diagram path update in README