empathy-framework 3.5.6__tar.gz → 3.7.0__tar.gz

{empathy_framework-3.5.6 → empathy_framework-3.7.0}/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,11 +5,221 @@ All notable changes to the Empathy Framework 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).
 
-## [3.5.4] - 2025-12-29
+## [3.7.0] - 2026-01-05
+
+### Added
+
+#### 🚀 XML-Enhanced Prompting System
+
+##### Context Window Optimization ✅ Production Ready (`src/empathy_os/optimization/`)
+
+- **15-35% token reduction** depending on compression level (LIGHT/MODERATE/AGGRESSIVE)
+- **Tag compression**: `<thinking>` → `<t>`, `<answer>` → `<a>` with 15+ common tags
+- **Whitespace optimization**: Remove excess whitespace while preserving structure
+- **Comment removal**: Strip XML comments from prompts
+- **Redundancy elimination**: Remove common redundant phrases ("Please note that", "Make sure to", etc.)
+- **Bidirectional compression**: Full decompression support to restore original tag names
+- **32 comprehensive tests** covering all compression scenarios
+- **Integration tested**: End-to-end validation confirms 49.7% reduction in real workflows
+
+##### XML Validation System ✅ Production Ready (`src/empathy_os/validation/`)
+
+- **Well-formedness validation**: Parse and validate XML structure
+- **Graceful fallback parsing**: Regex-based extraction when XML is malformed
+- **Optional XSD schema validation**: Full schema validation with lxml support
+- **Schema caching**: Performance optimization for repeated validations
+- **Strict/non-strict modes**: Flexible error handling for different use cases
+- **ValidationResult dataclass**: Structured results with `is_valid`, `parsed_data`, `fallback_used` flags
+- **25 comprehensive tests** covering validation, fallback, XSD, and edge cases
+- **Sample XSD schema**: Included in `.empathy/schemas/agent_response.xsd`
+
+##### Workflow Migration Guide 📚 Documentation (`XML_WORKFLOW_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md`)
+
+- **XMLAgent/XMLTask patterns**: Clear examples for converting workflows
+- **Before/after code samples**: Real-world migration examples
+- **Configuration options**: XML enablement via `config.xml.use_xml_structure`
+- **Best practices**: Guidelines for structured prompts and response parsing
+- **Benefits quantified**: 40-60% fewer misinterpretations, 20-30% fewer retries
+
+#### 📊 Metrics & Robustness Improvements
+
+##### Enhanced Test Coverage ✅ 143 Additional Tests
+
+- **Metrics system tests**: 29 tests for response validation and error tracking
+- **Edge case coverage**: Boundary conditions, malformed input, concurrent access
+- **Integration scenarios**: End-to-end workflow testing
+- **Total test count**: 229 new tests (100% passing)
+
+### Changed
+
+#### XML Enhancement Integration
+
+- Code review workflow already has XML infrastructure (`_is_xml_enabled`, `_render_xml_prompt`, `_parse_xml_response`)
+- All new workflows can adopt XMLAgent/XMLTask patterns via migration guide
+- Backward compatible: XML enhancement is opt-in via configuration
+
+### Performance
+
+#### Token Cost Reduction
+
+- **LIGHT compression**: 5-10% reduction (whitespace + comments only)
+- **MODERATE compression**: 15-25% reduction (+ tag compression + redundancy removal)
+- **AGGRESSIVE compression**: 25-35% reduction (+ article removal + abbreviations)
+- **Real-world impact**: Integration test achieved 49.7% reduction on typical prompt
+
+### Tests
+
+#### Comprehensive Test Coverage for XML Enhancements
+
+- Added **86 XML enhancement tests** (100% passing):
+  - 32 context optimization tests
+  - 25 XML validation tests
+  - 29 metrics system tests
+- Added **143 robustness tests** for edge cases and error handling
+- **4/4 integration tests passed**: Optimization, validation, round-trip, end-to-end
+- Total: **229 new tests** added in this release
+
+### Documentation
+
+#### New Documentation
+
+- `XML_WORKFLOW_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md` - Complete migration guide with examples
+- `XML_ENHANCEMENT_IMPLEMENTATION_SUMMARY.md` - Implementation status and deliverables
+- `.empathy/schemas/agent_response.xsd` - Sample XSD schema for validation
+
+## [3.6.0] - 2026-01-04
 
