0.49.0 · core 2026-07-13

release 0.49.0 on GitHub →

Changed (BREAKING)

• *Skill prefix renamed: cali-product- → stelow-product-*. All 24 product skills under skills/ now use the stelow-product- prefix. Frontmatter name:, internal cross-references, and external invocations (/skill:stelow-product-shape-up etc.) are updated throughout the codebase. Skills installed in ~/.agents/skills/ under the old cali-product-* name are now orphaned and will be pruned on next session start (syncSkillsFromClone + retired-skills.yaml).
• Runtime state directory renamed: .cali-product-workflow/ → .stelow/. The legacy filesystem path is no longer preserved. Any in-flight workflow tracked under .cali-product-workflow/<date>/<dirHash>/ must be moved to .stelow/<date>/<dirHash>/ manually — the extension will not auto-discover the old path.
• Critique output directories renamed:
• .cali-ux-critique/ → .stelow-ux-critique/
• .cali-codebase-critique/ → .stelow-codebase-critique/
• .cali-plan-critique/ → .stelow-plan-critique/
• Build output renamed: build/extensions/cali-product-workflow{,-pi}/ → build/extensions/stelow/ (regenerate via npm run build).
• AGENTS.md policy updated: the legacy backward-compat note for cali-product-workflow / Cali Product Workflow names is removed. All runtime paths, skill prefixes, and filesystem artifacts now use the stelow prefix exclusively.

Migration

Users upgrading from ≤0.48.0 must:

1. npm run build to regenerate build/extensions/stelow/.
2. Move any in-flight workflow: mv .cali-product-workflow/* .stelow/ (only after confirming no current run is using it).
3. Delete old cali-product-* skill copies from ~/.agents/skills/ if install.sh prune didn't catch them (shouldn't be necessary — retired-skills.yaml lists them).

This is a non-cosmetic change: any script, hook, or external tool that hard-codes the old skill names or filesystem paths will break and must be updated.

Changed (post-release cleanup)

• Removed residual references to optional external skills (not runtime deps of stelow):
• .release.yml, extensions/stelow/schema-record.ts: comments no longer name a specific external release skill.
• setup.sh: hotkey slots 2 and 5 now point to project skills (stelow-product-shape-up, stelow-product-execution-critique) instead of external ones (cali-go-stack, cali-github-releases).
• install.sh: dropped unused cali-pw-* pattern from prune case (no skill was ever shipped under that prefix).
• AGENTS.md: redundant inline "no BC for legacy names" note removed (covered by the entry above).