v0.7.0 — PGlite Local Mode

Highlights

One-command local install — no PostgreSQL or Redis required:

npm install -g @synapse-research/synapse
synapse

Changes

Bug Fixes

• Bug #19 (Critical): Research question creation silently failed in standalone mode — server actions replaced with REST API
• Bug #20 (Medium): Cache directory permission denied on global npm install — postinstall chmod fix
• Health check no longer false-reports "degraded" when Redis is configured but lazy-loaded

Improvements

• Completion notification toasts show a checkmark icon instead of a plain dot
• New /api/research-questions/[uuid]/review REST endpoint

Documentation

• README updated with one-command install instructions (EN + ZH)
• Consolidated E2E test report: 54 tests, all passing
• Removed test screenshots from repo root

CLI Package

• @synapse-research/synapse@0.2.5 on npm

v0.6.1

What's New

• Project descriptions on the dashboard now preserve intentional blank lines when expanded, improving readability for structured briefs
• The experiment plan side panel now renders above the detail sheet overlay, uses the shared panel background, and allows normal text selection
• The autonomous experiment entry button is more prominent, with refreshed blue styling and a yellow lightning icon for faster scanning
• The experiment detail sheet is wider on large screens, giving experiment plans, results, and progress logs more room

Notes

• This release also updates the English and Chinese README changelog sections for v0.6.1.

v0.6.0

Added

• Agent Type & Transport: Agents now have a type field (openclaw | claude_code) that maps to an internal transport capability (realtime | poll). Web UI dispatch features only show realtime-capable agents.
• Agent type selector: Create and edit forms on the Agents page include a Type dropdown with badge display.
• Transport query filter: GET /api/agents supports ?transport=realtime and ?type=claude_code query parameters.
• Dispatch validation: Auto-search and deep-research API routes reject agents that do not support realtime transport.
• Experiment assignments in checkin: synapse_checkin now returns assigned experiments alongside legacy experiment runs.
• Research Copilot workflow: Claude Code SessionStart hook presents research projects with progress summaries and a guided workflow covering paper search, deep research, research questions, experiments, and analysis.
• Project progress in checkin: synapse_checkin returns a projects array with paper counts, deep research status, research question titles, and experiment counts by status.

Changed

• Plugin version: Synapse Claude Code plugin bumped to 0.6.0.

Fixed

• Admin role validation: Added admin to valid agent roles in server actions and API routes.
• Type validation in server actions: createAgentAndKeyAction and updateAgentAction now validate agent type.
• Nullable auth guard: Fixed potential null auth context in integrations route.

v0.5.1

Added

• DeepXiv paper search: Replace Semantic Scholar + OpenAlex with DeepXiv hybrid search (BM25 + vector) over arXiv. arXiv API kept as fallback.
• Full-text paper reading: 4 new MCP tools for progressive reading — synapse_read_paper_brief (~500 tokens), synapse_read_paper_head (~1-2k), synapse_read_paper_section (~1-5k), synapse_read_paper_full (~10-50k)
• DeepXiv token in Settings: New Integrations card in Settings page — per-company DB-stored token with 1-min cache and env var override
• What's New in README: Both README.md and README.zh.md now have a What's New section updated each release

Changed

• Agent prompts: Auto-search uses brief for relevance assessment before adding papers; deep research uses progressive reading for full-text literature reviews
• OpenClaw plugin v0.9.0: New reading tool registrations and updated agent prompts

Removed

• Semantic Scholar & OpenAlex: Search adapters removed — paywalled papers can't be read anyway
• Stale screenshots: 14 debug screenshots (~2MB) removed from project root
• .vscode/: IDE config removed from repo, added to .gitignore
• CHANGELOG.md: Pre-rename Chorus-era changelog removed, replaced by README What's New

v0.5.0

Major Changes

Research & Literature

• Multi-source paper search (Semantic Scholar + OpenAlex + arXiv) with rate limiting, retry, and dedup
• Deep research report versioning (v1 → v2 → v3)
• Related Works page: one-shot paper search + deep research trigger with prompt editing
• Paper publishedYear extraction and display

MCP Tools & Permissions

• Tool cleanup: 114 → 65 tools (removed legacy ExperimentDesign/Run/Hypothesis)
• 5-permission model: pre_research, research, experiment, report, admin
• Tool names normalized (removed research_lead_ and pi_ prefixes)

GitHub Integration

• Project-level repo config (URL, username, token)
• Base branch selection when creating experiments
• Agent pushes code to experiment branches, tracked in UI
• synapse_get_repo_access MCP tool

Compute & GPU

• Per-node GPU telemetry toggle (30s polling, auto-disable after 3 failures)
• GPU reservation system (synapse_reserve_gpus) with atomic transactions
• Queued experiments automatically re-triggered on GPU release by priority

Experiment Workflow

• Structured experiment prompt: check GPU → reserve → start → SSH → clone → execute → monitor → push → submit
• Cron-based monitoring for long-running experiments
• liveStatus support in progress reports (queuing/checking_resources/running)

UI & Docs

• Dark mode color fixes across all pages
• Document types: experiment_result, literature_review, analysis, methodology
• GitHub config in project settings and edit dialog
• Deployment guide with OIDC/Cognito setup
• Three-environment sync rules in CLAUDE.md/AGENTS.md