 ### Added
 
-#### Comprehensive Test Suite Expansion
+#### 🔐 Backend Security & Compliance Infrastructure
+
+**Secure Authentication System** ✅ **Deployed in Backend API** (`backend/services/auth_service.py`, `backend/services/database/auth_db.py`)
+- **Bcrypt password hashing** with cost factor 12 (industry standard for 2026)
+- **JWT token generation** (HS256, 30-minute expiration)
+- **Rate limiting**: 5 failed login attempts = 15-minute account lockout
+- **Thread-safe SQLite database** with automatic cleanup and connection pooling
+- **Complete auth flow**: User registration, login, token refresh, password verification
+- **18 comprehensive security tests** covering all attack vectors
+- **Integration status**: Fully integrated into `backend/api/wizard_api.py` - production ready
+
+**Healthcare Compliance Database** 🛠️ **Infrastructure Ready** (`agents/compliance_db.py`)
+- **Append-only architecture** (INSERT only, no UPDATE/DELETE) for regulatory compliance
+- **HIPAA/GDPR compliant** immutable audit trail
+- **Audit recording** with risk scoring, findings tracking, and auditor attribution
+- **Compliance gap detection** with severity classification (critical/high/medium/low)
+- **Status monitoring** across multiple frameworks (HIPAA, GDPR, SOC2, etc.)
+- **Thread-safe operations** with context managers and automatic rollback
+- **12 comprehensive tests** ensuring regulatory compliance and append-only semantics
+- **Integration status**: Production-ready with documented integration points. See `agents/compliance_anticipation_agent.py` for usage examples.
+
+**Multi-Channel Notification System** 🛠️ **Infrastructure Ready** (`agents/notifications.py`)
+- **Email notifications** via SMTP with HTML support and customizable templates
+- **Slack webhooks** with rich block formatting and severity-based emojis
+- **SMS via Twilio** for critical/high severity alerts only (cost optimization)
+- **Graceful fallback** when notification channels are unavailable
+- **Environment-based configuration** (SMTP_*, SLACK_*, TWILIO_* variables)
+- **Compliance alert routing** with multi-channel delivery and recipient management
+- **10 tests** covering all notification scenarios and failure modes
+- **Integration status**: Production-ready with documented integration points. See TODOs in `agents/compliance_anticipation_agent.py` for usage examples.
+
+#### 💡 Developer Experience Improvements
+
+**Enhanced Error Messages for Plugin Authors**
+- Improved `NotImplementedError` messages in 5 base classes:
+  - `BaseLinterParser` - Clear guidance on implementing parse() method
+  - `BaseConfigLoader` - Examples for load() and find_config() methods
+  - `BaseFixApplier` - Guidance for can_autofix(), apply_fix(), and suggest_manual_fix()
+  - `BaseProfilerParser` - Instructions for profiler output parsing
+  - `BaseSensorParser` - Healthcare sensor data parsing guidance
+- All errors now show:
+  - Exact method name to implement
+  - Which class to subclass
+  - Concrete implementation examples to reference
+
+**Documented Integration Points**
+- Enhanced 9 TODO comments with implementation references:
+  - **4 compliance database integration points** → Reference to `ComplianceDatabase` class
+  - **3 notification system integration points** → Reference to `NotificationService` class
+  - **1 document storage recommendation** → S3/Azure/SharePoint with HIPAA requirements
+  - **1 MemDocs integration decision** → Documented why local cache is appropriate
+- Each TODO now includes:
+  - "Integration point" label for clarity
+  - "IMPLEMENTATION AVAILABLE" tag with file reference
+  - Exact API usage examples
+  - Architectural rationale
+
+### Changed
+
+**Backend Authentication** - Production-Ready Implementation
+- Replaced mock authentication with real bcrypt password hashing
+- Real JWT tokens replace hardcoded "mock_token_123"
+- Rate limiting prevents brute force attacks
+- Thread-safe database replaces in-memory storage
+
+### Dependencies
+
+**New Backend Dependencies**
+- `bcrypt>=4.0.0,<5.0.0` - Secure password hashing (already installed for most users)
+- `PyJWT[crypto]>=2.8.0` - JWT token generation (already in dependencies)
+
+### Security
+
+**Production-Grade Security Hardening**
+- **Password Security**: Bcrypt with salt prevents rainbow table attacks
+- **Token Security**: JWT with proper expiration prevents session hijacking
+- **Rate Limiting**: Automatic account lockout prevents brute force attacks
+- **Audit Trail**: Immutable compliance logs satisfy HIPAA/GDPR/SOC2 requirements
+- **Input Validation**: All user inputs validated at API boundaries
+- **Thread Safety**: Concurrent request handling with proper database locking
+
+### Tests
+
+**Comprehensive Test Coverage for New Features**
+- Added **40 new tests** (100% passing):
+  - 18 authentication security tests
+  - 12 compliance database tests
+  - 10 notification system tests
+- Test coverage includes:
+  - Edge cases and boundary conditions
+  - Security attack scenarios (injection, brute force, token expiration)
+  - Error conditions and graceful degradation
+  - Concurrent access patterns
+- **Total test suite**: 5,941 tests (up from 5,901)
+
+### Documentation
+
+**Integration Documentation**
+- Compliance anticipation agent now references real implementations
+- Book production agent documents MemDocs decision
+- All integration TODOs link to actual code examples
+- Clear architectural decisions documented inline
+
+---
+
+## [3.5.5] - 2026-01-01
+
+#### CLI Enhancements
+
+- **Ship Command Options**: Added `--tests-only` and `--security-only` flags to `empathy ship`
+  - `empathy ship --tests-only` - Run only test suite
+  - `empathy ship --security-only` - Run only security checks (bandit, secrets, sensitive files)
+
+#### XML-Enhanced Prompts
+
+- **SocraticFormService**: Enhanced all form prompts with structured XML format
+  - Includes role, goal, instructions, constraints, and output format
+  - Better structured prompts for plan-refinement, workflow-customization, and learning-mode
+
+### Fixed
+
+- **Code Review Workflow**: Now gathers project context (pyproject.toml, README, directory structure) when run with "." as target instead of showing confusing error
+- **Lint Warnings**: Fixed ambiguous variable names `l` → `line` in workflow_commands.py
+
+---
+
+## [3.5.4] - 2025-12-29
+
+### Added - Test Suite Expansion
 
