Changelog

A refreshed look for Notes

Notes has a fresh look: a clearer title hierarchy, a subtle theme-accent color, and one shared formatting toolbar that feels consistent with the rest of Obvious.

Improvements

• Searching in Drive now stays scoped to the folder you're in, with breadcrumbs showing exactly where each result lives — handy if you keep similarly named files split across v1, v2, v3 folders.
• Skills are easier to create, install, and manage end to end — start one right from the empty state or header, install straight from the marketplace with clear status while it processes, and turn any Skill on or off from its card or detail page.
• Sharing and publishing a Skill now happens from one place instead of three overlapping screens, and republishing automatically lets your subscribers know.
• Even with several Obvious tabs open, you'll see one notification instead of a duplicate in every tab.
• Inkling, a new model from Baseten, is now available for agents and Autobuild to use.
• The Code Review Analytics tab is easier to dig into — filter by repo, see findings broken down by category, and read clearer charts and tooltips throughout.
• Watch your Blueprint come together in real time: drafts stream into the canvas as the agent writes, alongside a live feed of what it's researching.
• Assign a question to a teammate and see their avatar appear immediately — the flow moves forward on its own once everyone assigned has answered.
• Managing which repos Autobuild reviews is easier, with search, filtering, and an at-a-glance count of what's on versus off.

Fixes

• Cross-workspace data leaks are closed across inbox rows, hydration, and several API routes.
• Deleting a Knowledge Base folder removes its contents along with it.
• Knowledge Base zip imports have no arbitrary file-count limit, and extraction errors display with a clear, specific message.
• Locked threads show as locked for other project members right away and after a page refresh, and locking a thread applies to threads created from it.
• Access-denied pages state the specific reason access was denied.
• On Safari and iOS, changing a workspace member's role retries automatically on a network hiccup, with a clear error if it still doesn't go through.
• Web research tools capture more of a page's content per fetch, and clearly mark results when a search or crawl hit its limit.
• The archive confirmation for selecting all projects shows the full count being archived.
• External meeting notes summarize automatically once processing completes.
• Windows repo sandboxes reconnect to the correct sandbox provider after a session ends.
• The Save as Template preview for Folios and Blueprints shows content right away and scrolls to see the rest.
• You can transfer a project to a team from any project menu.
• The usage breakdown labels and colors memory, sandbox, and web-search costs as their own categories.
• Call notes generate when using DeepSeek V4 Pro.
• Secret approval requests from sub-agents, like an Autobuild worker, show up in the same conversation you're already viewing.
• The chat's scroll bar reliably jumps to the very top of the conversation, and clicking a point on it for a message that hasn't loaded yet will load it and jump straight there.

Draft an email without leaving your conversation

Ask your agent to draft an email and it can create the draft, pull it up to review or edit the subject and body, list your other drafts, or send it once it's ready — on top of composing a brand-new email from scratch.

See analytics for your Autobuild code reviews

A new Analytics tab on the Code Review settings page shows how often reviews run, pass rates, and how long they take, plus a breakdown of findings by severity and how many review rounds it typically takes a PR to reach green.

Windows repo sandboxes

Windows is now supported for repo sandboxes, with the same size options available on other platforms, longer-lived sessions that resume reliably, and faster setup.

Improvements

• Chat composer text you've started typing is saved as a draft and restored if you navigate away before sending.
• The Slack integration supports Slack's new Agent view messaging experience.
• Project list titles show a live item count.
• Folios display without the Desktop Page frame.
• The bulk archive and update limit for projects is 1,000 items, up from 500.
• The External Meeting Notes modal suggests attendees ranked by relevance.
• Team search is available from the command palette (Ctrl+K); Ctrl+T opens team search, and the threads picker moved to Ctrl+U.

