chore(main): release 0.53.0

.release-please-manifest.json

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 {
-  ".": "0.52.0"
+  ".": "0.53.0"
 }

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## [0.53.0](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/compare/v0.52.0...v0.53.0) (2026-06-16)
+
+### Highlights
+
+**Ollama vision capability detection.** `OllamaBackend` now probes the model manifest at load time and advertises `supportsVision` in `BackendCapabilities` when the loaded model exposes a vision encoder ([#1892](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1892)). UI layers can reliably gate image-attach controls on `capabilities.supportsVision` without hard-coding model-name patterns — no caller change required.
+
+```swift
+let caps = await backend.capabilities()
+if caps.supportsVision {
+    // safe to attach images
+}
+```
+
+### Documentation
+
+* Resolved WWDC 2026 `LanguageModelExecutor` / `CoreAI` trait-stub descriptions ([#1895](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1895)).
+
+### Tests
+
+* Added repeatable local real-model integration and perf sweep ([#1888](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1888)).
+* Capability-based tool-call discovery for Ollama E2E with aligned setup docs ([#1890](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1890)).
+* Live streaming cancellation E2E with deterministic post-conditions ([#1891](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1891)).
+* Made `KeepAlivePolicyTests` robust against CI scheduling starvation ([#1894](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1894)).
+
+### Continuous Integration
+
+* Added on-demand companion compat check against an arbitrary core ref ([#1889](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/issues/1889)).
+
 ## [0.52.0](https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit/compare/v0.51.0...v0.52.0) (2026-06-15)
 
 ### Highlights

README.md

@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Each row is genuinely strong at its own layer — a UI kit renders beautiful bub
 ```swift
 .package(
     url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-    from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+    from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
 )
 ```
 
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ ManifoldKit also **consumes** AnyLanguageModel as a backend: the `ManifoldAnyLan
 
 This package was renamed from `BaseChatKit` to `ManifoldKit` in v0.20. The old GitHub URL redirects, but:
 
-- Update SPM dependencies to `.package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git", ...)` with `from: "0.52.0"` <!-- x-release-please-version -->
+- Update SPM dependencies to `.package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git", ...)` with `from: "0.53.0"` <!-- x-release-please-version -->
 - Update imports: `import BaseChatKit` → `import ManifoldKit` (and similarly for sub-modules).
 - Renamed public types: `BaseChatBootstrap` → `ManifoldBootstrap`, `BaseChatConfiguration` → `ManifoldConfiguration`, `BaseChatSchemaV3/4/5` → `ManifoldSchemaV3/4/5`, `BaseChatMigrationPlan` → `ManifoldMigrationPlan`, `BaseChatBackgroundTaskIdentifiers` → `ManifoldBackgroundTaskIdentifiers`.
 - **BREAKING — local SwiftData stores reset.** Apps upgrading from 0.19.x create fresh databases on first launch. We chose this clean break over preserving data with `@Model.originalName` because v0.20 is pre-1.0.

docs/QUICKSTART-APPINTENTS.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ No trait required — the former `AppIntents` trait was retired in v0.48. Add th
 ```swift
 .package(
     url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-    from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+    from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
 )
 ```
 

docs/QUICKSTART-CLI.md

@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ Since v0.48 the heavy local backends ship as companion packages — core Manifol
 dependencies: [
     .package(
         url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-        from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+        from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
     ),
     .package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/manifold-llama.git", from: "0.1.0"),  // GGUF
     // .package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/manifold-mlx.git", from: "0.1.0"), // MLX
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(
             url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-            from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+            from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
         ),
     ],
     targets: [
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(
             url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-            from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+            from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
         ),
         // The GGUF backend lives in the manifold-llama companion package (v0.48).
         .package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/manifold-llama.git", from: "0.1.0"),
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(
             url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-            from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+            from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
         ),
     ],
     targets: [
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ let package = Package(
     dependencies: [
         .package(
             url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-            from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+            from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
         ),
         // The MLX backend lives in the manifold-mlx companion package (v0.48).
         .package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/manifold-mlx.git", from: "0.1.0"),

docs/QUICKSTART-RAG.md

@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ companion package:
 dependencies: [
     .package(
         url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-        from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+        from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
     ),
     // Only needed for semantic search (§3) / reranking (§4) —
     // keyword-fallback RAG works with core alone.

docs/QUICKSTART-VOICE.md

@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ consumer `Package.swift`:
 dependencies: [
     .package(
         url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-        from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+        from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
         // Depending on just the ManifoldVoice product keeps the inference
         // stack out of your app graph — core has no heavy ML deps since v0.48.
     ),

docs/QUICKSTART.md

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ Add ManifoldKit to your `Package.swift` (or Xcode's *Package Dependencies*):
 ```swift
 .package(
     url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-    from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+    from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
 )
 ```
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ If you don't want the full model-management UI (e.g. cloud-only apps that seed a
 // Package.swift
 .package(
     url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-    from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+    from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
 ),
 .package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/manifold-llama.git", from: "0.1.0"),  // GGUF / llama.cpp
 .package(url: "https://github.com/roryford/manifold-mlx.git", from: "0.1.0"),    // MLX (+ image gen)

docs/SWIFTUI-MULTI-SESSION.md

@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Tagged release:
 // always compile since v0.48; no traits needed.
 .package(
     url: "https://github.com/roryford/ManifoldKit.git",
-    from: "0.52.0" // x-release-please-version
+    from: "0.53.0" // x-release-please-version
 )
 ```
 

version.txt

@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.52.0
+0.53.0