v0.9.8

agent0ai/agent-zerov0.9.8Feb 10, 2026by frdel

AI Summary

Major release introducing Skills system replacing Instruments, comprehensive UI redesign with WebSocket infrastructure, Git project support, and four new LLM providers.

Key Highlights

Skills System with SKILL.md standard replacing Instruments
Real-time WebSocket infrastructure replacing polling
Major UI redesign with process groups, timestamps, step modals
Git-based projects with clone authentication
Four new LLM providers: CometAPI, Z.AI, Moonshot AI, AWS Bedrock

New Features

Skills System with SKILL.md standard for portable agent capabilities
Built-in skills with UI import and listing support
WebSocket-based real-time UI state synchronization
Process groups with expand/collapse support
Timestamps, steps count, execution time with tool badges
Step detail modals with key-value and raw JSON display
Collapsible responses with show more/less and copy buttons
Message queue system for queuing messages during processing
In-browser file editor
Welcome screen redesign with security and API key banners
Scheduler redesign with standalone modal and project support
Smooth response rendering and scroll stabilization
Chat width setting and reworked preferences panel
Image viewer with scroll support
Redesigned sidebar with dropdown component
Inline button confirmations for critical actions
Improved login design with logout button
File browser with rename and actions dropdown
Git projects with public/private repository clone authentication
CometAPI, Z.AI, Moonshot AI, AWS Bedrock LLM providers
Microsoft Dev Tunnels integration for secure remote access
User data migration to /usr directory
Subagents system with configurable agent profiles
Memory operations offloaded to deferred tasks
A0_SET_* environment variable prefix support
Automatic migration with overwrite support for .env, scheduler, knowledge
Projects support extended to MCP, A2A, and external API
Workdir outside project support
Agent number tracking for multi-agent identification

Full Release Notes

### v0.9.8 - Skills, UI Redesign & Git projects
[Release video](https://youtu.be/NV7s78yn6DY)

- Skills
    - Skills System replacing the legacy Instruments with a new `SKILL.md` standard for structured, portable agent capabilities.
    - Built-in skills, and UI support for importing and listing skills
- Real-time WebSocket infrastructure replacing the polling-based approach for UI state synchronization
- UI Redesign
    - Process groups to visually group agent actions with expand/collapse support
    - Timestamps, steps count and execution time with tool-specific badges
    - Step detail modals with key-value and raw JSON display
    - Collapsible responses with show more/less and copy buttons on code blocks and tables
    - Message queue system allowing users to queue messages while the agent is still processing
    - In-browser file editor for viewing and editing files without leaving the UI
    - Welcome screen redesign with info and warning banners for connection security, missing API keys, and system resources
    - Scheduler redesign with standalone modal, separate task list, detail and editor components, and project support
    - Smooth response rendering and scroll stabilization across chat, terminals, and image viewer
    - Chat width setting and reworked preferences panel
    - Image viewer improvements with scroll support and expanded viewer
    - Redesigned sidebar with reusable dropdown component and streamlined buttons
    - Inline button confirmations for critical actions
    - Improved login design and new logout button
    - File browser enhanced with rename and file actions dropdown
- Git projects
    - Git-based projects with clone authentication for public and private repositories
- Four new LLM providers: CometAPI, Z.AI, Moonshot AI, and AWS Bedrock
- Microsoft Dev Tunnels integration for secure remote access
- User data migration to `/usr` directory for cleaner separation of user and system files
- Subagents system with configurable agent profiles for different roles
- Memory operations offloaded to deferred tasks for better performance
- Environment variables can now configure settings via `A0_SET_*` prefix in `.env`
- Automatic migration with overwrite support for `.env`, scheduler, knowledge, and legacy directories
- Projects support extended to MCP, A2A, and external API
- Workdir outside project support for more flexible file organization
- Agent number tracking in backend and responses for multi-agent identification
- Many bug fixes and stability improvements across the UI, MCP tools, scheduler, uploads, and WebSocket handling