chore: remove release automation and version display

AGENTS.md

@@ -50,6 +50,5 @@
   two modes, config is TOML-only, and the catalog is live with an empty fallback.
   For config or hook changes, consult `docs/configuration.md` or `docs/hooks.md`
   and reconcile with the implementation.
-- Releases use conventional commits and release-please, with wheel/sdist attached
-  to GitHub Releases, not PyPI. `.github/workflows/release.yml` separately re-locks
-  `uv.lock` after release-please bumps `pyproject.toml`.
+- Releases are manual: there is no release automation. Commits still follow
+  conventional commits; `pyproject.toml` carries a static version.

src/lecode/cli.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 """lecode command-line interface.
 
-Scope: ``--version``, the startup dependency check (fd / rg / rtk), headless
+Scope: the startup dependency check (fd / rg / rtk), headless
 mode (``-p/--prompt``: auto-approved tools, auto-named session, final
 response on stdout, token/cost summary on stderr, exit codes 0 done /
 1 error / 2 startup / 3 max turns / 4-9 provider failures), and the interactive TUI (default when
@@ -156,12 +156,6 @@ def __init__(self, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
 )
 
 
-def _version_callback(value: bool) -> None:
-    if value:
-        typer.echo(f"lecode {__version__}")
-        raise typer.Exit(EXIT_OK)
-
-
 def check_dependencies() -> None:
     """Abort startup (exit code 2) if fd/rg/rtk are missing from PATH."""
     missing = find_missing_binaries()
@@ -986,10 +980,6 @@ def run_setup() -> int:
 
 @app.callback(cls=_LeCodeGroup, invoke_without_command=True)
 def callback(
-    version: Annotated[
-        bool,
-        typer.Option("--version", "-V", callback=_version_callback, is_eager=True),
-    ] = False,
     prompt: Annotated[
         str | None,
         typer.Option(

src/lecode/tui/loading.py

@@ -315,14 +315,10 @@ def build_load_report(
 
 
 def _byline_text(theme: Theme, splash: str | None) -> Text:
-    """Version, ``by Kalvad`` link, and the splash tagline on one line."""
-    from lecode import __version__
-
+    """The ``by Kalvad`` link and the splash tagline on one line."""
     if splash is None:
         splash = random.choice(_SPLASHES)
     line = Text()
-    line.append(f"v{__version__}", style=theme.muted)
-    line.append(" · ", style=theme.muted)
     line.append("by ", style=theme.muted)
     line.append("Kalvad", style=f"bold {theme.accent} link https://kalvad.com")
     line.append(f" — {splash}", style=f"italic {theme.permission}")

tests/test_cli.py

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-"""Tests for the CLI bootstrap (version flag, dependency gating)."""
+"""Tests for the CLI bootstrap (dependency gating)."""
 
 from __future__ import annotations
 
@@ -7,24 +7,11 @@
 import pytest
 from typer.testing import CliRunner
 
-from lecode import __version__
 from lecode.cli import EXIT_OK, EXIT_STARTUP, app
 
 runner = CliRunner()
 
 
-def test_version_flag():
-    result = runner.invoke(app, ["--version"])
-    assert result.exit_code == EXIT_OK
-    assert f"lecode {__version__}" in result.stdout
-
-
-def test_version_flag_short():
-    result = runner.invoke(app, ["-V"])
-    assert result.exit_code == EXIT_OK
-    assert __version__ in result.stdout
-
-
 def test_help_flag_short():
     """``-h`` is an alias for ``--help``."""
     for flag in ("-h", "--help"):

tests/test_tui_loading.py

@@ -416,8 +416,7 @@ def test_progressive_banner_prints_immediately():
     assert "by Kalvad" in text
 
 
-def test_banner_shows_version_splash_and_gradient():
-    from lecode import __version__
+def test_banner_shows_splash_and_gradient():
     from lecode.tui.loading import print_banner
 
     out = io.StringIO()
@@ -427,7 +426,6 @@ def test_banner_shows_version_splash_and_gradient():
     print_banner(console, THEME, splash="test splash")
     raw = out.getvalue()
     text = Text.from_ansi(raw).plain
-    assert f"v{__version__}" in text
     assert "by Kalvad" in text
     assert "test splash" in text
     # the banner is colored per column — leftmost glyph is the deep-purple endpoint