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v0.1.0 Release Notes

Release Date: 2026-07-06

VisionStudio v0.1.0 is the initial release of the desktop application for VisionSpec specification orchestration. This release provides a complete workflow for viewing, editing, and managing multi-domain specifications.

Highlights

  • Native desktop application with Electron shell
  • Go daemon with REST API for spec operations
  • Project management (add/remove projects)
  • Spec viewing with rich Markdown rendering
  • Workflow visualization with Mermaid diagrams
  • LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation display
  • Real-time file watching with SSE

Features

Desktop Application

  • Electron Shell: Native macOS/Windows/Linux application with proper traffic light positioning
  • React Frontend: Modern UI with Tailwind CSS styling
  • Terminal Integration: Built-in terminal for CLI operations
  • Directory Picker: Native file dialogs for project selection

Go Daemon

  • REST API: Full spec CRUD operations at localhost:8765
  • Project Management: Add/remove projects with persistence to ~/.visionstudio/projects.json
  • Spec Operations: Read, write, and evaluate specifications
  • Workflow API: Generate workflow diagrams from profiles
  • File Watching: Real-time updates via Server-Sent Events
  • Security: ReadHeaderTimeout to prevent Slowloris, path traversal validation

Spec Editor

  • Markdown Rendering: Full GitHub-flavored Markdown with tables, lists, code blocks
  • Eval Panel: Display LLM-as-a-Judge evaluation results alongside specs
  • Findings View: Consolidated view of all evaluation findings across specs
  • Syntax Highlighting: Code blocks with language-specific highlighting

Workflow Visualization

  • Mermaid Diagrams: Visual workflow showing spec dependencies
  • True AWS Working Backwards Order: MRD → Press → FAQ → 6-Pager → PRD → UXD → TRD → IRD → TPD → Spec
  • Category Groupings: Source, GTM, Product, Technical phases
  • Progress Tracking: Visual indicators for spec completion status

Project Management

  • Add Projects: Create new projects with profile selection and optional initialization
  • Remove Projects: Untrack projects without deleting files
  • Profile Support: big-tech-product, big-tech-feature, startup-mvp, aws-workingbackwards
  • Git Integration: Display repository remote URL

UI/UX

  • Sidebar Navigation: Collapsible project tree with spec status indicators
  • ProductBuildersHQ Branding: VisionStudio branding in sidebar header
  • Connection Status: Warning indicator when daemon is disconnected
  • Responsive Layout: Resizable panels for editor, workflow, and eval views

Dependencies

  • visionspec v0.12.0 (true AWS Working Backwards order, IRD support)
  • Electron 33
  • React 19
  • Chi router
  • fsnotify for file watching

Installation

# Clone and build
git clone https://github.com/ProductBuildersHQ/visionstudio
cd visionstudio

# Build daemon
go build -o bin/daemon ./cmd/daemon

# Build Electron app
cd desktop
npm install
npm run build

Known Limitations

  • Evaluation uses existing 1-10 float scale (1-5 integer scale planned for v0.2.0)
  • No real-time evaluation during editing
  • Single-user, local-only deployment

What's Next (v0.2.0)

  • 1-5 integer evaluation scale
  • Per-dimension scoring
  • Reason codes for actionable feedback
  • Confidence values
  • Updated evaluation UI