Guild Scout

Highlights

• Primary spec detection: Inspect now reads the inspected character's talent trees and updates their primary spec automatically. Right-clicking a Recruitment row opens the player, inspects them, and runs the same detection workflow.
• Minimap control: Added a draggable Guild Scout minimap button with support for round and square minimaps. Left-click opens Guild Scout; right-click starts or stops scanning.
• Clear scan controls: Added a visible scan toggle in the workspace header with green/red running state. Automatic scanning at login is now off by default.
• Inspection history: Recruitment rows now show whether a player has ever been inspected.

Recruiter interface

• Refined the Selected Recruiter window into a tighter Classic inspect-style layout.
• Added larger, correctly cropped class and race portraits.
• Improved identity, level, GearScore, presence, last-seen, update-count, equipment, notes, and footer alignment.
• Added the missing shortcut for reopening Recruitment from the selected-player window.
• Removed the separate Detect Spec button now that Inspect performs both equipment capture and spec detection.
• Fixed detected specs being found internally but not appearing in the Recruitment table or open recruiter window.

Recruitment and settings

• Improved Recruitment table sizing and spacing for lower resolutions and UI-scale configurations.
• Added clearer left-click and right-click workflow guidance.
• Added a Usage window covering scanning, recruiter actions, data management, and diagnostics.
• Simplified Settings, clarified the login scanning option, and retained selective purge and factory reset controls.
• Diagnostics remains available in development builds and through /guildscout debug; the stable workspace no longer shows the Diagnostics panel.

Reliability

• Removed unreliable Friendly Name Plates CVar detection and automatic warning logic.
• Added startup regression suites for development UI, stable UI, and the real ADDON_LOADED bootstrap path.
• Added coverage for workspace navigation, minimap and scan controls, slash commands, and detected-spec synchronization.
• Updated package validation and release documentation.

Important

Guild Scout requires Friendly Name Plates to be enabled in WoW for nearby-player discovery. The addon documents this prerequisite but does not read or change the setting.

Existing Guild Scout SavedVariables remain compatible with this release.