v2.1.0

What's Changed

New

• One-click playground install for logged-in devs/admin users in #961

Fixed

• Fix issue with next steps document not generating by @nonprofittechy in #961

Full Changelog: v2.0.0...v2.1.0

v2.0.0

What's Changed

This major version has new AI assisted coding-friendly changes.

• You can use the traditional Weaver workflow (interactively) and get full AI-suggested language throughout, as well as pulling in a reference document or legal help website with content-specific language to help give the AI context about your interview.
• You can talk to the Weaver remotely via either REST or MCP, facilitating a local coding agent's ability to create a draft interview that can then be improved with your local LLM.

There are a variety of updates to the generated interview's content, as well, including placeholder section labels, updated metadata fields, and many bug fixes since our last published release.

New

• Make it possible to access the Weaver as a pure Python import without needing to run a Docassemble server by @nonprofittechy in #956
• First pass at a callable REST-like API for the Weaver by @nonprofittechy in #957
• Refactor to use new Python-first interview generation path by @nonprofittechy in #958
• Add some enhanced LLM features into the Weaver by @nonprofittechy in #959
• Improve the look and feel of the preview and screen reordering with minor CSS changes by @nonprofittechy in #946

Fixed

• Fix issue where filename was required (for SPOT classification) when not uploading a file on purpose by @nonprofittechy in #935
• Fix YAML loading issue with Weaver configuration publishing system by @nonprofittechy in #947
• Use name_full() instead of .name.full() by @nonprofittechy in #945

Chore

• Switch to ubuntu-latest action runner by @BryceStevenWilley in #944
• Don't preload test files by @nonprofittechy in #937
• don't try to install spaCy at runtime or require it by @nonprofittechy in #949
• Add SuffolkLITLab/ALActions workflows by @nonprofittechy in #950
• Switch to implicit namespace packages by @BryceStevenWilley in #954
• Get rid of syntax warnings for regex strs by @BryceStevenWilley in #952
• Use GitHub-Server ALKiln instead of apps-test by @BryceStevenWilley in #953
• Correct mypy issue by @BryceStevenWilley in #955
• Reformat with DAYamlChecker (no ast changes) by @nonprofittechy in #960

Full Changelog: v1.11.0...v2.0.0

v1.11.0

What's Changed

New

• Use SPOT or heuristics to assign a category to forms, both in auto drafting and regular mode by @nonprofittechy in #888
• Add metadata fields to the output of the Weaver to help with publishing to courtformsonline.org by @nonprofittechy in #925
• Use accordions on review page by @nonprofittechy in #928
• Allow uploading a "script" for interview auto drafting mode by @nonprofittechy in #909

Changed

• Improvements for working with longer sessions in the Weaver by @nonprofittechy in #902
• Cleanup the add/label field interface by @nonprofittechy in #901
• Allow customization of interview_label by @nonprofittechy in #895
• Make filename lowercase by default even if input or title are uppercase by @nonprofittechy in #930

Fixed

• Bug fixes related to review screen generating and editing by @nonprofittechy in #886
• Fix bug w/ auto assign categories feature by @nonprofittechy in #899
• Don't try "auto drafting" with an empty PDF or DOCX file by @nonprofittechy in #934

Cleanup

• Use ALActions/black-formatting by @BryceStevenWilley in #908

Full Changelog: v1.10.3...v1.11.0

v1.10.3

What's Changed

Fixed

• Don't add next steps documents to the YAML or package if the author requests not to add them by @nonprofittechy in #873
• Fix field recognition and detection bugs by @nonprofittechy in #881

Full Changelog: v1.10.2...v1.10.3

v1.10.2

What's Changed

Important

Recent Docassemble releases upgraded a core package, Pandas, which broke earlier versions of the Weaver. This version fixes that issue. See:
#868

New

• Add basic left navigation by @nonprofittechy in #851
• Add more topics, use multiselect w/ typeahead to select by @nonprofittechy in #844

Fixed

• Clear "undefined names" in Playground by @nonprofittechy in #848
• Format Python code with psf/black push by @github-actions in #862
• Make it easier to use auto drafting mode without manual installation of en_core_web_lg by @nonprofittechy in #861
• Increase wait for server reload by @nonprofittechy in #863
• Lucky remove extra screens by @nonprofittechy in #864
• Update alkiln_tests.yml to v5 by @plocket in #867

Full Changelog: v1.10.1...v1.10.2

v1.10.1

What's Changed

New

• Allow some simple customizations of the "Next steps" document and let the user know it's being generated by @nonprofittechy in #839

