canon-ai 3.7.0 → 3.8.0

package/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [3.8.0] — 2026-10-07
+
+### Changed
+
+- **`/canon-spec-review`'s factual reviewer now runs on Haiku.** The reviewer that checks a spec's paths, symbols, and signatures against the code now runs on `haiku`. Its work is lookups, so the smaller model is enough and costs less. The shape and spec-quality reviewers still use your session's model. Run `canon upgrade`, then start a new Claude Code session to pick it up.
+
 ## [3.7.0] — 2026-10-06
 
 ### Added

package/dist/cli/index.js

@@ -1224,7 +1224,7 @@ function checkTemplates(cwd) {
 }
 function checkCanonVersion(cwd) {
   const versionPath = join(cwd, ".canon", "version");
-  const installedVersion = "3.7.0";
+  const installedVersion = "3.8.0";
   if (!existsSync(versionPath)) {
     return { label: ".canon/version", status: "warn", detail: "missing \u2014 run `canon upgrade`" };
   }
@@ -1721,7 +1721,7 @@ function initCmd(_args) {
 }
 function writeCanonVersion(cwd) {
   const versionPath = join2(cwd, ".canon", "version");
-  const version = "3.7.0";
+  const version = "3.8.0";
   mkdirSync(dirname2(versionPath), { recursive: true });
   writeFileSync(versionPath, version + "\n");
 }
@@ -2731,7 +2731,7 @@ function isInstalledSourcePath(sourcePath) {
   return sourcePath.includes("/node_modules/") || sourcePath.includes("\\node_modules\\") || sourcePath.includes("/_npx/") || sourcePath.includes("\\_npx\\");
 }
 function resolveCanonVersion(explicit) {
-  return explicit ?? "3.7.0" ?? "dev";
+  return explicit ?? "3.8.0" ?? "dev";
 }
 function resolveOrchestratorCommit(repoRoot, upstreamCommit, runGitAt) {
   const ownToplevel = captureGitOutput(repoRoot, ["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], runGitAt);
@@ -4893,7 +4893,7 @@ function currentPinFromManifest(manifest) {
   return "unknown";
 }
 function bakedVersion() {
-  return "3.7.0";
+  return "3.8.0";
 }
 function ownPackageName(pkgDir) {
   try {
@@ -5370,7 +5370,7 @@ function runUpgrade(cwd, pkgDir, options = {}) {
     cutoverWarnings.push(docsRefsCheckRel);
   }
   const versionPath = join5(cwd, ".canon", "version");
-  const newVersion = "3.7.0";
+  const newVersion = "3.8.0";
   const currentVersion = existsSync5(versionPath) ? readFileSync4(versionPath, "utf8").trim() : null;
   if (currentVersion !== newVersion) {
     pending.push({ rel: ".canon/version", projectPath: versionPath, content: newVersion + "\n" });
@@ -5678,7 +5678,7 @@ Global:
 `);
 }
 function printVersion() {
-  console.log("3.7.0");
+  console.log("3.8.0");
 }
 switch (command) {
   case "doctor":

package/dist/orchestrator/run-task.js

@@ -5205,7 +5205,7 @@ function isInstalledSourcePath(sourcePath) {
   return sourcePath.includes("/node_modules/") || sourcePath.includes("\\node_modules\\") || sourcePath.includes("/_npx/") || sourcePath.includes("\\_npx\\");
 }
 function resolveCanonVersion(explicit) {
-  return explicit ?? "3.7.0" ?? "dev";
+  return explicit ?? "3.8.0" ?? "dev";
 }
 function resolveOrchestratorCommit(repoRoot, upstreamCommit, runGitAt) {
   const ownToplevel = captureGitOutput(repoRoot, ["rev-parse", "--show-toplevel"], runGitAt);

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "canon-ai",
-  "version": "3.7.0",
+  "version": "3.8.0",
   "type": "module",
   "description": "A spec-first, multi-agent AI coding pipeline you drop into any repo. The law your agents work under.",
   "engines": {

package/templates/.claude/agents/spec-review-lens.md

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ Review the spec yourself and spawn no sub-agents.
 Invoke no skills.
 Write no files. Run no `canon` commands and ask the user nothing.
 Bash is read-only: search, list, print file ranges, and inspect read-only git history. Use no redirects, in-place edits, or state-changing git.
-Inherit the session's model and effort.
+Inherit the session's model and effort unless the dispatching call sets a model.
 
 Every finding cites `file:line` or an AC number. Re-open the current file before making any claim about code; do not rely on memory.
 

package/templates/.claude/skills/canon-spec-review/SKILL.md

@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ State briefly: task ID, size, delicate flag, "dispatching 3 parallel sub-agents.
 
 ### 2. Dispatch 3 sub-agents in one message
 
-Send a SINGLE message with three Agent tool calls so they run concurrently. Every call uses `subagent_type: spec-review-lens` and carries the full spec text inline, its angle, scope and rubric. Each lens returns cited findings in its own format. If the Agent tool rejects `spec-review-lens`, stop and tell the human to run `canon upgrade`, then start a new Claude Code session; do not fall back to another agent type.
+Send a SINGLE message with three Agent tool calls so they run concurrently. Every call uses `subagent_type: spec-review-lens` and carries the full spec text inline, its angle, scope and rubric. Agent B's call also passes `model: haiku`; its lookups are mechanical, while A and C need judgment and inherit the session model. Each lens returns cited findings in its own format. If the Agent tool rejects `spec-review-lens`, stop and tell the human to run `canon upgrade`, then start a new Claude Code session; do not fall back to another agent type.
 
 #### Agent A — Structural / shape