Conductor 0.50 adds steering, repo init, and `:line_number` diff links

• Conductor 0.50 shipped the official 0.50 feature list with a new steering control, alongside smaller workflow tweaks like direct diff jumps, repo bootstrapping, caffeinate, and Muni sounds.
• Steering is now live in the app, according to charlieholtz's steering demo, giving operators a new control surface while an agent is already mid-run.
• Conductor can now initialize Git for a folder, create a private GitHub repo, add origin, and push the current branch, as shown in charlieholtz's repo-init screenshot.
• Agent-generated :line_number references now jump straight to the matching line in the diff view, per charlieholtz's line-link demo, which cuts a bunch of click-hunting out of review.

You can skim the official changelog, watch steering in motion, and inspect the repo creation dialog, which now offers to git init, create a private GitHub repo, wire up origin, and push the branch from inside Conductor.

The headline feature in 0.50 is steering. The official 0.50 list names it first, and charlieholtz's demo clip shows the control appearing as a live intervention layer during a running session.

That matters mostly because Conductor is positioned as a Mac app to run a team of coding agents, so supervision tools sit at the center of the product rather than at the edge.

The new setup flow removes a common first-run chore. In charlieholtz's screenshot, Conductor offers to run git init, create a private GitHub repo, add it as origin, and push the current branch without leaving the app.

The dialog also validates the target repository name before creation, which turns repo setup into a single confirmation step instead of a separate terminal detour.

Conductor now treats :line_number references as deep links into diffs. charlieholtz's short demo shows a file reference with :12 jumping directly to line 12 and highlighting it.

This is a small feature with a big review payoff. Agents already cite files and lines constantly, and 0.50 turns those citations into actual navigation.

The rest of the release is a grab bag, but it is all aimed at long-running sessions:

• Codex pricing in the UI now shows 0.125, according to the official 0.50 list.
• Conductor can caffeinate the machine while agents are running, also per the official 0.50 list.
• Muni notification sounds are now live, as charlieholtz's post put it.

The changelog has not yet surfaced a full 0.50 writeup in the captured text, but the release tweets make the shape of the update pretty clear: less setup friction, faster review jumps, and a new live steering control on top.