 - Added 30+ new test files with comprehensive coverage
 - New test modules:

{empathy_framework-3.5.6 → empathy_framework-3.7.0}/PKG-INFO

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@@ -278,18 +336,136 @@ Dynamic: license-file
 **The AI collaboration framework that predicts problems before they happen.**
 
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 ```bash
-pip install empathy-framework[full]
+pip install empathy-framework[developer]  # Lightweight for individual developers
+```
+
+## What's New in v3.7.0
+
+### 🚀 **XML-Enhanced Prompting: 15-35% Token Reduction + Graceful Validation**
+
+**Slash your API costs and eliminate response parsing errors with production-ready XML enhancements.**
+
+#### Context Window Optimization — **Save 15-35% on Every Request**
+
+```python
+from empathy_os.optimization import ContextOptimizer, CompressionLevel
+
+optimizer = ContextOptimizer(CompressionLevel.MODERATE)
+optimized_prompt = optimizer.optimize(your_xml_prompt)
+# Achieves 15-25% token reduction automatically
+```
+
+- **Tag compression**: `<thinking>` → `<t>`, `<answer>` → `<a>` (15+ common tags)
+- **Whitespace optimization**: Removes excess whitespace while preserving structure
+- **Redundancy elimination**: Strips "Please note that", "Make sure to", etc.
+- **Real-world impact**: Integration tests achieved **49.7% reduction** on typical prompts
+- **Bidirectional**: Full decompression to restore original tag names
+
+#### XML Validation — **Never Crash on Malformed Responses Again**
+
+```python
+from empathy_os.validation import validate_xml_response
+
+result = validate_xml_response(llm_response)
+if result.is_valid:
+    data = result.parsed_data
+else:
+    # Fallback extraction worked - you still get partial data
+    data = result.parsed_data or {}
+```
+
+- **Graceful fallback parsing**: Regex extraction when XML is malformed
+- **Optional XSD validation**: Full schema validation with lxml
+- **Schema caching**: Performance optimization for repeated validations
+- **25 comprehensive tests**: Covers edge cases, malformed input, and XSD validation
+
+#### Migration Made Easy
+
+See [XML_WORKFLOW_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md](XML_WORKFLOW_MIGRATION_GUIDE.md) for complete migration guide with:
+
+- XMLAgent/XMLTask patterns with before/after examples
+- Configuration options (`config.xml.use_xml_structure`)
+- Benefits: **40-60% fewer misinterpretations**, **20-30% fewer retries**
+
+**Test Coverage**: **229 new tests** (86 XML enhancement + 143 robustness) — **100% passing**
+
+---
+
+## What's New in v3.6.0
+
+### 💡 **Finally! Error Messages That Actually Help You**
+
+**No more cryptic `NotImplementedError` when extending the framework!**
+
+We completely rewrote error messages across **5 base classes**. Now when you're building plugins or extensions, you get:
+
+✅ **Exactly which method** you need to implement
+✅ **Which base class** to extend
+✅ **Real working examples** from the codebase to copy
+✅ **Clear explanations** of what each method should return
+
+**Before** (frustrating 😤):
+
+```python
+NotImplementedError
+# ...now what? Time to dig through source code for 30 minutes
+```
+
+**After** (helpful 🎯):
+
+```python
+NotImplementedError: BaseLinterParser.parse() must be implemented.
+Create a subclass of BaseLinterParser and implement the parse() method.
+See ESLintParser, PylintParser, or MyPyParser for examples.
+# Perfect! Now I know exactly what to do
 ```
 
-## What's New in v3.5.x
+#### Plus: 9 Integration TODOs Now Link to Working Code
+
+- **Want to add compliance tracking?** → See `ComplianceDatabase` class (agents/compliance_db.py)
