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Otōto 2.8.5

Otōto 2.8.5 adds experimental Routines, letting users describe a repeated job once in a markdown file and have Otōto's small model run it with read-only tools via `ototo routine list`, `ototo routine run <name> [input]`, and `ototo routine new <name>`. The release's install.sh places five example routines in `~/.config/ototo/routines/` — covering CI jobs, dependencies, HTTP endpoints, configuration, and a file's Jira ticket number and summary — and never overwrites a file of the same name, while Claude Code and OpenCode only get a `routine` tool when `routines = true` is set in `config.toml`. The update also aligns Otōto's telemetry with OpenTelemetry naming (`mcp.server.operation.duration`, `gen_ai.client.token.usage`) and standard `OTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES` and `service.namespace`, and makes `ototo update` keep what it unpacked so install.sh's "Undo all" path still works.

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  • Routines (experimental). A job you do again and again, described once in a markdown file, done by Otōto's small model with its read-only tools:ototo routine list ,ototo routine run <name> [input] ,ototo routine new <name> . install.sh puts five examples in~/.config/ototo/routines/ (the CI jobs, the dependencies, the HTTP endpoints, the configuration, and a file's ticket number and summary for Jira), never over a file of the same name. Claude Code and OpenCode get aroutine tool only withroutines = true inconfig.toml ; until then nothing changes for them.routines/README.md shows how to use them and write your own.
  • Reporting that fits beside our other products, when you send Otōto's counts to a collector:service.namespace , the standardOTEL_RESOURCE_ATTRIBUTES read as well asotlp_attributes , and OpenTelemetry's own names for tool calls (mcp.server.operation.duration ) and small-model tokens (gen_ai.client.token.usage ) beside Otōto's. Otōto's own metrics are unchanged.
  • ototo update keeps what it unpacked, so the "Undo all" path install.sh prints at the end still works.
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