Changelog
The work behind the method
A source-backed timeline of the releases and design decisions that make Deep Work Plan reliable for long-horizon agent work.
- v5 · Guaranteed by tests Featured release
DWP v5: the promises, now guaranteed
Deep Work Plan v5 turns eight standing promises into tested, versioned contracts — an honest verifier, safe orchestration, and a proven upgrade path.
Read the update - v4 · Lite-first plans
DWP v4: plans that fit the work
Deep Work Plan v4 makes plan format follow the work, not the other way around — a Lite plan is now a complete, executable proposal for bounded tasks, and the separate draft-staging step is gone.
Read the update - v3 · Token efficiency
DWP v3: token efficiency by construction
Deep Work Plan v3 rebuilds the harness around context cost — progressive disclosure, affected-only validation, and a single mandatory Final Review — while raising the trust and conformance floor.
Read the update - v2 · Official release
DWP v2: the repository becomes the harness
The first official Deep Work Plan release makes the repository itself the agent's working harness — context, guardrails, validation, and state, all native to the repo.
Read the update - v1 · Foundation
DWP v1: from a plan loop to a portable harness
Deep Work Plan grows from a single written-plan loop into a portable adoption kit — trust and provenance, broader agent-host coverage, and a conformance checker any repository can run.
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