otter

Changelog

Production releases for the Docker image, Web/API, @otter-engg/cli, and otter-mcp.

MCP 0.2.0 โ€” Engineering intelligence layer 2026-08-09

Official MCP stdio server on PyPI. External agents get impact analysis, architecture guard, verification, and approval-gated tasks โ€” install without cloning the monorepo.

What to install

  • pip install otter-mcp or uvx otter-mcp
  • Docs: /docs/mcp ยท PyPI

Highlights

  • Tools: understand, impact, change radar, guard, why, verify, review gate, task orchestration
  • Writes require approval โ€” no silent apply
  • Bundled intelligence packages in the wheel (no PYTHONPATH hack)

0.2.0 โ€” Engineer core 2026-08-08

Shared engineer loop: understand โ†’ plan โ†’ approve โ†’ implement โ†’ validate. Targeted edits preferred over full-file rewrites. Intelligence feeds coding context on the Docker path.

What to upgrade

  • Docker: docker pull manasdutta04/otter:latest then recreate Compose (Hub)
  • CLI: npm i -g @otter-engg/cli@0.2.0 (or pnpm / yarn / bun)

Highlights

  • Web Coding: link a Planner plan, generate patch, approve, apply
  • CLI /create: stage plan, confirm, implement, validate
  • Platform image loads packages/agent correctly for self-host

Full notes: CHANGELOG.md. Guides: CLI ยท Docker ยท MCP.

0.1.x earlier

First public Hub image and npm CLI, GitHub App login via auth broker, self-host Compose.