# v0.7.0 — The AI Assistant grows up: real chat bubbles, Markdown & a thinking indicator

## ✨ New features

**A proper chat UI for the AI Assistant**
* The AI Chat pane now renders real chat bubbles — your messages on the right, the AI's on the left — with full **Markdown**: code blocks, tables, lists and inline `code` all display cleanly.
* When you send a prompt, an animated **"…" thinking bubble** appears while the AI works and disappears the moment the reply lands, so you always know it's running.
* Built on WebView2 (part of Windows 11). The model dropdown, `[AI]` serial tagging, and PDU confirmations all work exactly as before.

**Control how far the AI runs**
* New setting **Max tool calls / message** (Settings → AI Assistant): how many tool calls the assistant may chain before it stops — a runaway-loop guard. Default is 30.
* Set it to **0 for unlimited**, handy for long automation runs you leave going for hours.
* While the AI is working, the **Send button turns into Stop** so you can abort any run — bounded or unlimited — at any time.

## 📦 Downloads

| Build | Needs .NET Runtime? | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| **ETTerms_v0.7.0** (Standard) | ✅ Requires .NET 8 Desktop Runtime | Smaller download |
| **ETTerms_v0.7.0_portable** (Portable) | ❌ Runtime included | Unzip and run anywhere, no admin |

Run `ETTerms v0.7.0.exe`. (The WebView2 Runtime ships with Windows 11; both builds include the native loader.)

## 🔗 Links

* [Architecture](https://github.com/ETWen/ETTerms/blob/main/ARCHITECTURE.md) — see "Built-in AI Assistant (Phase 10)"
* [Serial MCP guide](https://github.com/ETWen/ETTerms/blob/main/docs/serial-mcp-guide.md)

**Full changelog:** [v0.6.0...v0.7.0](https://github.com/ETWen/ETTerms/compare/v0.6.0...v0.7.0)