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We release InstantWork every day. Here's everything that shipped in the last 90 days.

Releasing today

5 changes
  • Add typed, drawn, and uploaded marks with task/document signatures#143
  • Add personal quick reactions with an automatic mode#147
  • Keep spec change submission visible with long feedback#146
  • Let the agent revise a Code Spec that's still waiting for approval#144
  • Add a "More emoji" button to the message right-click menu#145

  1. Saturday, 2026

    2026.10.17.1

    Latest1 change
    • Keep the Feedback chat asking while short answers add detail#142

  2. Thursday, 2026

    2026.10.15.6

    7 changes
    • Add archived documents screen with restore#132
    • Let new boards copy settings from a template board#141
    • Add an /abilities page comparing what people and agents can do#139
    • Show chat images whole instead of cropping them#140
    • Hide finished task threads from your inbox#137
    • Frame chat suggestions as numbered options like the home queue#138
    • Show the profile card when hovering a person's name in chat#135

    2026.10.15.5

    5 changes
    • Show running task timers in the bottom right#136
    • Add one-click reactions, saved messages, message links and pinned messages#133
    • Show who follows a task chat thread#134
    • Use ChatsTeardrop for reply and ShareFat for forward icons#129
    • Squeeze chat surfaces above the iOS keyboard instead of pushing them up#131

    2026.10.15.4

    4 changes
    • Sign production screenshots in with shared Agent logins#128
    • .github/workflows: Migrate workflows to Blacksmith runners#130
    • Add a jump-to-start arrow and T shortcut for long replies#114
    • Add 20 candy notification sounds and Slack-style sound settings#127

    2026.10.15.3

    6 changes
    • Show agent planning notes and pages from a task#126
    • Undo task moves and archives from a toast or ⌘Z#124
    • Keep answered suggestions in a task batch's chat record after a revision#125
    • Show a subtask's parent task in the task dialog#123
    • Show code specs and suggestions as buttons in the chat#119
    • Set dates, priority, tags and custom fields when creating a task#122

    2026.10.15.2

    5 changes
    • Show attached files in a task's General thread#120
    • Follow new messages at the bottom of every chat#118
    • Search account settings by section or setting#108
    • Keep the voice memo meter moving from the moment recording starts#117
    • Let agents create GitHub issues#116

    2026.10.15.1

    5 changes
    • Generate task and branch names at temperature 0#113
    • Stop pre-opening mention suggestions from saved @ text in task dialogs#111
    • Let agents un-nest subtasks and choose where handed-off work goes#112
    • Make emoji number shortcuts work in the reaction row#110
    • Feedback chat: dig into feedback like a user researcher, and celebrate useful feedback#106

  3. Wednesday, 2026

    2026.10.14.5

    1 change
    • Let agents see attached images, explain refused runs and write coding specs when asked#105

    2026.10.14.4

    5 changes
    • Go live follows the host around the app, with cursor following#104
    • Animate the product switcher and drop the trigger's background#102
    • Move message reaction pill lower so it doesn't cover text#103
    • Lead suggestions with What, show more before Expand, and give question options details#101
    • Show what agents are doing: live step logs, Runs tab and cost#100

    2026.10.14.3

    5 changes
    • Animate the Home queue and keep suggestion discussions on the suggestion#99
    • Add HPA product switcher to sidebar#98
    • New HPA Logos#97
    • Combine the org and project switchers at the top of the sidebar#96
    • Raise the agent token budget and explain when a run hits it#93

    2026.10.14.2

    5 changes
    • Follow a requested sort when Ask searches by keyword#95
    • Keep edits queued behind an in-flight autosave when the task switches#94
    • Answer every Home card with numbered options and a chat box#92
    • Show who answered the Chief of Agents' questions and suggestions in chat#91
    • Simplify the task dialog's Attachments and Whiteboards sections#90

    2026.10.14.1

    13 changes
    • Let agents finish when their request message is deleted#89
    • Have agents offer one next step at the end of replies#88
    • Compact the task dialog's tags, attachments and whiteboards#87
    • Let agents search and page through whole boards#85
    • Approve a coding spec before Codex starts#82
    • Add message hover shortcuts and a catalogue of every hotkey#83
    • Play a sound when a message arrives#81
    • Let people go live on a board with voice and follow-view#75
    • Let agents see task files and older chat files#80
    • Simplify the Home queue suggestion card#79
    • Ask in your own words from the search dialog#72
    • Add agent skills with one-click suggested skills#77
    • Drop the tldraw whiteboard tables and the one-off wipe#78

  4. Tuesday, 2026

    2026.10.13.3

    2 changes
    • Resolve every new production deploy in one changelog sync#74
    • Move whiteboards from tldraw to Excalidraw#69

