AIWG 2026.7.17 - "Portable resources and lightweight CLI"

AIWG 2026.7.17 - "Portable resources and lightweight CLI"

Released: 2026-07-22 Channel: stable (`npm install -g aiwg`)

AIWG 2026.7.17 introduces signed web-backed resource discovery, a lightweight CLI distribution, relocatable project artifacts, and user-global framework bootstrap. Operators can now choose local or versioned web resources per call without changing the agent-facing `discover` and `show` workflow.

Highlights

  • Signed web-backed resources — `aiwg discover` and `aiwg show` accept

`--resource-source`, `--aiwg-version`, and `--offline`, verify signed release manifests and raw resources, and query the downloaded precomputed framework index through Fortemi Core.

  • Lightweight `@aiwg/cli` distribution — the new package contains the CLI

and supported API runtime without bundling the framework corpus. It publishes at the same CalVer as `aiwg` and `@aiwg/cockpit`.

  • Relocatable `.aiwg` artifacts — `.aiwg-location`,

`AIWG_ARTIFACTS_PATH`, and `aiwg artifacts move --to <path>` let projects move or rename their artifact root while preserving bindings and rebuilding indexes.

  • Custom project-local search paths — configuration and environment

overrides can add external addon, extension, framework, plugin, and provider roots without moving the main project corpus.

  • User-global bootstrap — `aiwg use <framework> --provider <name> --global`

installs framework and kernel assets into supported provider user paths and leaves only lightweight project bootstrap files.

  • Installed-package API — package consumers can invoke the CLI router and

signed resource helpers through supported `aiwg` exports, with packed-install conformance coverage for legacy local and web-backed modes.

Package matrix

All three packages publish in CalVer lockstep:

[email protected]
@aiwg/[email protected]
@aiwg/[email protected]

Use the full distribution when you want the bundled corpus:

npm install --global aiwg@latest

Use the lightweight CLI when resources should resolve from the signed release host:

npm install --global @aiwg/cli@latest
aiwg discover "architecture evolution" \
  --resource-source web \
  --aiwg-version stable

The initial web slice supports the framework graph through the Fortemi Core backend. Project and codebase graphs remain local because they describe the operator's workspace.

Upgrade

npm install --global aiwg@latest
aiwg doctor

Existing project-local installations and legacy local resource configuration remain supported. Web source selection is per call and does not require moving or redeploying an existing project corpus.