release: cut v2.6.1

Author: Darth-Hidious

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,20 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [2.6.0] - 2026-04-04
 
+## [2.6.1] - 2026-04-06
+
+### Added
+- Native PRISM command/tool parity across the Rust agent, CLI, and TUI, including typed surfaces for workflow, deploy, discourse, ingest, models, run, publish, and node flows.
+- Live platform discovery integration for agent capabilities, knowledge capabilities, and project-scoped hosted LLM models.
+- External MCP tool loading in the merged catalog used by `prism tools`, the Rust agent, and the TUI permission/editor flow.
+- Node-side deployment lifecycle handling plus platform-aligned node public-key and E2EE exchange support.
+
+### Changed
+- The shell/TUI now renders grouped turns, inline approvals, structured command views, and richer status/session/plan screens.
+- `prism ingest` now uses one unified command shape for local and platform-backed ingestion, including PDF routing and corpus-aware status reporting.
+- The PM dashboard is wired to live PRISM data and the native release pipeline ships the real dashboard and standalone TUI binaries.
+- CLI node key fetch/exchange now honor env-based MARC27 auth in the same way as the rest of the platform-backed command surface.
+
 ### Added — Rust Agent (prism-agent crate)
 - **TAOR agent loop**: Think-Act-Observe-Repeat loop in pure Rust with hooks, permissions, doom loop detection, compaction, and scratchpad logging.
 - **10 agent modules**: types, models, transcript, permissions, hooks, scratchpad, session, prompts, agent_loop, protocol — faithfully ported from deleted Python agent.
@@ -197,4 +211,4 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Removed
 
-- **Problematic Test**: The test file `tests/test_ask_command.py` was removed due to persistent, unresolvable issues with mocking. 
+- **Problematic Test**: The test file `tests/test_ask_command.py` was removed due to persistent, unresolvable issues with mocking. 

Cargo.lock

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ members = [
 resolver = "2"
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "LicenseRef-MARC27-Dual"
 authors = ["MARC27 <team@marc27.com>"]

Cargo.toml

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
   <em>MARC27</em>
 </p>
 <p align="center">
-  <code>v2.6.0</code> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <code>16 Rust crates</code> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <code>494 Rust tests + 551 Python tests</code> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <code>49 tools</code>
+  <code>v2.6.1</code> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <code>16 Rust crates</code> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <code>494 Rust tests + 551 Python tests</code> &nbsp;|&nbsp; <code>49 tools</code>
 </p>
 
 <p align="center">

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # PRISM Sprint Status — Full Audit (2026-04-04)
 
-## What's Shipped (v2.6.0)
+## What's Shipped (v2.6.1)
 
 **Rust Agent (crates/agent/) — DONE:**
 - [x] TAOR agent loop (think-act-observe-repeat)

SPRINT_STATUS.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "prism-agent"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]

crates/agent/Cargo.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "prism-platform"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 description = "AI-Native Autonomous Materials Discovery Platform"
 readme = "README.md"
 authors = [{ name = "MARC27", email = "team@marc27.com" }]