chore(release): Update version to v1.4.294

docs: update README with Venice AI provider and Windows install script

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## v1.4.294 (2025-08-20)
+
+### PR [#1723](https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/pull/1723) by [ksylvan](https://github.com/ksylvan): docs: update README with Venice AI provider and Windows install script
+
+- Add Venice AI provider configuration with API endpoint
+- Document Venice AI as privacy-first open-source provider
+- Include PowerShell installation script for Windows users
+- Add debug levels section to table of contents
+- Update recent major features with v1.4.294 release notes
+
 ## v1.4.293 (2025-08-19)
 
 ### PR [#1718](https://github.com/danielmiessler/Fabric/pull/1718) by [ksylvan](https://github.com/ksylvan): Implement Configurable Debug Logging Levels

README.md

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ Below are the **new features and capabilities** we've added (newest first):
 
 ### Recent Major Features
 
+- [v1.4.294](https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/tag/v1.4.294) (Aug 20, 2025) — **Venice AI Support**: Added the Venice AI provider. Venice is a Privacy-First, Open-Source AI provider. See their ["About Venice"](https://docs.venice.ai/overview/about-venice) page for details.
 - [v1.4.291](https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/tag/v1.4.291) (Aug 18, 2025) — **Speech To Text**: Add OpenAI speech-to-text support with `--transcribe-file`, `--transcribe-model`, and `--split-media-file` flags.
 - [v1.4.287](https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/tag/v1.4.287) (Aug 16, 2025) — **AI Reasoning**: Add Thinking to Gemini models and introduce `readme_updates` python script
 - [v1.4.286](https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/tag/v1.4.286) (Aug 14, 2025) — **AI Reasoning**: Introduce Thinking Config Across Anthropic and OpenAI Providers
@@ -139,6 +140,7 @@ Keep in mind that many of these were recorded when Fabric was Python-based, so r
       - [Bash Completion](#bash-completion)
       - [Fish Completion](#fish-completion)
   - [Usage](#usage)
+    - [Debug Levels](#debug-levels)
   - [Our approach to prompting](#our-approach-to-prompting)
   - [Examples](#examples)
   - [Just use the Patterns](#just-use-the-patterns)
@@ -209,6 +211,17 @@ To install Fabric, you can use the latest release binaries or install it from th
 
 `https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/latest/download/fabric-windows-amd64.exe`
 
+Or via PowerShell, just copy and paste and run the following snippet to install the binary into `{HOME}\.local\bin`. Please make sure that directory is included in your `PATH`.
+
+```powershell
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+$LATEST="https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/latest/download/fabric-windows-amd64.exe"
+$DIR="${HOME}\.local\bin"
+New-Item -Path $DIR -ItemType Directory -Force
+Invoke-WebRequest -URI  "${LATEST}" -outfile "${DIR}\fabric.exe"
+& "${DIR}\fabric.exe" /version
+```
+
 #### macOS (arm64)
 
 `curl -L https://github.com/danielmiessler/fabric/releases/latest/download/fabric-darwin-arm64 > fabric && chmod +x fabric && ./fabric --version`

cmd/fabric/version.go

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 package main
 
-var version = "v1.4.293"
+var version = "v1.4.294"

internal/plugins/ai/openai_compatible/providers_config.go

@@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ var ProviderMap = map[string]ProviderConfig{
 		BaseURL:             "https://api.together.xyz/v1",
 		ImplementsResponses: false,
 	},
+	"Venice AI": {
+		Name:                "Venice AI",
+		BaseURL:             "https://api.venice.ai/api/v1",
+		ImplementsResponses: false,
+	},
 }
 
 // GetProviderByName returns the provider configuration for a given name with O(1) lookup

nix/pkgs/fabric/version.nix

@@ -1 +1 @@
-"1.4.293"
+"1.4.294"