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date: 2026-01-02 01:09:09
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  - Releases
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# Version 0.1.9

This release introduces improvements to the Modal environment setup for better compatibility and usability, along with a new prompt to help new users set up their API keys.

## New Features

- Show an API key setup prompt in the empty state to assist new users in getting started (934472) (Eric Ma)
- Add a new 'modal' environment using pixi with Python 3.11 to improve Modal compatibility (57418f) (Eric Ma)
- Include a README.md file in the Modal image to support hatchling builds (dd561c) (Eric Ma)

## Bug Fixes

- Fix Modal build process by installing curl and using copy=True for local files to ensure proper setup (37795f) (Eric Ma)

## Deprecations

- Revert from manual pip_install to using pixi for the Modal environment, streamlining dependency management (7d03da, 0528c0) (Eric Ma)
