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Version 0.1.0

This is the initial release of Canvas Chat, a visual non-linear chat interface where conversations are nodes on an infinite canvas, allowing branching, merging, and exploration of topics as a directed acyclic graph (DAG).

Core Features

  • Infinite Canvas: Pan and zoom interface with native trackpad/touch gesture support for navigating conversations
  • Node-based Conversations: Chat messages rendered as draggable, resizable nodes with support for branching and merging
  • Multi-model Support: Works with OpenAI, Anthropic Claude, Google, Groq, GitHub Copilot, and local Ollama models
  • Session Management: Create, save, and switch between multiple canvas sessions

Canvas & Navigation

  • Add semantic zoom with auto-generated summaries for nodes when zoomed out (5531ab0, Eric Ma)
  • Add BM25 keyword search for nodes with Cmd/Ctrl+K shortcut (7e07769, Eric Ma)
  • Add smooth animated transitions for auto-layout and pan operations (2b370f4, c5883a9, Eric Ma)
  • Add one-click node resize to 80% viewport with scrollable content (84e86ea, Eric Ma)
  • Add subtle fade effect on non-selected nodes to focus attention (61cd855, Eric Ma)
  • Improve node fading: ancestors less faded than non-ancestors (2202429, Eric Ma)
  • Make selected nodes more visually obvious with dashed outline (76046c9, Eric Ma)

AI & LLM Features

  • Support multiple concurrent AI streams with per-node abort controllers (1e69803, Eric Ma)
  • Add stop/continue buttons for LLM generation in node header (308e150, Eric Ma)
  • Add auto-title generation for conversations (d0ab531, Eric Ma)
  • Auto-populate models from provider APIs dynamically (c4229b3, Eric Ma)
  • Filter models by available API keys and fetch Ollama dynamically (053cbb0, Eric Ma)
  • Add GitHub Copilot support and new Claude models (a174566, Eric Ma)

Matrix Evaluation

  • Add /matrix command for cross-product evaluation tables (8efe873, Eric Ma)
  • Support single-node /matrix command with two-list extraction (482e137, Eric Ma)
  • Allow matrix creation with N context nodes instead of just 2 (a856bc2, Eric Ma)
  • Add matrix row/column extraction with preview modal (d24dd19, Eric Ma)
  • Improve matrix creation and editing experience with editable rows/columns (a20a805, Eric Ma)
  • Add undo/redo support for matrix cell fills (e00049d, Eric Ma)
  • Add Exa web search with /search slash command (398099b, Eric Ma)
  • Add Exa research for deep topic exploration (a48932d, Eric Ma)
  • Add contextual search query refinement using LLM (f826308, Eric Ma)
  • Add fetch & summarize for Reference nodes (e35eeeb, Eric Ma)
  • Split Fetch & Summarize into two nodes: FETCH_RESULT and SUMMARY (22ebbec, Eric Ma)
  • Add editable FETCH_RESULT nodes with versioning and re-summarize (b3ab838, Eric Ma)

Editing & Interaction

  • Add inline reply tooltip for text selection branching (fbe26df, Eric Ma)
  • Add slash command autocomplete menu with keyboard navigation (9232882, Eric Ma)
  • Add split-pane markdown editor with live preview for content editing (a2e3d77, Eric Ma)
  • Add 'c' keyboard shortcut to copy node content (6282c51, Eric Ma)
  • Add 'r' keyboard shortcut to focus reply input (9eeeae9, Eric Ma)
  • Add copy button to nodes for easy content copying (c215ba4, Eric Ma)
  • Add highlight source text feature for excerpt nodes (6a17401, Eric Ma)

Usability Improvements

  • Add undo/redo system for node operations (02f6cec, Eric Ma)
  • Add help modal with keyboard shortcuts and tips (02f6cec, Eric Ma)
  • Add node tagging system with color-coded tags and drawer UI (a3a57d6, Eric Ma)
  • Add layout algorithm selection with force-directed option (719a9e2, Eric Ma)
  • Fixed-size scrollable nodes for AI, Summary, Research, Fetch Result (518b01d, Eric Ma)

Infrastructure

  • Add Modal deployment with CI/CD (240b72c, Eric Ma)
  • Add streaming architecture with SSE (da6d8c7, Eric Ma)
  • Add shared SSE utility with text normalization (d15e7b9, Eric Ma)

Bug Fixes

  • Fix force-directed layout edge spring to respect node sizes (7ff72f5, Eric Ma)
  • Fix force-directed layout overlap detection for rectangles (7c2ca1d, Eric Ma)
  • Fix resolveOverlaps to properly separate large nodes (53686c4, Eric Ma)
  • Fix zoomed-out summary text not updating after content loads (2830112, Eric Ma)
  • Fix SSE data parsing to handle standard 'data: ' format (7e0f5da, Eric Ma)
  • Fix SSE parsing to preserve newlines in multi-line content (9701825, Eric Ma)
  • Fix markdown rendering to preserve code block formatting (1866164, Eric Ma)
  • Fix edge rendering after auto-layout and node resize constraints (9f5a382, Eric Ma)
  • Fix auto-layout to use actual node dimensions from canvas (6eb8088, Eric Ma)
  • Fix settings modal scrolling on small screens (4088976, Eric Ma)
  • Fix matrix cell SSE streaming with CRLF normalization (58473c3, Eric Ma)

Documentation

  • Add streaming architecture design decision doc (da6d8c7, Eric Ma)
  • Add how-to documentation for matrix evaluation feature (e31a3a0, Eric Ma)
  • Document concurrent state isolation pattern (eb0a5d3, Eric Ma)
  • Add post-task review guidance to AGENTS.md (e6bbf27, Eric Ma)