@lincoln504/pi-research 1.6.7 → 1.6.8

package/README.md

@@ -44,21 +44,20 @@ npm install -g @lincoln504/pi-research
 pi-research skill install
 ```
 
-On npm ≥11.19 (and npm 12), dependency install scripts are skipped by default. This
-package needs none of them: better-sqlite3 13 ships prebuilt bindings for every
-supported platform inside its own tarball, and the stealth browser (~500MB)
-self-provisions on its first use instead of at install time — so the first scrape
-takes a few minutes. Nothing needs approving. (On older npm, which still runs
-scripts, a Windows machine without Visual Studio Build Tools can fail while npm
-needlessly recompiles better-sqlite3; upgrading npm fixes that too.)
+No extra setup is needed. The package uses no install scripts: it ships
+ready-made bindings for every platform, and the stealth browser (~500MB)
+downloads on first use, so the first scrape takes a few minutes. npm ≥11.19
+skips install scripts by default; leave it that way, nothing needs approving
+or building. Only Windows with npm older than 11.19 can fail when the install
+tries to compile from source; upgrading npm fixes it.
 
 In pi it works out of the box on the session's model and pi's configuration. Standalone use ([agent skill](docs/AGENT-SKILL.md) or [SDK](docs/SDK.md)) needs a model configured. See [Configuration](docs/CONFIGURATION.md).
 
 ### How it works
 
-A research run loops through agent teams: a coordinator plans and starts with a search, researcher agents scrape and read in parallel, and a research lead decides whether to go another round — then writes the report from every report collected. The result is one cited Markdown report with findings optionally saved to the knowledge store.
+A research run loops through agent teams: a coordinator plans and starts with a search, researcher agents scrape and read in parallel, and a research lead decides whether to go another round, then writes the report from every report collected. The result is one cited Markdown report with findings optionally saved to the knowledge store.
 
-Three depth levels (normal, deep, ultra) set the team size and number of rounds. A natural-language request is enough — the tool picks the right one:
+Three depth levels (normal, deep, ultra) set the team size and number of rounds. A natural-language request is enough; the tool picks the right one:
 
 ![Prompt-driven multi-round research in the pi TUI](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lincoln504/pi-research/main/docs/media/02-prompt-research.gif)
 
@@ -73,7 +72,7 @@ Three depth levels (normal, deep, ultra) set the team size and number of rounds.
 
 - **No quota and no monthly fee.** Most AI search providers cap free searches and then charge, with results served from their index on their servers. pi-research searches and scrapes locally through DuckDuckGo in a stealth browser.
 - **The index is local.** Every finding can be saved to a local [LanceDB](https://lancedb.com) knowledge store that seeds future runs, so repeat questions get faster and cheaper answers.
-- **Read-only by design.** The research agent cannot run shell commands or write, edit, or delete anything — the right shape for an agent whose whole job is reading untrusted web pages. Prompt injection picked up mid-run has nothing to act on.
+- **Read-only by design.** The research agent cannot run shell commands or write, edit, or delete anything, which is the right shape for an agent whose whole job is reading untrusted web pages. Prompt injection picked up mid-run has nothing to act on.
 - **Search a little or a lot.** Depth levels range from a quick pass to a large-scale investigation.
 
 ### Requirements / limitations

package/agent-skill/pi-research/SKILL.md

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 name: pi-research
 description: "Multi-agent web research for any coding agent. Use for anything requiring current information from the internet — news, trends, product/service/company facts, statistics, people, places, events, APIs, library behavior, or 'what is X / how does X work' questions. Also use to search a local knowledge store of previously researched findings before doing live research. Powered by the pi-research engine (search, stealth scraping, security databases, Stack Exchange). Not for reading local files, running project commands, or analyzing this repository's own source."
 license: MIT
-metadata: { "author": "Lincoln Deen", "version": "1.6.7", "package": "@lincoln504/pi-research", "engine": "pi-research-sdk", "openclaw": { "requires": { "bins": ["node"] } } }
+metadata: { "author": "Lincoln Deen", "version": "1.6.8", "package": "@lincoln504/pi-research", "engine": "pi-research-sdk", "openclaw": { "requires": { "bins": ["node"] } } }
 allowed-tools: Bash(node:*)
 ---
 

package/docs/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.6.8] - 2026-08-31
+
+### Changed
+
+- README npm install note rewritten for clarity (no behavior or claim changes): the three tangled topics (script skipping on npm ≥11.19, better-sqlite3's bundled prebuilds, the browser's first-use download) are now three plain sentences with an explicit do and don't, and the em dashes are gone. This is the README the package site renders, so the entry exists to timestamp that refresh.
+
 ## [1.6.7] - 2026-08-31
 
 Two threads from the issue tracker collide here: #10 ("Installation via NPM fails")

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@lincoln504/pi-research",
-  "version": "1.6.7",
+  "version": "1.6.8",
   "description": "Web research for your agents with smart and safe tooling + knowledge store",
   "type": "module",
   "private": false,