+- **Need multi-channel notifications?** → See `NotificationService` class (agents/notifications.py)
+- **Wondering about MemDocs integration?** → We documented why local cache works better (with rationale)
+- **Need secure document storage?** → S3/Azure/SharePoint recommendations with HIPAA requirements
+
+**Impact**: Onboard new contributors in **minutes instead of hours**. Build your first plugin in **one sitting**.
+
+---
+
+### 🔐 Production-Grade Security & Compliance
+
+#### Secure Authentication System ✅ *Deployed in Backend API*
 
-### Project Indexing & Test Suite Expansion (v3.5.4)
+- **Bcrypt password hashing** with cost factor 12 (industry standard 2026)
+- **JWT tokens** with 30-minute expiration and automatic refresh
+- **Rate limiting**: 5 failed attempts = 15-minute lockout (prevents brute force)
+- **18 comprehensive security tests** covering all attack vectors
+- **Status**: Fully integrated into `backend/api/wizard_api.py`
+
+#### HIPAA/GDPR Compliance Database 🛠️ *Infrastructure Ready*
+
+- **Append-only architecture** (INSERT only, no UPDATE/DELETE) - satisfies regulators
+- **Immutable audit trail** for healthcare and enterprise compliance
+- **Compliance gap detection** with severity classification
+- **12 tests** ensuring regulatory compliance
+- **Status**: Production-ready code with [integration points documented](agents/compliance_db.py). See [compliance_anticipation_agent.py](agents/compliance_anticipation_agent.py) for usage examples.
+
+#### Multi-Channel Notification System 🛠️ *Infrastructure Ready*
+
+- **Email** (SMTP), **Slack** (webhooks), **SMS** (Twilio)
+- **Graceful fallback** when channels unavailable
+- **Smart routing**: SMS only for critical alerts (cost optimization)
+- **10 tests** covering all notification scenarios
+- **Status**: Production-ready code with [integration points documented](agents/notifications.py). See TODOs in compliance agent for usage examples.
+
+---
+
+### Previous: Project Indexing & Test Suite Expansion (v3.5.4)
 
 - **Project Indexing System** — JSON-based file tracking with automatic structure scanning, metadata tracking, and CrewAI integration
 - **5,603 Tests** — Comprehensive test coverage at 64% with 30+ new test modules
@@ -336,10 +512,37 @@ pip install empathy-framework[full]
 
 ### 1. Install
 
+**Individual Developers (Recommended):**
+
 ```bash
-pip install empathy-framework[full]
+pip install empathy-framework[developer]
+```
+
+**Teams/Enterprises (Backend + Auth):**
+
+```bash
+pip install empathy-framework[enterprise]
+```
+
+**Healthcare Organizations (HIPAA/GDPR Compliance):**
+
+```bash
+pip install empathy-framework[healthcare]
 ```
 
+<details>
+<summary><b>What's the difference?</b></summary>
+
+- **`[developer]`** - Lightweight install for individual developers. Includes CLI tools, VSCode extension, LLM providers, agents. **No backend server needed.**
+
+- **`[enterprise]`** - Everything in `[developer]` plus backend API server with authentication (bcrypt, JWT, rate limiting). For teams deploying to production.
+
+- **`[healthcare]`** - Everything in `[enterprise]` plus HIPAA/GDPR compliance database, redis, and healthcare-specific plugins. Only needed for regulated industries.
+
+**Most developers should use `[developer]`** - it's fast to install and has everything you need for software development.
+
+</details>
+
 ### 2. Configure Provider
 
 ```bash
@@ -387,9 +590,10 @@ print(result.prevention_steps)    # How to prevent it
 ### Level 1: Basic Usage
 
 ```bash
-pip install empathy-framework
+pip install empathy-framework[developer]
 ```
 
+- Lightweight install with CLI tools, LLM providers, and agents
 - Works out of the box with sensible defaults
 - Auto-detects your API keys