release: cut v1.0.3

Author: robertDouglass

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,18 @@ All notable changes to the Spec Kitty CLI and templates are documented here.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [1.0.3] - 2026-03-06
+
+### 🐛 Fixed
+
+- **Upgrade JSON machine-parseability hardening (`#254`)**: `spec-kitty upgrade --json` now emits raw JSON output without Rich console wrapping side effects.
+- **Upgrade migration status consistency (`#256`)**: non-applicable migrations are now reported as `skipped` instead of being incorrectly listed as applied.
+- **Template schema readiness gate**: software-dev specify template now contains an explicit `meta.json` schema block including `"target_branch"` and `"vcs"` keys.
+
+### 🔧 Changed
+
+- **Contract hardening closeout (`#213`-`#218`)**: promoted deterministic branch/runtime JSON contracts, safer merge/preflight JSON envelopes, and stricter banner suppression in agent contexts.
+
 ## [1.0.2] - 2026-03-04
 
 ### 🔧 Changed

docs/releases/dependency-compatibility-matrix.toml

@@ -27,3 +27,14 @@ notes = "Legacy release with prerelease events pin; do not copy for new releases
 
 [cli."1.0.2"]
 notes = "Release train pinned to MIT-cleared dependency versions on PyPI."
+
+[cli."1.0.3".dependencies]
+"spec-kitty-events" = "0.4.1"
+
+[cli."1.0.3".train]
+"spec-kitty-events" = "0.4.1"
+"spec-kitty-runtime" = "0.4.0"
+"spec-kitty-tracker" = "0.1.0"
+
+[cli."1.0.3"]
+notes = "Patch release for upgrade JSON correctness and contract-hardening closeout."

pyproject.toml

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [project]
 name = "spec-kitty-cli"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 description = "Spec Kitty, a tool for Specification Driven Development (SDD) agentic projects, with kanban and git worktree isolation."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { file = "LICENSE" }