Fixes

• Threads created from webhook-triggered prompts get a descriptive name automatically, and agents can edit the titles and descriptions of tasks they're assigned to update.
• Clicking outside a popover inside a modal dismisses it.
• Error messages and diagnostics redact GitHub installation tokens and keep credit-usage data scoped to the requesting workspace.
• Paused tasks show a pause icon in the Inbox sidebar.
• The @mentions dropdown closes when you click outside it.
• Tasks belonging to archived projects are excluded from the Inbox list and detail views, regardless of how the project was archived.
• The agent waits for an assigned teammate to answer a question before advancing past it.
• Renaming a task also renames its bound thread or chat.
• Task status updates display the correct status immediately after you change it.
• Admins can search the members list while the invite form is open.
• GPT-5.6 has a 1.05M token context window across all plan tiers, priced at its long-context tier.
• Plan approval cards load by direct reference and update live when they're not scoped to a single project.

Give meeting recordings a name without lifting a finger

Recordings used to sit in your list labeled "Recording" until you renamed them yourself. Now the transcript does the work: as soon as a recording finishes transcribing, it gets a short, descriptive title pulled straight from what was said — no manual renaming required.

Organize your Knowledge Base by project

Knowledge Base content can now be scoped to an individual project, not just your whole workspace. The KB explorer's scope selector gets a Project option (shown whenever your workspace has projects), with its own picker, so you can browse and manage project-specific knowledge separately from workspace-wide content.

Turn code review on or off per repository

Autobuild's automatic PR review is now a settings toggle you control per repository, from a dedicated settings page — replacing the old all-or-nothing workspace switch. Turn review on for the repos where you want it and leave it off elsewhere.

Improvements

• The CLI adds an interactive resource explorer, a read-only project summary view, a status filter for listing threads, a document-upload flag, and local manifest discovery for Autobuild init.
• Advanced Cost Management's thread tree is now collapsible, so you can expand only the branches you care about.
• The notification bell's "Mark all as read" button is now "Clear all."
• A single share link for a note now routes each viewer by their access level, replacing separate links for each permission tier, and you can copy that link directly from the note's overflow menu.
• The Inbox's Group-by menu is organized into labeled sections, so it's easier to find the grouping option you want.
• Meetings and external meeting notes share the same attendee picker.
• Project Home's greeting reflects whether you own the project or are a member, and clicking the Knowledge Base sync status takes you straight to the related Knowledge Base item.
• You can view your thread- and project-level credit usage without a date range limit.
• When you invite someone to a project, they now get a personal workspace of their own, in addition to joining your shared project workspace.

Fixes

• Document downloads show an error message when they fail, and a rare stuck-in-progress state is resolved.
• The Inbox excludes to-dos that belong to archived projects.
• Credit checks catch a rare case where sandbox usage could exceed your available credit balance.
• The cursor stays visible and in place while scrolling on the Notes page and in shared notes.
• Only a note's owner sees the option to publish it.
• Validation rules on a sheet apply to every row, including the first row.
• If commenting on a Folio or Blueprint is briefly unavailable, you'll see a clear message.
• Folios with a validation error still load.
• Your request data — including IP address — stays isolated to your own request and can't be attributed to someone else's concurrent request.
• Comment thread permissions are scoped to keep private threads private.
• Messages sent while a response is still streaming stay at the bottom of the conversation.
• Pinned tasks appear in the task detail pane.
• Task Inbox shows tasks for your active workspace only.
• The composer action toolbar stays on a single line, moving overflow actions into a menu.

Add meeting notes manually, without a recording

Paste in notes from a meeting that wasn't recorded — or add detail to one that was — and they're treated just like a recorded meeting: summarized, searchable, and linked to the right project.

Restrict workspace access by IP address

Limit who can sign in to your workspace to specific IP addresses or ranges. If your own access changes, you can still switch to an unrestricted workspace instead of getting locked out.

Manage spend limits, rules, and requests in one place

Set workspace-wide, per-member, and per-project spend limits, create auto-approval rules for spend requests, and review pending overage requests — all from one Spend Controls page instead of two separate settings screens.

Draw directly on a pasted screenshot to point the agent at exactly what you mean

When you paste a screenshot into the task composer or a chat, you can now draw arrows and highlight boxes on it to mark exactly what you're referring to, instead of describing it in words. The marked-up image is sent to the agent along with your message.

Add a whole folder of files to your Knowledge Base in one upload

Upload a zip archive and its contents are extracted into matching folders in your Knowledge Base automatically, so you don't have to add files one at a time.

