Velork Alpha 0.1.2
A focused update for anyone using Cursor as a provider, plus a simpler settings experience and a clearer path from sign-in to your first chat.
What's in this release
Cursor in Velork Chat
When you use Cursor, the assistant now knows which mode you are in — Plan, Debug, Develop, Design, or Inspiration — and which tools are actually available there. Reminders on each message help keep it from drifting into the wrong mode mid-conversation.
Changing mode in the chat input refreshes what the model can do right away. If you switch from Plan to Develop (or back), Cursor gets an updated system prompt and a short heads-up that the mode changed.
If Cursor runs its own built-in tools (terminal, read file, search, and similar) instead of Velork’s tools, those runs now show up in the chat timeline with the same kinds of widgets you are used to — not hidden or duplicated as ghost entries. Velork tools are still preferred when you need todos, plans, and terminal sessions to stay in sync with the rest of the app.
Chat and search
- Removed semantic codebase search for now. The AI uses familiar search tools (find files, grep, read) instead of a separate indexing pipeline
- Settings no longer show codebase indexing controls. The sidebar section is now Docs for adding external documentation
- Older messages that used semantic search still display correctly in history
Sign-in and first run
- You are prompted to sign in to Velork before the provider onboarding screen, on the empty workspace and in chat
- Connect-provider onboarding only appears after you are signed in, so you are not blocked on API keys before you have an account
Inspiration and design canvas
- Onboarding assets updated for the Velork Alpha rebrand on macOS
Windows
- Sharper app icon and installer artwork
- Portable Windows builds are more reliable (correct icon and runtime files bundled with the app)
Stability
- Fewer rare startup issues on Mac builds where enterprise policy modules were unavailable
- Small reliability fixes in the background services that power chat
Chat composer and terminals
- The plan panel now appears only in Plan mode while you review or approve a plan. Once you switch to Develop (or click Implement), it stays out of the way; progress shows in the todo list in chat. It dismisses automatically when every todo is done
- While the AI is working, you see one status row above the input (for example “Searching…”) — contextual chips like “Switch to Plan” no longer stack on top
- Bash commands reuse a warm terminal session instead of opening and closing a new shell after every command, so follow-up commands start faster
macOS install help
Alpha Mac builds are not Apple-notarized yet. If macOS says Velork Alpha is "damaged" or won't open, the app is usually fine. Gatekeeper is just being strict.
- Double-click the .zip file to unzip it. You should see Velork Alpha.app (not Velork.app).
- Drag Velork Alpha.app into your Applications folder before running any Terminal commands.
- First launch: open Applications, right-click Velork Alpha, choose Open, then click Open again.
- Still blocked? Open Terminal and run:
xattr -cr "/Applications/Velork Alpha.app"
If you get "No such file", the app is still in Downloads. Either move it to Applications first, or run:
xattr -cr ~/Downloads/Velork Alpha.app
(Adjust the path if your browser saved the zip somewhere else.)
We will ship signed/notarized builds later. For now this is expected on alpha.
May 2026. The Velork team.