Agent Zero v1.19: Remote Control, Document Query, & Desktop Reliability
v1.19 expands Remote Control connectivity, turns Document Query into a standalone plugin, makes screenshots durable in chat history, improves structured desktop control, and tightens coding, memory, OAuth, UI, and self-update behavior.
Remote Link renamed to Remote Control โ The tunnel provider system was refactored, with Cloudflare Tunnel, Microsoft Dev Tunnels, Serveo, and Tailscale available from the Remote Control selector.
Connector handshakes include Agent Zero version โ CLI clients can now detect version mismatches with the connected Agent Zero server.
Installed plugin toggles exposed safely โ A protected endpoint lists installed plugins and supports toggling while refusing changes to protected plugins such as the connector.
Chat tab metadata exposed to connector clients โ Terminal clients can receive chat number, chat name, and project metadata from the connector API.
๐ Document Query
Standalone _document_query plugin โ document_query now lives in its own plugin with parser strategy support, MIME-type priority routing, and externalized configuration.
Five parser implementations โ PDF, HTML, text, image, and unstructured parsers are registered through the plugin's parser strategy system.
LiteParse preferred with safer fallbacks โ LiteParse is the preferred parser, with legacy fallback behavior, subprocess isolation, bounded concurrency, and adaptive OCR heuristics for large text-rich PDFs.
Progressive skill loading โ Long document-query instructions moved into a skill, leaving a compact tool prompt stub.
Expanded settings panel โ Parser, retrieval, fetch, LiteParse/OCR, fallback controls, and a generated thumbnail are now exposed in the plugin UI.
Large PDF processing bounded โ LiteParse OCR can be disabled above a configurable page threshold, and large documents use adaptive index chunk sizing.
๐ฅ๏ธ Computer Use & Desktop
Durable screenshot artifacts โ Browser, Desktop, computer-use, and vision screenshots are now materialized into chat-scoped artifacts so historical image references survive temporary screenshot pruning.
Background computer-use contract expanded โ Native window listing, indexed window state, and element_action dispatch help agents prefer structural targeting over screenshot-only workflows.
Computer-use capability metadata preserved โ Contract version and capability metadata are stored and returned so remote computer-use prompts can prefer structured dispatch.
Internal Xpra desktop control hardened โ Structured-first workflows, batched desktopctl sequences, and normalized resize requests reduce distorted X11 display behavior.
Coding-agent verification discipline improved โ Prompt guidance now emphasizes reading specs and tests first, making narrow edits, verifying exact artifacts, cleaning temporary work, and recovering from tool failures.
Verification habits moved into core prompt behavior โ Coding discipline now applies across Agent Zero instances by default.
Code execution timeouts raised โ Builds, installs, servers, tests, and training jobs get longer timeout groups, with long-running work steered toward output polling.
Remote exec timeouts aligned โ Connected CLI sessions use timeout groups that match code execution behavior.
๐ง Memory
Auto-memory extraction quality improved โ Passive fragments, action history, temporary artifacts, and local runtime paths are filtered before consolidation.
Durable memory guidance tightened โ Memory prompts now favor stable preferences, durable project facts, and reusable solutions.
Staleness and forget guidance improved โ Timestamps act as soft recency signals for mutable conflicts, and memory_forget guidance is clearer for stale entries.
๐ OAuth & Onboarding
Unified OAuth account management โ Provider-registry-backed status summaries, redesigned settings rows, and account-backed model slots simplify connected account setup.
Provider-aware onboarding โ Onboarding now supports provider-specific setup fields, device-code and browser callback flows, and model loading by provider.
Extensible OAuth providers framework โ Account-backed provider support can now cover xAI, Google Cloud, and GitHub Copilot accounts.
๐จ UI & Maintenance
Skills selector simplified โ Visible/Pinned mode switching was replaced by a continuous view where pinned skills appear first and hide/show uses an inline eye control.
Office, Desktop, and Editor plugins can be toggled โ Their manifests no longer force always_enabled.
Project instructions can include top-level AGENTS.md โ A UI checkbox controls this behavior while preserving backwards-compatible defaults.
Self-update cleans desktop runtime state โ Desktop SSH agent state and legacy Desktop agent sockets are cleaned best-effort without blocking updates or removing GnuPG key material.
Model config snapshot sync moved into the store โ UI-only field initialization and dirty tracking are cleaner.
๐ Fixes & Reverts
Per-subagent model configs fixed โ Subagent model configuration now applies correctly.
document_query prompt spelling fixed โ Corrected optmimize to optimize and cleaned legacy test references.
Builtin ACP plugin reverted โ The Agent Client Protocol stdio plugin was added and then reverted during this release cycle.
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