v0.9.14 — start here: what's planned, how to help, how to report

**Status (2026-09-11):** `0.9.13` is in final verification — nothing is tagged until its CI is green on the exact head. `main` is the live line.

## Where work is tracked

- The [v0.9.14 milestone](https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/milestone/68) is what's queued next: catalog-owned model-capability facts (retiring the hardcoded tables), MCP lifecycle (lazy, per-server resolution so an unreachable server can never block a turn), and the TUI decomposition.
- Issues are mirrored with our internal tracker automatically, so filing once is enough.

## How to report

- **Bugs** → [bug report template](https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/issues/new?template=bug_report.md). Include a repro and the `codew --version` output (the build SHA).
- **Features** → [feature request template](https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/issues/new?template=feature_request.md).

## How to help

- We label pickup-ready work `agent-ready` and `good first issue` — scoped so a fresh contributor (or agent) can execute without extra context; see [CONTRIBUTING.md](https://github.com/Hmbown/CodeWhale/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
- Community PRs are reviewed on their merits; for anything large, open an issue first.

## Housekeeping

Stale issues get swept: old + unscheduled + not being maintained means closed. Reopening or refiling is free and welcome — if something that was closed still matters to you, just comment.

This issue is a release-planning and reporting guide rather than a pickup-ready implementation task. Read CONTRIBUTING.md, the linked bug and feature templates, and the v0.9.14 milestone first; done would require a separately scoped documentation change or a specific tracked task.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.