Release Contacts module 1.8.0

.github/workflows/validate.yml

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Resolve validator revision
         env:
-          DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF: ${{ inputs.deft_ref || vars.DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF || 'd9c1530dec444ac7bc863168b472f12e68cfef6f' }}
+          DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF: ${{ inputs.deft_ref || vars.DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF || 'cd487526b7cde82882a6edcbcfbe3659d2a78125' }}
         run: |
           if ! printf '%s' "$DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF" | grep -Eq '^[0-9a-f]{40}$'; then
             echo 'The Deft validator revision must be a full 40-character commit SHA.' >&2
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
         with:
           repository: ${{ vars.DEFT_VALIDATOR_REPOSITORY || 'Maneek21/Deft' }}
-          ref: ${{ inputs.deft_ref || vars.DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF || 'd9c1530dec444ac7bc863168b472f12e68cfef6f' }}
+          ref: ${{ inputs.deft_ref || vars.DEFT_VALIDATOR_REF || 'cd487526b7cde82882a6edcbcfbe3659d2a78125' }}
           path: deft
           persist-credentials: false
 

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -3,6 +3,20 @@
 All notable changes to the Contacts module are documented here. Versions follow
 [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## 1.8.0 — 2026-09-19
+
+### Added
+
+- Complete declarative CRM workflows for contacts, companies, deals,
+  activities, outreach drafts, and project-linked follow-up tasks.
+- Additional views, filters, relations, validation, and operator-facing
+  metadata used by the integrated Contacts CRM app.
+
+### Compatibility
+
+- The update is additive and preserves the existing Contacts 1.1 collections
+  and fields.
+
 ## 1.1.0 — 2026-08-18
 
 ### Added

PUBLISHING.md

@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
 
 ## One-time repository publication
 
-The initial workflow is pinned to Deft validator commit
-`d9c1530dec444ac7bc863168b472f12e68cfef6f`, the first published core commit containing the finalized 1.1
-module validator. Future pins must remain full 40-character commit SHAs; do not
+The workflow is pinned to Deft validator commit
+`cd487526b7cde82882a6edcbcfbe3659d2a78125`, which contains the contract used by Contacts 1.8.
+Future pins must remain full 40-character commit SHAs; do not
 substitute a branch, tag, `master`, or an older validator.
 
 The workflow remains intentionally configurable through a

README.md

@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@ core. The installable product is one declarative file:
 [`deft.module.json`](./deft.module.json). It contains no JavaScript, SQL,
 remote installer, credentials, or executable payload.
 
-Current release: `1.1.0`
+Current release: `1.8.0`
 
 Canonical manifest digest:
-`sha256:431d879dd511261346c2d38b1c6341f61eb7878ea4690ca836425b3a0c2c266d`
+`sha256:495075181043c6cb95ad4080ea894faa6c1b798b3eb2db97571d0b53ff0cbdaf`
 
 ## What it adds
 
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ run either:
 
 Pass a different Deft checkout as the first argument when needed. The helpers
 run `corepack pnpm module:check <this-repository>` from that checkout and verify
-the expected `1.1.0` digest. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for the
+the expected `1.8.0` digest. See [CONTRIBUTING.md](./CONTRIBUTING.md) for the
 release rules.
 
 ## Fixtures and screenshots