shidashi 0.1.7 & 0.1.8

New Features

• Added built-in AI chat-bot panel powered by ellmer and shinychat; supports multiple providers, in-memory conversation history, mode-based tool permissions, token/cost display, and early-stop controls
• Added init_chat() to create an ellmer Chat object from R options (shidashi.chat_provider, shidashi.chat_model, shidashi.chat_system_prompt, shidashi.chat_base_url)
• Added MCP (Model Context Protocol) proxy server (inst/mcp-proxy/) so external LLM clients can interact with a running Shiny application via MCP
• Added mcp_wrapper() to register an MCP endpoint for a Shiny module
• Added register_input() / register_output() helpers to expose Shiny inputs and outputs as MCP tool parameters with descriptions
• Added skills system: skill_wrapper() parses and runs reusable agent skill scripts; skill working directory is resolved relative to the skill folder
• Tools and skills are now category- and permission-aware; module IDs are excluded from tool names for consistency
• Added module_drawer(), drawer_open(), drawer_close(), and drawer_toggle() for controlling a slide-in drawer panel
• module_info() now returns richer per-module metadata; added current_module() and active_module() helpers for querying the active Shiny module
• Modules support an optional agents.yaml for declaring agent configurations (tools, skills, auto-approve rules)
• MCP host can be a remote server; fuzzy module reference is supported when resolving module IDs
• Added demo template modules: aiagent, filestructure, and mcpsetup
• Added ellmer content helpers: S7 generic ellmer_as_json() for ContentText, ContentImageInline, ContentImageRemote, and ContentToolResult; and content_to_mcp() for converting chat content to MCP responses
• Chat-bot UI displays token usage and API cost next to each turn

Bug Fixes

• Fixed images not being passed correctly to the agent
• Fixed sidebar start-collapsed behavior
• Fixed bare-bone template initial setup
• Fixed MCP server query-UI tool response
• Fixed permission issue when executing skill scripts
• Applied npm audit fix to bundled JavaScript dependencies

shidashi 0.1.6

• Load scripts starting with shared- when loading modules

shidashi 0.1.5

• Fixed accordion and card_tabset not working properly when inputId starts with digits
• Updated templates and used npm to compile
• Session information now stores at userData instead of risky cache
• Ensured at least template root directory is available

shidashi 0.1.4

• Fixed a bug that makes application fail to launch on Windows
• Added support to evaluated expressions before launching the application, allowing actions such as setting global options and loading data

shidashi 0.1.3

• Allow modules to be hidden from the sidebar

shidashi 0.1.2

• Fixed group name not handled correctly as factors
• Module URL respects domain now and is generated with relative path
• Works on rstudio-server now
• More stable behavior to flex_container
• Allow output (mainly plot and text outputs) to be reset
• Fixed iframe height not set correctly
• Enhanced 500 page to print out traceback, helping debug the errors
• Added flex_break to allow wrapping elements in flex container
• Added remove_class to remove HTML class from a string
• Allow to set data-title to cards

shidashi 0.1.0

• Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the package.