feat: v5.3.0 — Developer Experience & Quality

[JeremyDev87]

Summary

v5.3.0 release focused on Developer Experience improvements, Agent Stacks, Plugin Scaffold, and test coverage.

Features

A. CLI Shell Completions

• codingbuddy completion bash/zsh/fish command
• Dynamic plugin name completion for update/uninstall

B. Rule Impact Activation

• Activate event collection in core MCP handlers
• Track mode transitions, agent dispatch, checklist usage

C. Agent Stacks Presets

• Pre-built agent combinations for common workflows
• Stored as JSON in packages/rules/.ai-rules/agent-stacks/
• dispatch_agents supports agentStack parameter
• list_agent_stacks MCP tool

D. Plugin Scaffold

• codingbuddy create-plugin [name] command
• --template minimal|full option
• Generates valid plugin structure with plugin.json

E. Test Coverage

• Tests for intent-pattern-checks.ts (13 pattern priority orchestration)
• Tests for taskmaestro-detector.ts

Wave Plan

• Wave 1 (parallel): A + B + E (cli/, mcp/handlers/, keyword/ — no file overlap)
• Wave 2 (parallel): C + D (agent/, cli/ — no file overlap)

Sub-Issues

• A-1: CLI completion command
• A-2: Completion tests
• B-1: Rule event tracking in handlers
• B-2: Rule tracking tests
• C-1: AgentStack schema + default stacks
• C-2: Agent-stack resolution in dispatch_agents
• C-3: list_agent_stacks MCP tool
• D-1: create-plugin scaffold command
• D-2: create-plugin tests
• E-1: intent-pattern-checks + taskmaestro-detector tests

[JeremyDev87]

v5.3.0 features all implemented and merged across 3 waves:

• Wave 1: Shell Completions (feat(cli): add completion command with bash/zsh/fish support #1179), Rule Impact (feat(mcp): activate rule event tracking in core handlers #1180)
• Wave 2: Agent Stacks (feat(mcp): add agent-stack resolution to dispatch_agents #1183), Plugin Scaffold (feat(cli): add create-plugin scaffold command #1185)
• Wave 3: Test Coverage (test(mcp): add tests for intent-pattern-checks and taskmaestro-detector (#1181) #1186), Memory→Rules (refactor: embed memory feedback rules into project rules and skills #1189), Mode Engine (feat(plugin): self-contained mode engine — plugin works without MCP server #1192)

Plus hotfix wave (P0-P2) and Standalone Mode Enhancement (6 PRs).