BoltAI v1 (Legacy)

Changelog

Follow up on the latest improvements and updates.

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BoltAI v2.6.1

  • Gemini CLI web search.
    Added provider-native Google Search support with search indicators and source citations, so Gemini CLI results display grounded links in the UI.
  • Codex web search compatibility.
    Added tool wiring and status indicators so Codex CLI web search shows up cleanly in chat output.
  • Provider-aware tool UI.
    Tool selection now adapts to Gemini CLI (search-only) and clarifies Copilot tool availability.
  • Improved math rendering.
    Better inline LaTeX handling for typical model output using single-dollar delimiters.

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BoltAI v2.6.0

  • New: Google Vertex AI.
    Configure service account JSON, project, and location to use Vertex models.
  • New: Chat export/import.
    Export a chat to JSON or import it from the app menu.
  • Improved: Tool history reliability.
    Anthropic server tools are sanitized to avoid malformed replay.
  • Improved: Usage reporting.
    OpenAI‑compatible providers now surface usage metrics consistently.
  • Fixed: Gemini image follow‑ups.
    Thought signatures are preserved and images are normalized for multi‑turn use.
  • Fixed: Native tool availability.
    Provider-native tools now show up correctly (including new Vertex tools), with tool selection remaining per-chat.

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v2.5.1

  • Fixed: MCP OAuth sign‑in.
    Authentication now works even when Safari isn’t your default browser.
  • Improved: Tool defaults.
    The “Enable tools by default” toggle lives inside Manage Plugins and disables the list when off.
  • Improved: Agent tool behavior.
    Switching a chat to an agent with tools now enables tool use for that chat.

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BoltAI v2.5.0

  • New: Usage metrics & estimated cost.
    Messages now store usage details, with chat-level totals for quick tracking.
  • New: Workflow ordering & usage stats.
    Sort workflows, track usage count, and see recent activity.
  • New: Thinking controls for Anthropic, Google, and OpenRouter.
    Configure effort/level and budgets across account, folder, agent, and chat.
  • New: Codex CLI improvements.
    GPT-5.2 Codex models added and verification is more flexible with clearer warnings.
  • New: Workflow/agent/prompt duplication.
    Quickly duplicate items and start a New Chat (Copy Configuration) from the sidebar.
  • New: Advanced message editor.
    Expanded editing tools for message content and structure.
  • Improved: Attachments.
    Higher file size limit for licensed users with clearer limits and errors.
  • Fixed: Custom base URL model fetch.
    Model list requests now honor custom base URLs during provider setup.
  • Fixed: Context policy updates.
    Switching profiles now keeps context policy changes consistent.
  • Fixed: Markdown list indentation.
    Lists render with correct spacing and nesting.
  • Fixed: Web renderer stability.
    Prevented a crash when extracting message text for rendering.

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BoltAI v2.4.2

  • New: Built-in Apple TTS support.
    Added Apple’s built-in text-to-speech voices to Voice settings.
  • Fixed: Audio player window routing.
    Fixed the audio player opening in the wrong window.
  • Fixed: Tools toggle stability.
    Prevented tools from auto-reverting or auto-enabling provider search when no tools are selected.
  • Fixed: Agent tool list persistence.
    Fixed agent tool selections not saving reliably.
  • Fixed: Gemini title generation.
    Fixed chats not auto-generating titles when using Gemini.
  • Fixed: Think blocks in copy.
    Copying messages no longer includes
    <think>
    blocks.

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BoltAI 2.4.1

  • New: More built-in models. Added new models for Codex CLI, Claude Code, and Gemini CLI (GPT-5.2, Opus 4.5, Haiku 4.5, Gemini Pro 3.0).
  • New: Extra High reasoning effort. Added support for xhigh reasoning effort.
  • Fixed: Keyboard shortcuts being stolen. Fixed an issue where BoltAI could overwrite ⌘R and other system/app shortcuts.
  • Fixed: Agent tools not applied in workflows. Fixed an issue where tools were not applied when using an AI Workflow + AI Agent with tools.
  • Fixed: LLM parameters not saved. Fixed an issue where some LLM parameters might not be persisted.
  • Fixed: ShotSolve screenshot state. Fixed an issue where ShotSolve could keep previous screenshots instead of clearing them.
  • Fixed: Import hanging on macOS 26. Fixed an issue where import could hang on macOS 26.
  • Fixed: Codex CLI auth refresh tokens. Sync refresh tokens back to the Codex CLI auth.json.
  • Improved: Streaming proxy errors. Improved AI inference error handling in the streaming proxy.

