@yemi33/minions 0.1.402 → 0.1.403

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.1.403 (2026-04-06)
+
+### Fixes
+-  version check works on pure npm installs without package.json in ~/.minions
+
 ## 0.1.402 (2026-04-06)
 
 ### Features

package/bin/minions.js

@@ -233,9 +233,9 @@ function init() {
     '.npmignore', '.gitignore', '.github',
   ]);
 
-  // Files that are always overwritten (engine code)
+  // Files that are always overwritten (engine code + version metadata)
   const alwaysUpdate = (name) =>
-    name.endsWith('.js') || name.endsWith('.html');
+    name.endsWith('.js') || name.endsWith('.html') || name === 'package.json';
 
   // Files that should be added if missing but never overwritten (user customizations)
   const neverOverwrite = (name) =>

package/dashboard.js

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const llm = require('./engine/llm');
 
 // Dashboard version stamp — captured at module load so it reflects the code actually running
 const _dashboardVersion = {
-  codeVersion: (() => { try { return require('./package.json').version; } catch { return null; } })(),
+  codeVersion: (() => { try { return require('./package.json').version; } catch {} try { return require('@yemi33/minions/package.json').version; } catch {} return null; })(),
   codeCommit: (() => { try { return require('child_process').execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: __dirname, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 5000, windowsHide: true }).trim(); } catch { return null; } })(),
   startedAt: new Date().toISOString(),
   pid: process.pid,
@@ -224,6 +224,10 @@ function getDiskVersion() {
     delete require.cache[pkgPath]; // bust Node's require cache so npm updates are detected
     diskVersion = require('./package.json').version;
   } catch {}
+  // Fallback: if no local package.json (e.g. ~/.minions/ missing it), try the npm package root
+  if (!diskVersion) {
+    try { diskVersion = require('@yemi33/minions/package.json').version; } catch {}
+  }
   let diskCommit = null;
   try { diskCommit = require('child_process').execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: MINIONS_DIR, encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 5000, windowsHide: true }).trim(); } catch {}
   _diskVersionCache = { diskVersion, diskCommit };

package/engine/cli.js

@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ const commands = {
     // Record version + git commit so dashboard can detect stale engine code
     let codeVersion = null;
     try { codeVersion = require('../package.json').version; } catch {}
+    if (!codeVersion) { try { codeVersion = require('@yemi33/minions/package.json').version; } catch {} }
     let codeCommit = null;
     try { codeCommit = require('child_process').execSync('git rev-parse --short HEAD', { cwd: path.resolve(__dirname, '..'), encoding: 'utf8', timeout: 5000, windowsHide: true }).trim(); } catch {}
     safeWrite(CONTROL_PATH, { state: 'running', pid: process.pid, started_at: e.ts(), codeVersion, codeCommit });

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@yemi33/minions",
-  "version": "0.1.402",
+  "version": "0.1.403",
   "description": "Multi-agent AI dev team that runs from ~/.minions/ — five autonomous agents share a single engine, dashboard, and knowledge base",
   "bin": {
     "minions": "bin/minions.js"