Unified chat
Hamster chat now creates multiple documents and proposes edits in the same conversation. Ask for a brief, a blueprint, and an initiative in one message, and Hamster creates them all.
Ask for edits to an existing brief or blueprint and Hamster opens a suggestion thread on the document.
Brief alignment in Slack
Briefs now auto-post to your primary Slack channel as a card.
Open the flexpane in Slack to mark the brief as Ready or Not yet, change its status, or post a note. Each update lands on the brief activity timeline.
Pick a primary channel and toggle auto-posting from your Slack connection settings.
Connect Slack from Settings > Connections.
Linear and Jira sync badges
Briefs synced to Linear or Jira now show a sync badge that opens the linked project or epic. Linear-synced initiatives get the same badge.
Status changes on briefs now sync to Linear and Jira too. Move a brief to In Progress in Hamster and the linked Linear project or Jira epic moves to its mapped status.
Connect Linear or Jira from Settings > Connections.
Improvements
- Team member roles can now be changed inline from the members table
- Reviewers no longer see onboarding steps and team settings they can't act on
- Slack Agent settings now save automatically
- Slack connections are now named Slack Search and Slack Agent
.docxfiles are now supported as attachments
Bug Fixes
- Fixed initiative rows 404'ing on URLs with a trailing slash
- Fixed initiative pages not refreshing when their linked briefs changed
- Fixed local-only briefs and initiative links being wiped during Linear sync
- Fixed archived or done briefs reverting to draft on unrelated Linear or Jira changes
- Fixed "Recently edited" bumping when Linear or Jira resent the same content
- Fixed long brief bodies getting corrupted when synced to Jira
- Fixed brief bodies syncing to Linear's description field instead of project content
- Linear and Jira connections no longer appear enabled before sync is ready
- Fixed Jira sync setup timing out on slower workspaces
- Fixed cancelled clarification questions leaving the chat stuck in "awaiting response"
- Fixed Hamster's clarifying questions for vague briefs not appearing in chat
- Fixed Hamster's first reply not always including a link to the brief it created
- Fixed PDF attachments failing to parse
- Fixed 404s when opening skills or blueprints under an unknown account
- Fixed the Skills Hub Active toggle not persisting and the table view showing stale state
- Fixed the Slack channel picker disappearing when auto-posting was off
- Fixed the auto-post status label still appearing on external Slack Agent connection cards
- Fixed dark-mode toggle switches being invisible
- Fixed the Intercom launcher overlapping mobile UI
- Fixed intermittent login failures when recovering accounts with no matching user