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-# Patchloom for VS Code v0.0.4
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-This release brings full alignment with **Patchloom CLI v0.2.0**, new Quick Actions, improved documentation, and infrastructure hardening.
-
-## What's new
-
-### Patchloom CLI v0.2.0 support
-
-- **Patch Merge Quick Action**: three-way merge is now available directly from the command palette, matching the new `patch merge` command in CLI v0.2.0.
-- **Updated documentation links**: all "Open Documentation" links now point to the new docs site at [patchloom.github.io/patchloom](https://patchloom.github.io/patchloom/).
-- **MCP setup guide**: the Getting Started walkthrough now includes a direct link to the MCP configuration guide.
-
-### Documentation improvements
-
-- The README now lists all 13 commands (previously "Open Documentation" was missing).
-- Four undocumented settings are now in the README: `patchloom.enable`, `patchloom.trace.server`, `patchloom.env`, and `patchloom.managedInstall.autoUpdate`.
-
-## Under the hood
-
-- **Security**: resolved a high-severity vulnerability in markdown-it (GHSA-6v5v-wf23-fmfq) and updated transitive dependencies.
-- **Code quality**: deduplicated constants and error helpers across managed install commands, removing repeated code from three parallel functions.
-- **CI**: replaced the third-party auto-approve action with a native `gh pr review` call, added a monthly PAT expiry reminder workflow, and added support for curated release notes.
-- **Dependencies**: bumped `@vscode/test-electron` to v3, `@types/node`, `ovsx`, and `actions/attest-build-provenance` to v4.
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-## Test coverage
-
-252 unit tests, 91% line coverage, zero npm audit vulnerabilities.