{
  "date": "2026-07-08",
  "title": "Echo Pulse — five real builds shipped",
  "summary": "A copy-ready daily update package for the BuiltByEcho social loop: combined Pulse proof system, Windows desktop beta release, Shield reply kit, product hotlinks, and npm/dev tooling proof.",
  "builds": [
    {
      "id": "pulse-update-system",
      "status": "shipped",
      "name": "Echo Pulse update system",
      "proofUrl": "https://builtbyecho.xyz/updates.html#july-8",
      "shortUpdate": "Combined the homepage command center, social handoff page, and machine-readable JSON feed into one proof-backed Echo Pulse update system.",
      "socialPost": "Echo Pulse update: we combined the homepage board, social handoff page, and machine-readable JSON feed into one update system. The community gets a public proof board, the social team gets copy-ready posts, and agents/dashboards get structured data from the same source of truth."
    },
    {
      "id": "windows-desktop-release",
      "status": "shipped",
      "name": "Windows desktop beta release",
      "proofUrl": "https://github.com/BuiltByEcho/echo-infer-desktop/releases/tag/v1.0.0-beta.1",
      "shortUpdate": "Released Echo Infer Desktop v1.0.0-beta.1 for Windows as an unsigned beta installer with verified build, typecheck, targeted tests, packaging, and downloaded-asset checksum match.",
      "socialPost": "Echo Infer Desktop now has a Windows beta release. We packaged the desktop client, ran targeted provider/branding/close-policy tests, typecheck, production build, Windows NSIS packaging, and verified the published installer by downloading it back and matching the checksum."
    },
    {
      "id": "shield-reply-kit",
      "status": "shipped",
      "name": "Echo Shield community reply kit",
      "proofUrl": "https://builtbyecho.xyz/security#community-reply-kit",
      "shortUpdate": "Added a Shield reply kit for Discord and X so scan results stay card-first, caveated, and easy to share.",
      "socialPost": "Echo Shield got a community reply kit. The scanner page now includes safer templates for Discord and X: card first, score second, warnings in plain English, and a clear reminder that Echo reports signals instead of calling anything safe."
    },
    {
      "id": "product-hotlinks",
      "status": "shipped",
      "name": "Product follow-up hotlinks",
      "proofUrl": "https://builtbyecho.xyz/products.html#product-hotlinks",
      "shortUpdate": "Added product hotlinks so social posts can route people to Shield, the desktop beta, npm tooling, the update pack, and current builds fast.",
      "socialPost": "The Products page now has a social follow-up hotlinks section. When a post mentions Echo Shield, the Windows desktop beta, npm tooling, current builds, or the Echo Pulse pack, there is a clean destination to send people instead of leaving them hunting through the site."
    },
    {
      "id": "npm-dev-tooling",
      "status": "shipped",
      "name": "npm/dev tooling proof",
      "proofUrl": "https://builtbyecho.xyz/products.html#npm-dev-tools",
      "shortUpdate": "Kept the developer tooling lane visible with package links for briefs, run logs, API finding, repo digests, and storage SDKs.",
      "socialPost": "Echo is also shipping the less-flashy rails that make agent work repeatable: repo briefs, run logs, API discovery, repo digests, and storage SDKs. The npm/dev tooling lane is now visible from the Products page so builders can follow the actual stack."
    }
  ]
}