    2026.10.13.2

    5 changes
    • Let delegated agents answer in the chat or take a task#68
    • Number changelog releases per day and redesign the page#71
    • Open the Chief of Agents mini-chat with ⌘J / Ctrl+J#70
    • Let people talk a suggestion through right on the Home card#67
    • Put Meaningless Points at the top of the shortcuts dialog and drop non-shortcuts#66

    2026.10.13.1

    3 changes
    • Let people discuss a suggested task with the Chief of Agents#63
    • Use the REST API for recap label commands#65
    • Generate the visual recap once a PR is ready#64

  5. Monday, 2026

    2026.10.12.4

    5 changes
    • Have sessions open, babysit and merge their own PRs#61
    • Add a public /changelog with one version per UTC day#62
    • Open Codex PRs ready for review, named after the change, linking the task#60
    • Add hover-menu tooltips and swipe-to-reply on chat messages#59
    • Show every assignee on task cards#58

    2026.10.12.3

    4 changes
    • Move Feedback into the user menu on mobile#57
    • Expire ignored app scout ideas and page lists after 7 days#55
    • Turn Home into a queue of decisions agents are waiting on#54
    • Show the date on revealed message times from earlier days#53

    2026.10.12.2

    6 changes
    • Let agents read the board's connected repository#52
    • Fix first-tap voice memo playback on iOS and waveform overlap#51
    • Align the task dialog's assignee picker with the other header dropdowns#50
    • Show who is viewing a task on its card#48
    • Attach files in New Task and respect Unassigned over auto-assign#49
    • Switch factory code review from Greptile to Codex#47

    2026.10.12.1

    2 changes
    • Open new project boards and documents after creating them#45
    • Forward chat messages to other chats#46

  6. Thursday, 2026

    2026.10.08.3

    3 changes
    • Assign people by @mentioning them when adding a task#43
    • Render Markdown in chat messages#44
    • Show start date, due date and GitHub issue in the inbox task panel#42

    2026.10.08.2

    2 changes
    • Add a "/" keyboard shortcuts list and opt-in Meaningless Points#39
    • Subtasks section with quick-add and A/M shortcuts in the task dialog#38

    2026.10.08.1

    9 changes
    • Show who reacted with overlapping avatars on each reaction#37
    • Add and edit custom fields from the inbox task dialog#34
    • Keep Gantt task names in their rows and make them open the task#36
    • Add a tooltip to the board and project chat button#35
    • List the Chief and your recent assignees first in the assignee picker#33
    • Linkify URLs in chat messages#8
    • InstantWork: Add agent call controls to inbox conversations#12
    • Show task content sections in the inbox details panel#32
    • Tell agents how to wait for PR checks without hanging#30

  7. Wednesday, 2026

    2026.10.07.2

    3 changes
    • Keep issue sync off tasks that moved to another board#29
    • Create a GitHub issue from a task#28
    • Add Factory config for issues, feedback and PR babysitting#27

    2026.10.07.1

    3 changes
    • Run Convex codegen before PRs#26
    • Let DMs and group chats @mention any agent, tasks and documents#25
    • Add agent-native skills and PR visual recap workflow#24

  8. Tuesday, 2026

    2026.10.06.2

    1 change
    • Add project guidance to AGENTS.md#21

    2026.10.06.1

    1 change
    • Deploy production in batches instead of on every push#22

  9. Saturday, 2026

    2026.10.03.1

    1 change
    • InstantWork: Update repository#15

  10. Tuesday, 2026

    2026.09.15.5

    1 change
    • Codex: Implemented debounced per-thread message draft persistence with restore-on-return, unmount flushing, successful-send clearing, storage error safety, and unit tests. Changes committ#7

    2026.09.15.4

    1 change
    • Fix iOS PWA mobile issues: status-bar overlap and duplicate messages#6

    2026.09.15.3

    1 change
    • Codex: Implemented and committed a shared colon-triggered emoji picker covering native inputs, textareas, task descriptions, task notes, comments/thread messages, chat messages, mini-chat#5

    2026.09.15.2

    2 changes
    • Codex: Implemented agent details previews in chat and linked agent avatars to the existing full agent settings view with organization context. Added focused route tests and committed the #4
    • Codex: Implemented and committed shared fuzzy people ranking across all mention autocomplete surfaces and Command K, with unit coverage; all 38 tests, TypeScript checks, scoped lint, and #1

    2026.09.15.1

    2 changes
    • Codex: Fixed the unread-only inbox cascade by preventing implicit conversation selection while filtered, preserving explicit open/read behavior, and adding regression tests. Committed as #2
    • Codex: Added a focused mobile typography rule using rem units, setting body, controls, and Tailwind small-text tokens to at least 16px below 640px. Committed the change and prepared PR me#3