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BoltAI 2.4.0

  • New: Apple Foundation Models (macOS 26+). Go to Settings > AI Services and click the plus (+) button to set it up. Tip: you can configure an AI Workflow to use Apple Foundation Models for free, 100% offline writing assistance. Note: tools are currently not supported for Apple Foundation Models.
  • New: Advanced keyboard shortcuts. Go to Settings > Shortcuts to customize (e.g., new chat window, new temporary chat window, activate BoltAI chat, focus composer, regenerate response, copy last AI response, copy last AI response & close, edit last user message).
  • New: Instant Workflow. Freely type your prompt in the Workflow Palette and trigger it immediately instead of using a pre-defined workflow.
  • New: Reset Chat Context. Reset the current chat context marker with ⌘⇧K (configurable).
  • Improved: Workflow hotkey trigger (no preview). Improved direct hotkey trigger for an AI Workflow (no preview), with a quick indicator in the case of “No Preview”.
  • Improved: Japanese / Chinese IME. Better support for Japanese and Chinese input methods.
  • Improved: Audio Player UI. The audio player now adopts the new Liquid Glass design.
  • Fixed: Memory retention. Attempted to fix a memory issue where the app might retain large memory after idling for a long time.

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BoltAI 2.3.1

  • New: Liquid Glass support. BoltAI v2 now works on macOS Tahoe with Liquid Glass.
  • Fix: Tools popover toggles. Resolved cases where some users couldn’t enable tools.
  • Improved: RTL support. Better rendering and layout for right-to-left languages.
  • Fix: List rendering. List items now render correctly in chats.
  • Fix: Prompt imports. Addressed failures importing prompts from v1.
  • Improved: Launch at Login & dock hiding. On login, the app hides its window and dock icon as expected.
  • Fix: Window persistence. Window size and position are saved reliably.
  • Improved: AI Workflow robustness. More reliable when triggered via direct keyboard shortcut.
  • Improved: MCP handling. Better stability and control over MCP servers.
  • New: MCP runtime ENV & PATH customization. Configure whitelists/blacklists and add PATH entries for tools like npx or uv.

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BoltAI 2.3.0

  • New: Kagi Search plugin. Premium web search with configurable results and Safe Search; bring your API key.
  • New: WolframAlpha plugin. Query WolframAlpha for computational and factual answers.
  • New: Default agent for root chats. Pick a default agent for new chats created outside folders; folder chats continue to use their own settings.
  • Improved: Workflow Palette fuzzy search. Find workflows faster with fuzzy matching across names and descriptions.
  • Fix: Workflow Palette listing. Prevented the palette from collapsing to a single entry.
  • Fix: Tools popover race. Reduced state races when toggling tools to keep selections in sync.
  • Fix: Window size/position. App now remembers window dimensions and location reliably.
  • Fix: Workflow template editor. Addressed blank template edge cases when editing workflows.
  • Fix: Agent & workflow saves. Resolved cases where edits to agents or workflows would not persist.

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BoltAI 2.2.2

  • Workflow preview parity
    . Preview now respects your agent settings—provider, model, system instruction, temperature, token limits, penalties, context policy, and tool selection—so the inline preview matches the final send.
  • Smarter selection capture
    . Hotkeys and the palette use a new PID-targeted copy helper that activates the frontmost app, restores your clipboard, and reduces empty-selection glitches.
  • Workflow input fidelity
    . App context and pre-captured selection/clipboard are handed through more consistently when running workflows or launching previews, tightening “what you see is what you send.”
  • Proxy-safe search tools
    . Brave Search and Google PSE tools now use a secure connection.
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