CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to the RFP Analyzer project will be documented in this file.

The format is based on Keep a Changelog, and this project adheres to Semantic Versioning.

[Unreleased]

Added

• Comprehensive project documentation
• Architecture diagrams and component documentation
• CONTRIBUTING.md with development guidelines
• SECURITY.md with security best practices
• MIT License

Changed

• Updated README.md with complete project information
• Improved deployment documentation

[0.1.0] - 2026-01-27

Added

Core Features

• Document Upload: Support for PDF, DOCX, PNG, JPG, and other image formats
• Document Extraction: Integration with Azure Content Understanding and Azure Document Intelligence
• Multi-Agent Scoring System:
  • Criteria Extraction Agent for analyzing RFP requirements
  • Proposal Scoring Agent for evaluating vendor proposals
  • Comparison Agent for ranking and comparing vendors
• Export Capabilities: CSV, Word document, and JSON export options
• Interactive Charts: Plotly-based visualizations for score comparisons

Azure Integration

• Azure OpenAI integration (GPT-4.1, GPT-5.2 support)
• Azure AI Foundry (Content Understanding)
• Azure Document Intelligence
• Azure Container Apps deployment
• Managed Identity authentication
• Application Insights telemetry

Infrastructure

• Bicep templates for Azure resource provisioning
• Azure Developer CLI (azd) support
• Docker and Docker Compose support
• CI/CD ready configuration

Developer Experience

• UV package manager support
• Hot reload development mode
• Centralized logging configuration
• Pydantic models for structured data

Technical Details

Dependencies

• Python 3.13+
• Streamlit 1.52+
• Microsoft Agent Framework
• Azure Identity SDK
• Azure AI Document Intelligence SDK
• Pydantic 2.x
• python-docx for Word generation
• Plotly for visualizations

Azure Resources Provisioned

• Azure AI Foundry Account (AIServices)
• Azure AI Foundry Project
• Azure Container Registry
• Azure Container Apps Environment
• Azure Container App
• Log Analytics Workspace
• Application Insights
• User-Assigned Managed Identity

Security

• Managed Identity for Azure service authentication
• RBAC-based access control
• No stored credentials in application code
• TLS encryption for all communications

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Version History

• 0.1.0 - Initial release with core RFP analysis features

Upgrade Notes

Upgrading to 0.1.0

This is the initial release. No upgrade steps required.

Future Upgrade Considerations

When upgrading between versions:

1. Review the changelog for breaking changes
2. Update dependencies: uv sync
3. Review environment variable changes
4. Test in a non-production environment first
5. For Azure deployments, use azd up to apply infrastructure changes