0.59.1-alpha · core 2026-09-16

Evidence and input contracts are now consistent across product research. Multi-method market analysis applies the shared web-research policy to both variants; opportunity mapping uses it only when external facts affect a ranking; and JTBD competitor discovery verifies named products rather than presenting unverified lists as findings. All three use the portable ask contract consistently.
Weekly market canvases cite claims where they appear. The prior style rule prohibited inline citations even though the shared evidence contract requires source and date; material factual claims now carry a clickable source and date, with a complete source list retained at the end.

CLI ask-protocol integration test quality. Replaced wall-clock polling with bounded file-handoff polling so the test stays a real subprocess test without time-dependent flakiness; the rigor score rose from 56 (failing) to 74 (passing).