Dr. Claw v1.1.3
Highlights
Dr. Claw v1.1.3 covers all changes merged after v1.1.2 on April 5, 2026 through the v1.1.3 release on April 8, 2026.
- Auto Research Hub: Browse and install community skill packs (ARIS with 43 skills, Autoresearch, DeepScientist with 13 stages) from a new dedicated Hub page, with collapsible pack sections, GitHub repo links, tutorial, and one-click setup via the Chat dropdown.
- Gemini-style Chat Redesign: Centered empty state, toolbar inside the text box, compact model/mode selectors, skill shortcuts dropdown, and a streamlined dashboard with 3-column project grid, collapsible sections, and compact metrics.
- Compute Resources Dashboard: Full compute node management with GPU/CPU monitoring, connect/disconnect controls, and MCP tools integration for project sessions.
- Desktop App (Beta): Initial Electron-based desktop app with installer guide, local GPU/Ollama support, and packaged server startup.
- Knowledge Base: Survey page renamed and redesigned with a left-right layout; Shell & Git tabs moved into the chat sidebar with centered main tabs.
- Multi-tab Sidebar: Research Lab and Files as switchable right sidebar tabs with fold/collapse cards, artifact preview in EditorSidebar, and a shining "Run Next Task" button.
- File Preview: Rich file preview overlay with thumbnails, JSON highlighting, markdown rendering, pill toggle, and a recursive sidebar file browser.
- CLI Daemon & OpenClaw: Proactive background daemon and OpenClaw watcher integration for CLI-driven workflows.
- Security & Stability: JWT expiry extended to 30 days with startup validation, shell exec replaced with spawn in git routes, WebSocket reconnect fix, Windows PTY crash fix, context length auto-detection from model.
Commit Summary
Since v1.1.2, this release includes ~100 commits total across 15 merged PRs.
Full Commit Report
New Features
221af32feat(auto-research): revamp Hub layout, add tutorial, remove dashboard legacy (bbsngg)419bdadfeat: add DeepScientist full pipeline skill (zhang_han_rong)5a5519dfeat: redesign Auto Research dropdown with collapsible pack sections (zhang_han_rong)776a30ffeat: add GitHub repo links to Auto Research Hub pack cards (zhang_han_rong)513628afeat: register DeepScientist in catalog, mappings, and Auto Research Hub (zhang_han_rong)f9def5efeat: add DeepScientist community skill pack — 13 stage skills (zhang_han_rong)0baa983feat: add Auto Research dropdown to Chat interface (zhang_han_rong)ac8ff44feat: add Auto Research Hub page with sidebar navigation (zhang_han_rong)01e29fdfeat: add backend API for community tools auto-configuration (zhang_han_rong)0a56a82feat: add Community Tools tab to Skills Dashboard (zhang_han_rong)d11d5f8feat: register ARIS + Autoresearch in skill catalog and stage mappings (zhang_han_rong)b27c81bfeat: add Autoresearch community skill pack (zhang_han_rong)8c8e47cfeat: add ARIS community skill pack — 43 skills (zhang_han_rong)933d76cfeat(layout): move Shell & Git tabs into chat sidebar and center main tabs (bbsngg)c3552e5feat: rename Survey page to Knowledge Base with left-right layout (bbsngg)870269dfeat: redesign chat empty state with Gemini-style centered layout (bbsngg)7fb7aa1feat: move toolbar inside text box for normal chat mode too (bbsngg)2f40c82feat: remove commands button, move skill shortcuts inside text box, remove task card (bbsngg)aaac130feat: replace skill shortcuts panel with compact dropdown button (bbsngg)c8a29b6style: add model icon to ModelSelector button (bbsngg)d66c52brefactor: extract ChatComposer subcomponents and unify types (bbsngg)d629ddefeat: remove references button and move attach files button to toolbar (bbsngg)ac229e0feat: merge session modes into a single dropdown button (bbsngg)4b313a9feat: change session mode selector to single toggle button (bbsngg)b66fa6dfeat: complete compute dashboard with full node management and operations (bbsngg)602f9e9feat: manual connect/disconnect and node management for compute dashboard (bbsngg)0435acefeat: integrate compute nodes into project sessions via MCP tools (bbsngg)c4f33d4Add compute resources sidebar section with GPU/CPU monitoring (Zongxia Li)9a222e2feat: move Research Lab and Files into right sidebar as switchable tabs (bbsngg)2ceeb95feat: compact card layout with fold/collapse for sidebar Research Lab (bbsngg)186c717feat: add fold to ArtifactsCard and open artifacts in EditorSidebar (bbsngg)d765941feat: