assist · Oct 19–25, 2026 · v0.857–v0.893 · via commits

User docs site, line comments in high-level review, extension project panes

Assist finally has user docs: a Starlight site with screenshots captured in a sandbox and a feedback loop from the browser extension straight to the agent writing them. High-level review gained line comments that post with the review.

Added 15

  • Internal command badge
  • Docs feedback from the extension, routed to the doc writer session
  • User docs site on Astro Starlight with sandboxed screenshots
  • Issue and PR tokens from the prompt shown on cards
  • Every command synced as a skill
  • Deleted files collapsed by default in diffs
  • Expand toggle on every preview pane
  • Assist button and outline toggle in GitHub project side panes
  • assist run add --env, --pre, --filter, --quiet, --param
  • Gap expanders in high-level review diffs
  • assist github issue create --milestone, create in /github
  • Match box filters the structure tree by plain text
  • Line comments on diffs and test source, posted with the review
  • Search term highlighted in transcripts
  • Merge conflicts flagged in high-level review

Changed 3

  • summarise command removed
  • sessions.topBar toggle removed
  • Draft Auto-start toggle renamed Auto-approve

Fixed 7

  • Staged changes lost across a pull
  • High-level review draft lost on close and reopen
  • Clones under baseDir not found by origin
  • assist prs raise running on a merged or closed PR
  • Sessions not restored mid worktree seeding
  • Review tests read from the wrong commit
  • Review not reusing an existing PR checkout