suite v1.10.0 (2026-04-20)

Release of the suite track from VERSION_MAP.yml (1.9.0 → 1.10.0). 46 commits from develop plus a sync merge commit that reconciles prior release squash commits (#351, #359) that were not propagated back to develop after previous releases.

Other tracks unchanged: plugin 2.3.0, plugin-lite 1.1.0, settings-schema 1.12.0.

Highlights

New skills

• fleet-orchestrator (#375) — fan a single directive across N repos in parallel with a flock-guarded manifest
• preflight (#374) — local CI simulation before push
• ci-fix (#372) — codified recurring CI failure patterns with targeted fixes
• research (#285) — structured topic investigation skill

New hooks

• pre-edit-read-guard (#373) — turn "file not read" tool-contract violations into actionable deny messages on first attempt
• post-task-checkpoint (#369) — snapshot working tree after Task/Agent runs to prevent cross-agent overwrites in multi-agent skills
• pr-language-guard (#303) — block non-English PR titles/bodies
• merge-gate-guard (#304) — block gh pr merge when checks are failing
• Attribution guard extended to gh pr and gh issue commands (#305)
• Adopted InstructionsLoaded, PostCompact, and TaskCreated hook events (#345)

Batch workflow (drift mitigation tier progression)

• Default batch limit lowered to 5 (#300)
• Chunked confirmation gate every 5 items (#301)
• Inline critical rules in batch loop (#302)
• Subagent delegation as default batch dispatch (#306)
• --auto-restart flag for process-level resets every N items (#307)
• External batch orchestrators for cross-session runs (#309)
• Drift regression harness + Tier 2 benchmarks (#326, #327)
• Research: distributed batch dispatch via RemoteTrigger (#308)

Agents

• Team communication protocol + new specialized agents (#325)
• Standardized output format, guardrails, language-specific rules (#324)
• Added memory, maxTurns, effort frontmatter fields (#323)

Fixes

• Sandbox TLS: SSL_CERT_FILE wiring resolves git/curl certificate failures (#368)
• markdown-anchor-validator: 4 bugs repaired + mawk compatibility (#340, #356)
• CI blockers: 3 categories unblocked for release (#352)
• statusline: lock handling + block-timer removal (#286)

Policy and structure

• Atomic Multi-Phase Execution rule added to _policy.md (#370)
• Environment Workarounds consolidated in global/CLAUDE.md (#371)
• Adopted context:fork for security-audit, performance-review, doc-review skills (#347)
• Modernized SKILL.md frontmatter across skills (disable-model-invocation, allowed-tools, paths) (#344)
• Official-spec linter integrated into validate-skills.yml (#346)
• VERSION_MAP.yml as single source of truth for independent version tracks (#338)

See PR #379 for the full per-commit changelog.