redesign Next Action card with shining Run Next Task button (bbsngg)a00d9a1feat: Run Next Task button auto-loads prompt into chat input (bbsngg)11c8c0ffeat(chat): file preview overlay with pill toggle and sidebar file browser (Siqi Zhang)f0429e8feat(chat): file preview overlay with floating chat bubble — Design B (Siqi Zhang)31e7e54feat: proactive daemon and watcher (David Liu)55da417feat: basic desktop support (David Liu)cd691fffeat: basic installer guide (David Liu)9adf33afeat: support npx one-command install (Dingjie Song)02f3b22feat: context sidebar file preview with thumbnails, JSON highlighting, and markdown defaults (Hanrong Zhang)59fe885feat: add predev dependency check to prompt users to run npm install (bbsngg)
Bug Fixes
58aa68bfix: address PR review — security fixes and frontend gaps (zhang_han_rong)58b89a6fix(chat): improve Ollama model loading with error states and i18n (bbsngg)ccd0960fix(i18n): add missing workspaceQaPlaceholder key for all locales (bbsngg)03f776cfix: handle Knowledge Base preview 404/403 gracefully and fix nested button warning (bbsngg)47d1f26fix(chat): preserve desktop sidebar under zoom (bbsngg)47e8da2fix(chat): prevent context sidebar from wrapping below on browser zoom (bbsngg)8d9c372refactor: auto-detect context window from model instead of hardcoding (bbsngg)89a763dFix context length calculation to include output_tokens (zyuan2)e637599fix(auth): reorder register form field order (David Liu)f2c4694Fix: replace process.cwd() with '.' in Settings.jsx (bbsngg)f371ff0Fix Windows server crash when killing timed-out PTY sessions (bbsngg)fad2976fix: resolve desktop packaged app server startup failure (bbsngg)e71a491fix: ollama and local GPU (David Liu)502fbe1fix(chat): restore codex session context history (bbsngg)ee20d7bfix(chat): resolve session roots for context paths (bbsngg)54a157afix(chat): ignore prose-like shell directory tokens (bbsngg)23ea21afix(chat): sanitize shell paths in session context (bbsngg)d6e6586fix(chat): filter fake shell paths from session context (bbsngg)74e7142Fix Codex discovery without Claude metadata (bbsngg)ee6765cfix: WebSocket fails to connect after login due to stale unmountedRef (DonChiu)844363efix: change default JWT token expiry from 7 days to 30 days (bbsngg)b146276fix: add JWT_EXPIRY startup validation and default-secret warning (SexyERIC0723)0376beefix: add JWT token expiry and replace shell exec with spawn in git routes (SexyERIC0723)0c36622fix: scope manual project path dedup by user (SexyERIC0723)f36ac69fix: sync CLI-created projects to web UI and prevent path duplicates (SexyERIC0723)4a7ca57fix: resolve nested button DOM warning in Markdown code links (bbsngg)eba3cebfix: resolve auto-update failure when local changes exist (bbsngg)dfd50f7fix: add missing Shell props and remove stale selectedProjectPath reference (bbsngg)
Style & UI Polish
8eda8dd–04c706bDashboard card redesign: 3-column grid, compact metrics, collapsible Auto Research, path placement (bbsngg)007da4b–1ecb609Chat composer: taller text box, aligned hints, compact dropdowns (bbsngg)7282023style: move compute button above trash in mobile sidebar (bbsngg)1b69834refactor(chat): simplify file tree with recursive component and fix issues (Siqi Zhang)edeed99fix(chat): unify collapse/expand button height and decouple sidebar tab (Siqi Zhang)
Documentation & Chores
e4f6fcedocs: add Claude Code plugin section (Yixin Liu)034f51fdocs: add What's New section and fold OpenRouter into Configuration (bbsngg)94b95a0docs: add desktop app section to README with beta notice (bbsngg)20b4184docs: wrap OpenClaw section in collapsible details tag (bbsngg)bc5eaeedocs: beautify OpenClaw integration sections in READMEs (bbsngg)ba3cdebchore: remove tracked pycache files and debug console.log (SexyERIC0723)13c2a6c–c9b4f3dadded newest version screenshots (Zongxia Li)
Contributors
- bbsngg — Chat layout redesign, Knowledge Base, sidebar, compute integration, bug fixes
- zhang_han_rong / Hanrong Zhang — Auto Research Hub, community skill packs, file preview
- Siqi Zhang — File preview overlay design
- David Liu — Desktop app, CLI daemon, register form fix, Ollama fix
- Zongxia Li (LiKid) — Compute resources dashboard, screenshots
- SexyERIC0723 — Project sync/dedup, JWT security, cleanup
- zyuan2 — Context length fix
- DonChiu — WebSocket reconnect fix
- Yixin Liu — Documentation
- Dingjie Song — npx install, PR coordination