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Rhino

INFRA · APIS
Velocity0.0

Framework for building enterprise-grade Shiny applications with modular architecture

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Rhino's release line runs on release candidates, and 1.12 makes room for coding agents.

r-shinyscaffoldingagent-instructionsrelease-candidatesmaintenance
◆Current state
Rhino publishes only release candidates to this feed — every entry back to 1.9 is an -rc tag, with no final release ever appearing. The 1.12.0 candidate is the first in the window with user-visible substance: a `use` function that scaffolds an AGENTS.md file carrying Rhino-specific instructions, plus a `use` function for the CI template. The rest is maintenance: covr-based test coverage, e2e tests, Node dependency updates, and a maintainer handover.
◆Where it's heading
Rhino is converging on scaffolding as its main surface — the framework's value is increasingly in what it generates for you rather than what it does at runtime, and 1.12 extends that generation to instructions meant for AI coding agents rather than humans. The maintainer change and the CI/coverage work in the same release read as consolidation after a long gap: 1.11 shipped in April 2025, 1.12 not until June 2026.
◆Prediction
More `use_*` scaffolding functions are the obvious next increment, since two arrived in a single release. Whether the AGENTS.md instructions grow into deeper agent tooling is not something these entries settle.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2mo ago

    Rhino 1.12 adds AGENTS.md and CI-template scaffolding

    Adds `use` functions that scaffold an AGENTS.md with Rhino-specific instructions and a CI template, alongside covr coverage, e2e tests and a maintainer change. The AGENTS.md helper is the notable part — Rhino now ships guidance aimed at coding agents — but it is a generator convenience, not a change to what a Rhino app can do.

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  2. 1y ago

    Rhino 1.11.0 release candidate

    A release candidate whose body is nothing but a compare link. No extractable content; it marks the 1.11 line opening, over a year before 1.12 followed.

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  3. 1y ago

    Rhino 1.10.0 release candidate

    The 1.10.0 candidate, described only by its release merge commit. Consistent with this feed publishing RC tags rather than written release notes.

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  4. 2y ago

    Rhino 1.9 adds bslib support and prettier formatting

    The 1.9 candidate brought bslib support and prettier-based `format` functions — the earlier instance of the same pattern 1.12 repeats: developer-workflow tooling rather than runtime capability.

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