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LoomBoard v0.1.2 ships: a desktop chat app for loomcycle

LoomBoard v0.1.2, a desktop chat app for the loomcycle agentic runtime, has been released with four packaging options including a Tauri v2 native desktop app, an npm CLI runner, an embeddable React component, and a Chrome MV3 side-panel extension. The thin client offers six capabilities such as streamed output, live HUD, and attachment support, but all builds are unsigned for v0.1.x, with signed builds planned for v0.2.

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LoomBoard v0.1.2 ships as the user-facing chat app for the loomcycle agentic runtime. Four packagings on one React codebase: a Tauri v2 native desktop app for macOS (universal DMG), Windows (NSIS + MSI), and Linux (AppImage + deb); an npm CLI runner (@loomboard/app) that opens the same UI in your default browser via a local reverse-proxy that sidesteps browser CORS; an embeddable React component (@loomboard/chat) with peer deps react + react-dom + @loomcycle/client; and a Chrome MV3 side-panel extension that registers browser_read_page / fill / click / navigate as RFC BC client-executed tools. Thin client — no LoomBoard-side backend, database, auth, or message queue. Six shipped capabilities: streamed output with tool calls + reasoning traces from every provider, live token/throughput/context HUD + context compaction, Interruption answers in place, image + PDF + DOCX attachments (pdfjs-dist + mammoth extract text browser-side), embedded Skills + MCP catalog via the reusable @loomcycle/library React component, and inline RFC AW EventLimit budget warnings (amber soft / red hard). Chrome extension actuation gated by a Confirm-vs-Auto toggle; sensitive fields always require confirmation. All builds UNSIGNED for v0.1.x (macOS Gatekeeper right-click → Open; Windows SmartScreen "More info" → "Run anyway"). Signed builds queued for v0.2. Board mode + Explorer mode target v0.3. Android/iOS via Tauri mobile after that. Chrome Web Store submission after v0.2 signing. Apache-2.0. Downloads at loomcycle.dev/loomboard.

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