September 5, 2025

Auggie CLI 0.5.2 Release Notes

The following changelog covers changes from v0.5.0 to v0.5.2.

New Features
  • Added /editor command to compose prompts in your preferred external editor (VS Code, vim, nano, etc.), use Ctrl+o for quick access
  • Custom commands can now specify which AI model to use in their frontmatter configuration
  • Slash commands can be run directly from the command line (e.g., auggie /help)
  • Added ability to edit existing tool permission rules without recreating them (press e to edit)
Improvements
  • Press ? to display more commands and shortcuts
  • Improved paste functionality on Windows
  • Improved support for IME input for Chinese and other languages
  • Added slash commands to the history manager for easier command recall
  • Added j/k keyboard navigation support for all menus (Task List, Model Picker, GitHub workflow)
  • Display model names in footer when you select a non-default model
Changes
  • Quiet mode (--quiet) now automatically defaults to text output mode
  • Added workspace size limits to prevent indexing excessively large directories
  • Prevented indexing when running CLI from home directory
  • Automatically enter INSERT mode when typing `/vim` command
  • Transcript defaults to compact output, use /verbose to toggle modes
Bugs
  • CLI continues gracefully when settings fail to load instead of crashing
  • Invalid MCP configuration no longer causes crashes
  • Limited @ file cache size to prevent performance degradation when opened in large directories
  • Fixed git worktree detection
  • Fixed command exit behavior for command line – model list, tokens print, and session delete now properly exit after completion
  • Fixed Ctrl+c and double escape shortcuts to work properly in vim mode