[Release] crewaiInc/crewAI 1.12.0: 1.12.0

CrewAI 1.12.0 introduces significant enhancements including Qdrant Edge storage backend, native OpenAI-compatible provider support (OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama, vLLM, Cerebras, Dashscope), agent skills implementation, and automatic root_scope for hierarchical memory isolation. The release adds Arabic language support, a new docs-check CLI command, logout functionality, and resolves multiple bugs across type checking, HITL flow system, and memory management. Documentation improvements include a new CONTRIBUTING.md guide and instructions for using CrewAI without LiteLLM.

Key Points

• •Qdrant Edge storage backend added to memory system for improved data persistence
• •Native support for OpenAI-compatible providers (OpenRouter, DeepSeek, Ollama, vLLM, Cerebras, Dashscope) eliminates LiteLLM dependency for these integrations
• •Agent skills feature implemented for enhanced agent capabilities and modularity
• •Automatic root_scope for hierarchical memory isolation improves multi-agent coordination and data separation
• •New docs-check CLI command automates documentation analysis and generation with translation support
• •Arabic language support added to changelog, release tooling, and complete documentation translation
• •Logout command added to CLI for improved session management
• •Comprehensive mypy type checking fixes across crewai, crewai-tools, and crewai-files packages
• •HITL (Human-in-the-Loop) flow system bugs resolved for more reliable human feedback integration
• •Memory saving in agents fixed and sync/async task execution refactored for code deduplication

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