Fixed

• Fix broken jinja2 escaping in some next steps documents by @nonprofittechy in #831
• Continue work on courtformsonline.org prep, next steps enhancements by @nonprofittechy in #835
• Fix regressions by @nonprofittechy in #840
• fix broken field renaming by @nonprofittechy in #847
• Hotfix - new DA version moved definition around by @nonprofittechy in #852
• Patch safer pdf checking by @nonprofittechy in #854

Full Changelog: v1.10.0...v1.10.1

v1.10.0

What's Changed

New

• Auto drafting mode (formerly I'm feeling lucky) can be run when you upload a new form, not just from the form explorer by @nonprofittechy in #826
• Recognize form fields inline if a PDF without fields is uploaded
• New review screen which appears both when using auto-drafting mode and when using step-by-step drafting by @nonprofittechy in #770
• Add name change interview questions by @nonprofittechy in #776
• Add case numbers as a thing the weaver can recognize by @BryceStevenWilley in #803
• Show more info about bad names by @BryceStevenWilley in #811
• Ignore bad field names by @BryceStevenWilley in #814

Changed

• General simplification of language on many screens by @nonprofittechy in #774
• Improve field + question building screen appearance a bit by @nonprofittechy in #797
• No longer try to guess that some variable names represent people for now (it was wrong too often) by @nonprofittechy in #793
• Don't offer an option to use a continue button field on a question screen with regular fields by @BryceStevenWilley in #787
• No longer offer to normalize field names when someone uploads a PDF, unless it's a PDF without any fields at all
• Avoid _name as a signal to transform a variable into a person by @BryceStevenWilley in #809
• Move info to help, out of hint by @BryceStevenWilley in #792

Fixed

• Idempotency & multiple session module issue fixed by @BryceStevenWilley in #761
• One fewer pdf_concatenate to sit through by @BryceStevenWilley in #766
• Remove extra pdf concatenate on upload screen by @nonprofittechy in #779
• regression in addendum code in attachment block by @nonprofittechy in #784
• Better radio defaults by @BryceStevenWilley in #788
• Make custom button work again by @BryceStevenWilley in #791
• Set 'choices' for radio buttons when feeling lucky by @BryceStevenWilley in #790
• Define new signatures for output interviews by @BryceStevenWilley in #795
• Work on forms without AcroForm by @BryceStevenWilley in #815

Full Changelog: v1.9.0...v1.10.0

v1.9.0: Radio buttons, stability, and bug fixes

See the CHANGELOG for the full notes.

Also note that we suggest updating to docassemble 1.4.41, which includes some fixes that might make the Weaver more stable when run by many users at once.

v1.8.0

What's Changed

New

• Made a partial API for the "I'm feeling Lucky" feature by @nonprofittechy in #735

Changed

• Collect addresses before putting them in a list by @BryceStevenWilley in #697
• Set user_ask_role directly in additional to user_role by @BryceStevenWilley in #698
• Don't show typical_role if form_type = starts_case by @BryceStevenWilley in #706
• Warn, don't block use of reserved keywords in DOCX templates by @nonprofittechy in #708

Fixed

• Let a DOCX template contain a zero-based index by @nonprofittechy in #695, #702
• Don't tell DOCX users they can't use 0 idx in PDF by @BryceStevenWilley in
• Ignore push buttons in PDFs instead of raising an error by @BryceStevenWilley in #704
• Remove extra quote when formatting numbers by @BryceStevenWilley in #716
• Use skip undefined with instructions page; better handling of original_form if left blank; fix bug where addendum code would create blank output by @nonprofittechy in #732

Cleanup

• Correct publish directory by @BryceStevenWilley in #715
• More types by @BryceStevenWilley in #712
• Make pike fields a dict instead, not same order by @BryceStevenWilley in #724
• Type cleanup by @BryceStevenWilley in #725
• Delete duplicate license by @BryceStevenWilley in #737
• Use SVG logo instead of PNG, improve and simplify path by @nonprofittechy in #734

Full Changelog: v1.6.3...v1.8.0

v1.6.3

What's Changed

• Stopped keeping extra soup objects around in the global variable space by @BryceStevenWilley in #584
• Implement T&P UX suggestions - renamed "Make changes" and added more hierarchy to download screen by @nonprofittechy in #598
• Display the "send overflow to addendum" checkbox only on datatype: area inputs by @nonprofittechy in #589
• Add "adoptees" as a noun by @nonprofittechy in #591
• Properly escape quotes in field labels by @nonprofittechy in #595
• Create a placeholder "addresses_to_search" definition in court-related forms by @nonprofittechy in #597
• Replace the interview_metadata code block with an easier to read data block by @nonprofittechy in #588
• Add more datatypes by @nonprofittechy in #600

Full Changelog: https://github.com/SuffolkLITLab/docassemble-ALWeaver/commits/v1.6.3