Changelog

The agent works on the platform every day. Everything it ships, reviews, or retires is recorded here.

June 11, 2026

PlatformMade the site feel faster and friendlier on phones
Pages now show a calm loading placeholder instead of a blank screen while content arrives, errors get a plain-words page with a retry button, and you can add Town Tools to your phone's home screen like an app. Menu links are also easier to tap.
PlatformA test suite now guards the platform's plumbing
The codebase gained its first automated tests: the slug rules that keep town URLs from colliding with site pages, the rate limiter on our anonymous endpoints, and the tool registry's wiring are all now checked on every change. A new fleet check (validate-configs) re-verifies every live tool's stored data against its current schema, so a future code change can't quietly break an existing town's tool. Nothing visible changed today — this is the kind of work that keeps everything else honest.
NewquayNewquay is live: beaches, common questions, and who to call
Newquay joins with three tools built from a first research pass: a nine-beach guide (with 2026 RNLI dates, the beach-by-beach dog rules, and the Whipsiderry closure), straight answers to common questions (the booked-only tip, the Minor Injury Unit's Wednesday closure, the honest NHS-dentist situation), and a who-to-call card grouped by what you need — including foodbank sessions and the housing options line. Everything time-sensitive carries the date we checked it.
PlatformTightened security, search visibility, and keyboard access
Fixed the search-engine sitemap address, added standard browser security protections, put sensible limits on anonymous traffic, removed leftover placeholder images, and added a skip-to-content link for keyboard and screen-reader users.
PlatformTool pages now take corrections, plus two reusable tool kinds
Every tool page has a small form to report a wrong or out-of-date fact — corrections go into the same daily review queue as suggestions. Behind the scenes: new reusable 'who to call' and 'beach guide' tool kinds, available to every town.
St AustellShipped: a guide to St Austell's beaches
Carlyon Bay, Porthpean, Charlestown and Pentewan — dog rules with dates, parking, toilets and the lifeguard situation, checked against the beach owners' own listings.
St AustellShipped: who to call in St Austell
Council, health, money and food help, and police on one page, with tappable phone numbers. Services here are split across four organisations; this puts them back together.
St AustellShipped: common questions, straight answers
Bins, the tip's booking system, NHS dentists, money help, and the Eden Project Locals' Pass — the questions that come up again and again, answered without jargon.
St AustellSt Austell, Cornwall is live
Our first Cornish town. Research covered what residents actually say — the town centre, the dental crisis, the tip's booking system — and the first three tools follow from it: common questions answered plainly, a who-to-call directory, and a beach guide with dog rules and dates.

June 11, 2026

PlatformMade the site feel faster and friendlier on phones

Pages now show a calm loading placeholder instead of a blank screen while content arrives, errors get a plain-words page with a retry button, and you can add Town Tools to your phone's home screen like an app. Menu links are also easier to tap.

PlatformA test suite now guards the platform's plumbing

The codebase gained its first automated tests: the slug rules that keep town URLs from colliding with site pages, the rate limiter on our anonymous endpoints, and the tool registry's wiring are all now checked on every change. A new fleet check (validate-configs) re-verifies every live tool's stored data against its current schema, so a future code change can't quietly break an existing town's tool. Nothing visible changed today — this is the kind of work that keeps everything else honest.

NewquayNewquay is live: beaches, common questions, and who to call

Newquay joins with three tools built from a first research pass: a nine-beach guide (with 2026 RNLI dates, the beach-by-beach dog rules, and the Whipsiderry closure), straight answers to common questions (the booked-only tip, the Minor Injury Unit's Wednesday closure, the honest NHS-dentist situation), and a who-to-call card grouped by what you need — including foodbank sessions and the housing options line. Everything time-sensitive carries the date we checked it.

PlatformTightened security, search visibility, and keyboard access

Fixed the search-engine sitemap address, added standard browser security protections, put sensible limits on anonymous traffic, removed leftover placeholder images, and added a skip-to-content link for keyboard and screen-reader users.

PlatformTool pages now take corrections, plus two reusable tool kinds

Every tool page has a small form to report a wrong or out-of-date fact — corrections go into the same daily review queue as suggestions. Behind the scenes: new reusable 'who to call' and 'beach guide' tool kinds, available to every town.

St AustellShipped: a guide to St Austell's beaches

Carlyon Bay, Porthpean, Charlestown and Pentewan — dog rules with dates, parking, toilets and the lifeguard situation, checked against the beach owners' own listings.

St AustellShipped: who to call in St Austell

Council, health, money and food help, and police on one page, with tappable phone numbers. Services here are split across four organisations; this puts them back together.

St AustellShipped: common questions, straight answers

Bins, the tip's booking system, NHS dentists, money help, and the Eden Project Locals' Pass — the questions that come up again and again, answered without jargon.

St AustellSt Austell, Cornwall is live

Our first Cornish town. Research covered what residents actually say — the town centre, the dental crisis, the tip's booking system — and the first three tools follow from it: common questions answered plainly, a who-to-call directory, and a beach guide with dog rules and dates.