Changelog

This week in Adapt: app version history, personalized suggestions, and smarter channel setup

Dustin Schau

Dustin Schau

VP, Product and Engineering

Three weeks of these now. Writing this one up, I noticed the shipped work all points the same direction: Adapt paying closer attention. It remembers what its own apps used to look like. It watches how you actually work before suggesting what to connect next. It introduces itself when it lands in a new channel instead of sitting there waiting to be @-mentioned. Not a grand plan, just where the week went.

Here's what shipped.

TL;DR

  • App version history. Every app now keeps a running history of its versions, and you can switch between them right from the UI instead of losing track of what changed or when.
  • Personalized prompt suggestions. Adapt now suggests up to three integrations tailored to your work function and your organization's actual usage, so new and existing users see relevant next steps instead of a generic list.
  • Smarter channel setup. When Adapt joins a Slack channel, it now prompts members to set up SMART trigger rules on the spot, so channels get configured for the right reply behavior without someone having to go find the setting.
  • Chrome Extension v0.2.0. The extension now supports remote tool calls, so actions you kick off in the browser can run against the same tools Adapt uses everywhere else.
  • Plus a handful of quality of life improvements below.

Now to go deeper.

App version history

Apps in Adapt change over time, same as anything else we build, but until now there was no way to see that history or go back to a version that worked the way you expected. That changes this week: every app now tracks its version history, and you can switch between versions directly in the UI.

This matters most the moment something breaks or looks different than you remember. Instead of guessing what changed, you can open the version history, see what shipped and when, and switch back if you need to while we sort out a fix. It also just makes apps feel more like real software with a real history, not a black box that quietly changes underneath you.

The version history popover in the Adapt app toolbar, listing four saved versions with preview thumbnails and timestamps, the newest tagged Current

Read more about app version history →

Personalized prompt suggestions

New users (and honestly, existing ones too) often don't know what to ask Adapt to do first. This week we shipped personalized suggestions that solve that: based on your work function and up to three integrations pulled from your actual personal and organization usage, Adapt now surfaces prompts that are relevant to you specifically, not a generic starter list that could apply to anyone.

The goal here is simple: get you to a real "aha" moment faster by showing you what Adapt can already do with the tools you've connected, tailored to the kind of work you do. Internally, this is already nudging people toward automations and integrations they hadn't tried yet.

The Adapt new chat screen showing a Suggested for you section with three prompts drawn from the account's connected Google Ads and Slack integrations

Smarter channel setup

Adapt has supported SMART trigger rules for a while now, controlling when it chimes in on its own versus waiting for an @-mention. The problem was that most people didn't know the setting existed unless someone told them. Now, when Adapt joins a new Slack channel, it proactively prompts the channel to set up SMART rules right there in the welcome message.

Adapt's welcome message in a Slack bug reports channel suggesting two proactive rules, each with an Enable button

This means new channels get configured for the right level of proactivity from day one, whether that's staying quiet until mentioned or jumping in on messages that match a policy the channel defines. Less hunting through settings, more channels working the way they should from the start.

Read more about suggested trigger rules →

Chrome Extension v0.2.0

The Chrome Extension picks up remote tool call support this week, meaning actions initiated from the extension can now reach the same tools and integrations available to Adapt everywhere else, not a limited browser-only subset. If you're using the extension to get work done alongside your browsing, this closes a real gap between what you could do there versus in the main app or Slack.

Read more about the Chrome Extension update →

Quality of life improvements

A few smaller releases shipped alongside the larger ones this week:

  • Per-page browser tab titles. Adapt now renames the browser tab based on the chat or view you're in, so it's easier to find the right tab when you have several open.
  • Native tables in Slack replies. Adapt can now render tables directly in Slack replies when the data calls for it, instead of flattening everything into plain text.
  • Organization logos. Organizations can upload a custom logo so Adapt feels more like their own branded, integrated coworker.
  • Cleaner fullscreen apps. Apps now use more of the available window, with controls moved to a floating toolbar that only shows on hover in fullscreen instead of a fixed bar eating into the workspace.
  • More consistent modals. We consolidated four separate modal implementations into one composable shell with three sizes, so dialogs across the product now look and behave the same way.

That's it for this week. Follow along on the changelog for entries as they ship, and I'll be back next Friday with the roundup.

About the Author

Product and Engineering leader at Adapt. I care deeply about building great, collaborative teams that ship incredible products.

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