Improvements

Labels can be scoped to your whole workspace, a specific team, or just to you.

You can choose to get notified when a pull request enters review or is marked ready — separate from your regular task and mention notifications.

Select multiple Knowledge Base files to download or delete them together.

Sort Knowledge Base files by name, uploader, or date added.

Uploading a file with the same name as an existing one asks whether to overwrite it or keep both, instead of silently conflicting.

Set any image as your project's cover photo directly from the Drive menu or the image viewer, or choose one you've already uploaded to the project.

The teams list in workspace settings is sorted alphabetically.

Right-click items in the sidebar's More section for quick actions.

Listing and reading projects and threads from the command line can return structured data for scripting, and sending a message can stream the reply back in real time as it's generated.

Fixes

Folio autosave retries automatically and shows a clear status if a save attempt fails.

Meeting follow-up tasks in the inbox are always assigned to someone — the agent, you, or a specific participant.

Credit counts in the chat header update in real time.

Push notifications recover automatically if your device's delivery channel is temporarily disabled.

Improvements

Project Home shows a short, plain-language recap of what happened since your last visit, above the existing activity summary.

A 'Select all' button appears once you've started selecting items, so you can select everything at once instead of reaching for Cmd+A or the right-click menu.

Open or close the project sidebar while focused on chat.

Fixes

Images the agent captures from your sandbox — like screenshots — upload completely.

When you attach a document or artifact while creating a task, the agent working on that task can see it.

Threads spun up from an inbox task are named after that task, so you can tell them apart at a glance.

The Knowledge Base shows a loading state or a clear error message while your documents are still loading.

Filtering pull requests to All on Project Home shows every pull request — merged, closed, and open.

Bring content from your documents into chat

Select content from any document, PDF, or spreadsheet and bring it directly into your conversation with the agent — no need to describe what you're looking at or copy-paste text in.

Improvements

Project Home organizes new projects for you automatically, without any extra setup steps.

The Project Home sidebar's Pull Requests section now includes a status filter, so you can see merged, closed, and queued pull requests, not just open ones.

Scheduled task controls in the inbox — Run now, Pause, and Resume — are grouped together in their own row for easier access.

Select multiple items in Drive and move them all into a folder at once. The New folder action is now available from the same toolbar.

Private teams show a lock icon next to their name in the sidebar.

Advanced Cost Management Mode (Settings → Appearance) shows a breakdown of credit usage across a thread and all of its sub-threads, not just the thread itself.

Fixes

You can open a project right away after being invited to it.

You can download up to 200 selected items at once, and you'll see a clear message if a download fails to complete.

Rows in a grouped view match the group they're listed under.

The options shown in the mode picker match the conversation you're in.

Agent threads recover automatically if they hit a naming conflict, and continue running.

Move a project's ownership to a team

Transfer an existing project's ownership to a team directly, instead of recreating it. Existing shares stay intact, and the change is fully auditable.

Create and manage labels

Create labels with a name, color, and description, and manage them all from one view. See how many projects use a label before you edit or remove it.

Improvements

New teams default to visible to everyone in the workspace. Make a team private to keep it visible only to its members — private teams no longer appear to people outside them.

The Projects list Status filter now includes a "No status" option, for projects that have never had a status assigned.

Project list groups remember whether you expanded or collapsed them, and you can hide empty groups entirely.

Blueprint comments left on a snapshot stay visible as pins after you close the composer, anchored to the same spot even if the page has scrolled.

The Drive toolbar's PR filter lets you narrow to open, merged, or closed pull requests.

Blueprints can be saved and reused as project or artifact templates.

Creating a project through an agent tool can now assign it directly to a team, matching what's already possible from the dashboard.

Fixes

Question and credential request cards in a thread respect your actual project access, not just whether you started the thread.

Blueprint choice layouts (stack and gallery) save your selection, and custom fields — including ones inherited from a template — save with the Blueprint.

Designate a successor when removing a workspace member

When a workspace owner or admin removes a member, they can name a successor so that member's owned projects, threads, and tasks transfer cleanly. If the departing member owns nothing shareable, choosing a successor is optional.

