chore: bump version to 0.1.8rc17

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -521,6 +521,16 @@ and this project adheres to [PEP 440](https://peps.python.org/pep-0440/) /
   ``get_access_control_action`` / ``get_action_by_type`` heal duplicates on
   read; graph repair uses the same keeper heuristic as bootstrap dedupe.
 
+## [0.1.8rc17] - 2026-09-24
+
+### Added
+
+- **Unified capability discovery (`find_capability`, ADR-0055) (#243).** Primary
+  lean discovery meta-tool ranks matching skills then tools in one observation,
+  with `use_skill` / `load_tool` next-step cues. `find_tool` / `find_skill`
+  remain aliases. Loop protocol and lean hints steer to `find_capability` first
+  so domain SOPs activate instead of find_tool thrash.
+
 ## [0.1.8rc16] - 2026-09-24
 
 ### Changed

jvagent/version.py

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """Version information for jvagent package."""
 
-__version__ = "0.1.8rc16"
+__version__ = "0.1.8rc17"