Release v4.2.9: Progressive disclosure experimental feature announcement
Documentation Updates:
- Added experimental progressive disclosure context system section to README
- Created EXPERIMENTAL_RELEASE_NOTES.md with comprehensive testing guide
- Created GITHUB_RELEASE_TEMPLATE.md for release announcements
- Updated all version references to 4.2.9 (package.json, marketplace.json, CLAUDE.md, README.md)
Progressive Disclosure Concept:
- Layer 1: Index showing what observations exist with token costs
- Layer 2: On-demand details via MCP search
- Layer 3: Perfect recall via source code access
Purpose:
- Invite users to test feature/context-with-observations branch
- Gather feedback on observation-level context vs summary-only approach
- Validate whether token cost metadata improves Claude's retrieval decisions
Testing Instructions:
- Clear documentation on how to clone, build, and test experimental branch
- Feedback template provided for structured user responses
- GitHub issues encouraged with label 'feedback: progressive-disclosure'
Files Changed:
- README.md (experimental feature section)
- EXPERIMENTAL_RELEASE_NOTES.md (new)
- GITHUB_RELEASE_TEMPLATE.md (new)
- package.json (version bump)
- .claude-plugin/marketplace.json (version bump)
- CLAUDE.md (version history + version number)
- plugin/scripts/*.js (rebuilt)
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
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