opencodekit 0.14.5 → 0.15.0

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  1. package/README.md +2 -2
  2. package/dist/index.js +100 -58
  3. package/dist/template/.opencode/.env.example +1 -0
  4. package/dist/template/.opencode/AGENTS.md +13 -24
  5. package/dist/template/.opencode/README.md +8 -119
  6. package/dist/template/.opencode/agent/explore.md +2 -3
  7. package/dist/template/.opencode/agent/general.md +56 -0
  8. package/dist/template/.opencode/agent/plan.md +54 -0
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  10. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/analyze-project.md +2 -2
  11. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/brainstorm.md +1 -1
  12. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/design-audit.md +4 -5
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  14. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/generate-pattern.md +2 -9
  15. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/implement.md +4 -4
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  17. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/new-feature.md +2 -3
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  21. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/restore-image.md +1 -9
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  23. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/review-codebase.md +4 -4
  24. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/status.md +1 -2
  25. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/summarize.md +1 -2
  26. package/dist/template/.opencode/command/triage.md +4 -32
  27. package/dist/template/.opencode/dcp.jsonc +68 -68
  28. package/dist/template/.opencode/memory/_templates/README.md +35 -0
  29. package/dist/template/.opencode/memory/_templates/project/architecture.md +60 -0
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  38. package/dist/template/.opencode/memory/user.example.md +5 -0
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  48. package/dist/template/.opencode/plugin/skill-mcp.ts +486 -521
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  51. package/dist/template/.opencode/skill/chrome-devtools/mcp.json +17 -17
  52. package/dist/template/.opencode/skill/condition-based-waiting/SKILL.md +17 -12
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