talon-agent 3.5.0 → 3.6.1

package/README.md

@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
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 Multi-platform agentic AI harness. Runs on **Telegram**, **Discord**, **Microsoft Teams**, the **Terminal**, and a **cross-platform Desktop/Mobile companion app** (Flutter), with a pluggable backend (**Claude Agent SDK**, **Kilo**, **OpenCode**, **Codex**, or **OpenAI Agents**) and full tool access through MCP.
 
@@ -438,6 +439,16 @@ npm run format           # prettier --write
 
 ---
 
+## Support
+
+Talon is free and MIT-licensed, built and maintained in the open. If it's useful to you, sponsoring helps cover hosting and model costs and funds continued development — and keeps it free for everyone.
+
+**[❤️ Sponsor Talon on GitHub](https://github.com/sponsors/dylanneve1)**
+
+Even a one-time tip makes a difference, and every sponsor is appreciated. Starring the repo helps too.
+
+---
+
 ## License
 
 MIT

package/package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "talon-agent",
-  "version": "3.5.0",
+  "version": "3.6.1",
   "description": "Multi-frontend AI agent with full tool access, streaming, cron jobs, and plugin system",
   "author": "Dylan Neve",
   "license": "MIT",

package/prompts/system/goals.md

@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@
 
 For outcomes that outlive this conversation ("get the release out", "keep chasing that refund until it lands"): commit to a goal with `add_goal`. Goals survive restarts, and the background heartbeat agent re-reads every open goal on each of its runs, makes incremental progress, and records what it did — so a goal keeps moving even when nobody is chatting. Record progress with `update_goal` (always leave a `progress_note` — the next run starts from it), and close goals out with status `completed` or `abandoned`. Manage with `list_goals`, `delete_goal`.
 
-Rule of thumb: time-driven → cron; condition-watching → trigger; outcome-driven, needs judgment across multiple sessions → goal. When the user asks you to pursue or keep track of something long-running, create a goal rather than relying on conversation memory. Limit: {{maxOpenGoals}} open goals per chat.
+Rule of thumb: time-driven → cron; condition-watching → trigger; outcome-driven, needs judgment across multiple sessions → goal. When the user asks you to pursue or keep track of something long-running, create a goal rather than relying on conversation memory. There is no cap on open goals — create as many as you genuinely need, and keep the list healthy by closing finished ones (`completed`/`abandoned`).
 
 **Never promise without a mechanism.** If you tell someone you'll do something later — "I'll check back on that", "I'll remind you tomorrow", "I'll keep an eye on it" — create the goal, cron job, or trigger in the SAME turn. A promise that lives only in conversation text evaporates when the turn ends; the user hears a commitment, so back it with the machinery that actually keeps it.

package/src/core/engine/gateway-actions/goals.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 
 import {
   addGoal,
-  countOpenGoalsForChat,
   deleteGoal,
   formatGoal,
   generateGoalId,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ import {
   validateProgressNote,
   validateTitle,
   GOAL_STATUSES,
-  MAX_OPEN_GOALS_PER_CHAT,
   OPEN_GOAL_STATUSES,
   type Goal,
   type GoalStatus,
@@ -51,13 +49,8 @@ export const goalHandlers: SharedActionHandlers = {
     }
 
     const chatIdStr = String(chatId);
-    const openCount = countOpenGoalsForChat(chatIdStr);
-    if (openCount >= MAX_OPEN_GOALS_PER_CHAT) {
-      return {
-        ok: false,
-        error: `Per-chat open-goal cap reached (${MAX_OPEN_GOALS_PER_CHAT}). Complete or abandon one before adding another.`,
-      };
-    }
+    // No open-goal cap: goals grow freely. The heartbeat re-reads every open
+    // goal, so keep them tidy by closing finished ones (completed/abandoned).
 
     const now = Date.now();
     const goal: Goal = {

package/src/core/prompt/assemble.ts

@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@ import { todayAndYesterday } from "../../util/time.js";
 import { log } from "../../util/log.js";
 import { loadSystemTemplate } from "./templates.js";
 import { renderWorkspaceListing } from "./workspace-listing.js";
-import { MAX_OPEN_GOALS_PER_CHAT } from "../../storage/goal-store.js";
 import { renderSkillsPrompt } from "../../storage/skill-store.js";
 import { renderStickerLibraryPrompt } from "../../storage/sticker-store.js";
 import { getSoul } from "../soul/service.js";
@@ -216,9 +215,7 @@ export function assembleSystemPrompt(
     loadSystemTemplate("workspace"),
     loadSystemTemplate("cron"),
     loadSystemTemplate("triggers"),
-    loadSystemTemplate("goals", {
-      maxOpenGoals: String(MAX_OPEN_GOALS_PER_CHAT),
-    }),
+    loadSystemTemplate("goals"),
     loadSystemTemplate("skills"),
   );
 

package/src/storage/goal-store.ts

@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ export const GOAL_PRIORITIES: readonly GoalPriority[] = [
 /** Statuses that count as "open" — shown to the heartbeat and listings. */
 export const OPEN_GOAL_STATUSES: readonly GoalStatus[] = ["active", "paused"];
 
-export const MAX_OPEN_GOALS_PER_CHAT = 25;
 export const MAX_TITLE_LENGTH = 200;
 export const MAX_DESCRIPTION_LENGTH = 2_000;
 export const MAX_PROGRESS_NOTE_LENGTH = 1_000;