Changelog

1.6.0 - 2026-11-10

• The right panel explains each message: what it does and why it's sent, above its body and field notes.
• A request links to the message that answers it, and a response links back to its request.
• The lesson summary, facts and links move into a collapsed "About this lesson" section above the message.
• Every message now needs what and why; the checker reports any that are missing. Older topics must add them before they rebuild.
• The writing guide covers how to write what, why and field notes, and the checker catches more filler words.

1.5.3 - 2026-11-08

• Add an explicit Claude manifest for claude.ai marketplace synchronization.

1.5.2 - 2026-11-05

• Stronger viewer checks: sessions reuse only the owner's recorded port, the proof is bound to that port, the signing key never appears in links, and secrets are replaced whenever a viewer stops.

1.5.1 - 2026-11-05

• The viewer is private: links carry a token, requests without it are refused, and sessions reuse a running viewer only after it proves it holds the token.

1.5.0 - 2026-11-05

• Pages open without anyone starting a server: building or opening an explainer returns a local link from one shared viewer.
• The viewer is reused by every page and session, stops after 30 idle minutes and with its session, and serves only explainer pages to this machine.
• New tool explainer_open shows a saved explainer.

1.4.0 - 2026-11-05

• Direct text, no blobs: lesson summaries can be 2 to 4 bullet points, sentences are 20 words max, and leads, summaries, steps, asides, callouts and facts have tighter limits.
• Agents do an editing pass before building, using the writer skill when it is installed.

1.3.2 - 2026-11-05

• Phone playback bar: the Log button no longer spills into the next-lesson button on narrow phones.
• Command-line builds keep the replaced page in .history, like explainer_build.

1.3.1 - 2026-11-05

• Every scrolling panel reserves room for its scrollbar, so text no longer shifts when a panel starts to scroll.

1.3.0 - 2026-11-05

• Spatial stability: controls, lessons, toggles and the diagram never move when something changes, at desktop, laptop and phone sizes.
• The lesson list shows every step of every lesson; any step is clickable.
• At 1024 px, lessons with a Before/After toggle no longer collapse the diagram.
• The checker rejects an actor that moves between a lesson's variants or versions.

1.2.1 - 2026-11-05

• topicPath only reads topics inside the explainers folder; paths or symlinks leading out are refused.

1.2.0 - 2026-11-05

• New tools explainer_list and explainer_get to find and revise saved explainers.
• explainer_check and explainer_build accept topicPath (a saved .json) instead of the whole topic.
• Rebuilding keeps the replaced page and topic in ~/Explainers/.history/; an identical rebuild changes nothing.
• Every tool has a "Use this when" description, a closed input schema checked at runtime, full annotations, an output schema and structured results.
• Lesson list: no double divider above a separated lesson group.

1.1.0 - 2026-11-05

• First marketplace release, from explainer-kit 1.1.0.
• Skill plus bundled stdio MCP server (explainer_guide, explainer_check, explainer_build).
• Checker enforces the topic schema, presets, length limits, actor spacing and plain wording.
• Built pages save their topic JSON beside them for later revision.