diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 22a2b57..54c171c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ This project follows SemVer.
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+## [1.8.0] - 2026-08-21
+
+### Added
+
+- **Herdr trust workspace integration.** Run Otito context, impact, review, doctor, and exact staged-tree validation from Herdr while keeping the two tools as separate authorities.
+- **Interactive trust-status popup.** Scan repository, comparison base, verdict, confidence, change size, risk, and attention items in responsive terminal tables with semantic status colours and a `NO_COLOR` fallback.
+
+### Safety
+
+- **Explicit authority boundaries.** The plugin does not merge, push, commit, or approve changes, and its local evidence does not replace hosted CI, CODEOWNERS approval, unresolved-comment checks, or the human merge decision.
+
+### Docs
+
+- Added installation, local-development, action, popup, and agent-workspace guidance to the README and documentation site.
+
+### Maintenance
+
+- **Release metadata alignment.** npm package metadata, the package lockfile, and the MCP Registry manifest now agree on v1.8.0.
+
 ## [1.7.0] - 2026-08-17
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ba4d30c..720f911 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ What remains strategically important is the **trust harness**: accurate reposito
 
 ## Trusted agent workflow
 
-> **New in v1.7.0:** `otito eval --gate-effectiveness` proves the real staged gate against one valid control and six adversarial changes, each with an expected deterministic reason.
+> **New in v1.8.0:** the Herdr integration brings Otito context, impact, review, exact staged-tree validation, and an interactive trust-status popup into persistent agent workspaces.
 
 ```text
 Request -> context -> scoped change -> exact validation -> review evidence -> human decision
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 1184ab0..947bc19 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
   "name": "@bashbop/otito",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
       "name": "@bashbop/otito",
-      "version": "1.7.0",
+      "version": "1.8.0",
       "hasInstallScript": true,
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2a4bff0..6aa1c3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@bashbop/otito",
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "mcpName": "io.github.BASHBOP/otito",
   "description": "Òtítọ́: deterministic local repository context, impact analysis, and merge evidence.",
   "type": "module",
diff --git a/server.json b/server.json
index 0f3fc9f..2740ae0 100644
--- a/server.json
+++ b/server.json
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
     "source": "github",
     "id": "1242199320"
   },
-  "version": "1.7.0",
+  "version": "1.8.0",
   "packages": [
     {
       "registryType": "npm",
       "identifier": "@bashbop/otito",
-      "version": "1.7.0",
+      "version": "1.8.0",
       "transport": {
         "type": "stdio"
       },