Agent Worlds
Agent Worlds is an optional, independently built plugin. Its renderer, World SDK, artwork, and release pipeline now live in the public agent-worlds repository. Locus 4.1 contains the host integration, not the old bundled world renderer, Outpost, or an automatically installed world.
Availability in Locus 4.1
The Locus 4.1 host release does not include an Agent-World.zip download. The independent 0.2.x package is a candidate, not a published versioned release. There is no implicit remote catalog URL or automatic download from another checkout. Do not use an older release's world ZIP as a substitute.
The current integration targets Local Line. Locus retains saved agents, conversations, permissions, tasks, and queued work when a world closes or fails. Companion setup and ordinary saved-agent conversations work without a world installed.
Compatibility
| Package | Host requirement |
|---|---|
| Reviewed Agent Worlds 0.2.x candidate | World screen protocol 2, SDK version 1, visual-preferences schema 2, and a successful capability/session handshake |
| Legacy version-1 world package | Its matching older Locus host; it is not compatible with the extracted 4.1 world host |
The preserved plugin identity is locus/agent-world, with screen ID agent-world. An app version number alone does not establish compatibility. A legacy package needs migration to the new protocol and artifact review; otherwise use its matching older host/plugin pair. An incompatible world is unavailable rather than displaying synthetic profiles as if they were your agents.
Canonical profile and chat data stays in Locus. Visual preferences are scoped to the installed screen and workspace, and migration retains older preference keys for rollback. Installing a world does not add tool permissions or replace the normal conversation controls.
Review a candidate
Candidate installation requires an explicitly reviewed archive and its complete SHA-256. The source repository's integration guide documents the review helper, content digest, explicit state root and workspace scope, legacy-upgrade option, and rollback checks. Stop the app and backend before an offline installation changes extension state.
The independent repository records artwork provenance and redistribution limitations. A public source repository does not establish that a candidate archive is a published release or that every reference artwork has verified redistribution rights.
Earlier worlds
Locus 3.x and 4.0 documentation described Orbital Locus Outpost and The Local Line, with residents, ships, native conversation panes, Crew Chat, and request signals. Those descriptions remain in the historical release notes. The old bundled renderer and Outpost are removed from the 4.1 host. This page preserves the existing documentation URL so older links lead to current compatibility information.
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