release: v0.5.0

Author: dgenio

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,10 +7,13 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [0.5.0] - 2026-04-12
+
 ### Added
 - Built-in `MCPDriver` with stdio and Streamable HTTP transports, tool auto-discovery, normalized MCP result handling, and optional dependency guardrails.
 - Declared weaver-spec v0.1.0 compatibility in README: invariants I-01 (firewall), I-02 (authorization + audit), and I-06 (scoped tokens) are satisfied.
 - Added placeholder `conformance_stub` CI job that will activate once the weaver-spec conformance suite ships (dgenio/weaver-spec#4).
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2026-03-14
 
 ### Added

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "hatchling.build"
 
 [project]
 name = "weaver-kernel"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "Capability-based security kernel for AI agents operating in large tool ecosystems"
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }