chore(main): release 1.18.0

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1.18.0 (2026-09-29)

Features

• cli: widget.citations in client configs, snippets, and the schema (806c0ef)
• inline citations and source cards for RAG results (c899b84)
• widget: citations option on the component, ClaudiusConfig, and <claudius-chat> (a701de9)
• widget: collapsible source-card footer (bdb9246)
• widget: keep announced sources on the streaming reply (0a45385)
• widget: pure helpers for citation markers and the citations option (d7a8b17)
• widget: render citation markers as chips with a source-card footer (9408779)
• widget: request citations and read the early sources event (67ab530)
• widget: strings for citation chips and the sources footer (58e282a)
• widget: wire citations through the chat window and its live region (0d6d131)
• worker: announce RAG sources before the first streamed chunk (df5cc59)
• worker: attach a snippet to each RAG source (b4fd0e6)
• worker: number RAG excerpts and ask for citations when the request opts in (10fdcf2)

Bug Fixes

• widget: detach a citation marker glued to the end of a URL (659b71c)
• widget: do not replay the last reveal when maxSources changes (b6fdda0)
• widget: hide an unfinished citation marker inside unclosed bold while streaming (2c04566)
• widget: keep source timing unchanged for widgets without citations (5f92197)
• widget: wrap long unbroken snippets inside a source card (3935ee1)
• worker: announce sources with the first upstream event, not before it (c796736)
• worker: strip list markers, blockquotes, links, and italics from snippets (9bd8262)

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