0.78.0
parruda/swarm0.78.0Aug 19, 2026by takahirom
AI Summary
Adds Anthropic as a first-class AI provider and improves dependency handling and image assertions on reusable calls.
Key Highlights
- Anthropic as a first-class AI provider
- Image assertions now run on reusable call sites
- Broken dependency references are rejected at load time
- Dependency dropdown prevents creating cycles
New Features
- Anthropic provider
- Image assertions on reusable calls
- Safer dependency validation
Full Release Notes
## Anthropic as a First-Class AI Provider
Arbigent can now use **Anthropic's Claude models directly** alongside OpenAI, Gemini, and Azure OpenAI — via Anthropic's own Messages API, with image assertions and scenario generation implemented natively. Also available in the desktop UI's provider dialog, and `--anthropic-endpoint` supports Anthropic-compatible gateways.
```bash
arbigent run --ai-type=anthropic --anthropic-api-key=<KEY>
```
Huge thanks to @Alex-Vaiman for contributing this end to end — module, CLI/UI wiring, and thorough tests. 🎉
## Verify at the Call Site: `imageAssertions` on Reusable Calls
A scenario that delegates its *how* to a reusable call can now keep its own *what*:
```yaml
scenarios:
- id: open-search
dependency: launch
uses: open-screen # shared navigation, defined once
with: { screen: "Search" }
imageAssertions: # verification specific to this call site
- assertionPrompt: "The search input field is shown"
```
The assertions run after the whole call finishes. Assertion prompts now also get the same `{{inputs.*}}` resolution and validation as goals.
## Safer Dependencies
Broken `dependency` references (dangling, cyclic, duplicate ids) are now rejected at load time, with every violation listed at once and the file path in the message. In the desktop UI, the dependency dropdown no longer offers choices that would create a cycle, and a project with a cycle can no longer be saved with scenarios silently missing. Under the hood, the four separate implementations of scenario resolution were unified into one resolver.
## What's Changed
* Unify scenario dependency and reusable resolution in one resolver by @takahirom in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/405
* Validate scenario dependencies at project load time by @takahirom in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/406
* Keep scenarios in a dependency cycle in the ordered list by @takahirom in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/407
* Leave dependents out of the dependency menu so cycles cannot be made by @takahirom in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/408
* Add Anthropic as a first-class AI provider by @Alex-Vaiman in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/411
* Run CI for Anthropic provider PR (mirror of #411) by @takahirom in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/412
* Allow imageAssertions on call-form scenarios as call-site verification by @takahirom in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/413
## New Contributors
* @Alex-Vaiman made their first contribution in https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/pull/411
**Full Changelog**: https://github.com/takahirom/arbigent/compare/0.77.0...0.78.0