Request edit access to a project you're viewing

Ask an owner for edit access directly from a private project you can view, instead of reaching out separately. When approved, you get exactly the access level you requested.

Share an artifact with a link that survives renames

Copy a short link to any artifact (obvious.ai/a/[id]) that keeps working even if the project is renamed later.

Improvements

Change your password directly in Account → Security instead of being routed through the email reset flow.

Archiving a project stops any in-progress runs immediately and blocks new activity, so archived projects never consume credits.

Archive multiple projects at once with the new bulk-archive action.

When your conversation resolves to a text-only model, agents can analyze the visual content of an image — not just extracted text — using a dedicated image-analysis tool.

Change a task's owner directly from its inbox menu, without opening the task first.

Select multiple tasks in the inbox to change owner, change status, or clear them in one action.

Clear out empty notes in bulk with the new "Delete empty notes" action, from the full notes page or the quick-note modal.

The Notes page adapts to narrow screens, with a mobile-friendly header, a centered editor, and offline-aware saving.

The Project Home activity tab shows your contribution heatmap alongside 30-day stats: total activity, velocity trend, and a created/updated/deleted breakdown.

The meeting routine detail panel shows which project a routine sends its meetings to.

A live progress indicator appears on the meeting page while an agent generates that meeting's notes.

Chat and Autobuild agents can search the web and open pages while working on a task.

Fixes

Info toasts show an info icon, not a warning triangle.

Typing a new option into a select or multi-select field and choosing Create [value] saves it to that field's list of options.

The Projects list loads your full project set — not just the first 50 — and scrolls when a group has a large number of projects.

Presentations built from Markdown export to HTML, PDF, and PowerPoint with the right number of slides.

Clicking a task notification while you're on the Agents page takes you straight to that task.

Credit usage details are only visible to the member they belong to.

Templates copy across workspaces

Copy a template from one workspace into another to reuse a project setup without rebuilding it from scratch.

Improvements

Outlook connections let each person choose their own permission scope when connecting their account.

Project Home has a few visual refinements: pull-request rows in the sidebar show a GitHub icon, resource pills use consistent styling, and resource links use a kebab menu with a popover for quick actions.

Fixes

Granola meetings wait for the transcript to be ready before they're added to your meetings list.

Microsoft Teams meeting links are only visible in the channel they were shared in.

Obvious now runs on Claude Sonnet 5

Every default conversation, build, and analysis now runs on Claude Sonnet 5 — the new baseline model across chat, Autobuild, and specialized agent roles. No setup needed; it's already live.

Autobuild specs are interactive Blueprints

Autobuild specs are now interactive Blueprint artifacts, available to every workspace — built for reviewing scope, flows, and decisions before implementation starts.

Reorder folders and artifacts together in Drive

Folders and artifacts now share one custom order in Drive — drag either type anywhere in the list to set exactly how they appear, instead of managing folders and artifacts as two separate sequences.

Improvements

Meeting routines have a list view alongside the grid, with grouping by match type, assignee, creator, status, or project.

The Inbox "New task" modal has a cleaner layout — a single scannable row for owner, assignee, and metadata.

Settings search covers more pages, including Creator Profile & Analytics and previously hard-to-find settings.

Quick search (⌘K or Ctrl+K) can now jump you to more places in Obvious.

Archived projects are ranked lower in the Projects list instead of being hidden — you can still find them by scrolling or searching.

Skill cards have a Download action.

Image uploads to text-only models now fall back to OCR so text content still comes through.

Autobuild's Inbox shows PR outcomes in one unified, newest-first list.

Fixes

Granola meetings show up in the meetings dropdown, with full participant details.

All-day events sync to native Google Calendar.

Turning on fullscreen collapses the inbox sidebars for a cleaner view.

Drive folder previews show every file and subfolder they contain.

Hover actions in the file side panel stay visible.

Resizing table columns in the editor is smoother, with a resize cursor that tracks your drag and a wider handle.

Meeting defaults save when using a native calendar connector.

The Meetings Actions tab displays formatting and linked mentions, and suggested to-dos appear even without a linked transcript action item.

Custom sidebar sections stay in place after a fresh page load.

Invite links count each redemption individually, even when redeemed twice in quick succession.