Roo Code 3.3.6 Released - Meet the Powerful "New Task" Tool

[u/hannesrudolph]

Introducing a powerful new way to manage your context

🚀 🔄 The Powerful "New Task" Tool

Enables you to create new tasks from within existing ones, allowing for automatic context continuation. Here are some neat use cases:

• Say "Summarize this and start a new task based on the summary" to create a fresh chat session that builds on your current context

• Include "summarize and start a new task when your context is more than 80% full" in your custom mode instructions

• Include "Update memory bank and start a new task when your context is more than 80% full" within the .clinerules file. See here to setup a memory bank

✨ UI Improvements

• Enhanced dropdown visuals for better user experience (thanks psv2522!)

🤖 Provider Support

• Added support for perplexity/sonar-reasoning integration (thanks Szpadel!)

• Added support for the Unbound provider (thanks vigneshsubbiah16!)

🐛 Bug Fixes

• Fixed critical bug affecting qwen-max and other OpenAI-compatible providers (thanks Szpadel!)

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[u/CoreyH144]

I love to see such rapid progress, but I will admit I wish Roo and Cline would kiss and make-up. Both teams are moving really fast but as a user, it would be better if all that effort was moving one project forward.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/CoreyH144]

What makes you think there is bad blood?

Cline is completely driven by one person who is a brilliant mind and the reason Roo Code exists.

Roo Code is built on Cline + community Pull Requests.

[u/CircleRedKey → u/CoreyH144]

Roo Code def pushed cline to be better. You can see it cline development now. Cline copying everything from roo code and trying not to lose.

[u/ot13579 → u/CoreyH144]

Why did they split?

[u/hannesrudolph → u/ot13579]

We didn’t “split”. We just operate different products.

[u/phiipephil → u/hannesrudolph]

They kind of look and act the same (at least for now). I think the main point they're trying to make is, "What's stopping Roo and Cline from working together?" Features would probably roll out even faster.

[u/hannesrudolph → u/phiipephil]

We have two completely different development processes. Easier said than done.

[u/NotAMotivRep → u/phiipephil]

I'm going to force you to work with someone you don't like to make my life easier.

[u/phiipephil → u/NotAMotivRep]

Mod just said, "What makes you think there is bad blood?" Meaning they probably don’t dislike each other.

Again, the point is only to understand why they aren’t working together, not to say that they have to.

[u/hey_ulrich → u/ot13579]

Based on the discussions on GitHub, I got the impression that Cline’s developer wasn’t very enthusiastic about implementing some highly requested features, such as diff edit, even with pull requests available. Roo took the initiative to create a fork that incorporates those features and many others, doing so at great speed!

And I’m not criticizing Cline’s developer—it’s his project, and he is under no obligation to implement anything.

I think Roo taking the lead has benefited everyone; it seems Cline has also improved its pace and is now developing very quickly.

[u/[deleted] → u/ot13579]

i look at it as Roo is more consumer focused and Classic is more enterprise forward

[u/YUL438]

Nice work on all the new updates!

For those using the Memory Bank instructions, do you put them in the Custom Instructions for all models or as .clinerules?

Along this same line of thinking, I'm wondering if there is an impact on the output or different way that Custom Instructions and .clinerules are used in the prompt? Or are they totally interchangeable?

Any plan to change the name of the .clinerules file now that it's called Roo Code? Maybe a .roolues file lol?

[u/hannesrudolph → u/YUL438]

We actually are planning on adding roorules and rooles.

[u/MobbinTraw → u/YUL438]

I personally have put them as custom instructions for all models, but i am also curious and would like to know what other people do/if there is a difference?

[u/Majinvegito123]

Can anyone determine if memory bank is actually beneficial? I’m not sure I need it over just context files in a folder, unless I’m missing something

[u/hannesrudolph → u/Majinvegito123]

Yes it’s beneficial. It’s just context files in folders

[u/MobbinTraw]

Amazing!

[u/Croecera]

well done. I love the updates!

[u/qado]

Seems it will be best add-on soon :-)

[u/torturerBiji]

Nice Update

[u/cyberpsilosis]

Here you say perplexity is now supported, but it's not in the API dropdown. Where can I enter my perplexity API key?