Release v0.2.1

Remove legacy direct_model phase and reject legacy intent_hint values.

Co-authored-by: Cursor <cursoragent@cursor.com>

Author: caesar0301

.gitignore

@@ -19,3 +19,4 @@ target
 #  and can be added to the global gitignore or merged into this file.  For a more nuclear
 #  option (not recommended) you can uncomment the following to ignore the entire idea folder.
 #.idea/
+.cargo/

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 0.2.1 — 2026-07-19
+
+### Removed
+- Legacy `intent_hint` values `direct_llm`, `quiz`, and `direct_model` (rejected by validation)
+- Legacy loop phase `direct_model` from `DEFAULT_DELIVERABLE_PHASES`
+
 ## 0.2.0 — 2026-07-18
 
 ### Added

Cargo.lock

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "soothe-client"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "0.2.1"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.85"
 authors = ["Mirasoth <hello@mirasoth.ai>"]

Cargo.toml

@@ -13,14 +13,14 @@ pub const EMBED: &str = "embed";
 pub const DEFAULT_DELIVERABLE_PHASES: &[&str] = &[
     "quiz",
     "goal_completion",
-    "direct_model",
+    "chitchat",
     "text_completion",
     "image_to_text",
     "ocr",
     "embed",
 ];
 
-const REMOVED: &[&str] = &["direct_llm", "quiz"];
+const REMOVED: &[&str] = &["direct_llm", "quiz", "direct_model"];
 
 /// Validate an intent hint; returns an error string when invalid.
 pub fn validate_loop_input_intent_hint(hint: &str) -> Option<String> {