GISMO v0.5.0-beta.1 - The Command Center Goes Operational

A few days ago I wrote about building GISMO — a local-first AI orchestration system — on a 7-year-old laptop. Screenshot of command center v0.5.0-beta.1 just dropped. Here's what changed, and why it matters. The short version Phases 0 through 3 are done. Phase 4 — the interactive experience — has started. This beta is the first release where GISMO's command center starts behaving like an operator shell instead of a UI bolted onto backend plumbing. What phases 0–3 built Phase 0 — SQLite-backed state, queue, daemon, IPC, JSONL audit trail Phase 1 — Ollama integration, local LLM planner, ask pipeline Phase 2 — Deterministic risk classification (LOW / MEDIUM / HIGH), deny-by-default policy enforcement, approval gating Phase 3 — Persistent memory store, context injection, conversation profiles All of that is the engine. Phase 4 is what you actually drive. What's new in v0.5.0-beta.1 Desktop command center is live gismo app now launches a native desktop application with a three-column comman