✨What's New

Finding an agent used to mean scrolling: there was no search, you could filter by role or by Studio but not both, and the same few agents repeated from shelf to shelf. Now you can search, combine filters, and see each agent once. Each agent’s page leads with one Hire button that stays in reach, and its About section reads like a description.

• Search agents as you type

  Type a name, a kind of work, a Studio, or a role, and the list narrows with every keystroke. If nothing matches, it says so, and one click clears your search and filters.

• Combine role and Studio filters, then share

  Filter by who an agent is for, like Designer or Marketer, and by Studio, both at once, with a count on each option. Share a link and it opens on the same filtered view.

• See each agent once, on a clearer card

  Each agent now appears once, in one grid, instead of repeating from shelf to shelf. Cards show labels like “Video & motion,” and you can open them in a new tab.

• A clear Hire button that stays in reach

  Each agent’s page leads with one button that says “Hire” and the agent’s name. Scroll past it and it reappears in the top bar; on a phone, it sits at the bottom of the screen.

• FixAbout now describes the agent

  An agent’s About section used to show the raw working instructions behind it, formatting marks and all. It now shows a short, plain description of what the agent does.

A Studio’s list of strengths used to be a row of software names, and browsing agents could turn up gray shelves labeled only “Studio.” Now General, Motion, and Video each list what they help with in plain words, and every Studio shelf, filter, and page carries its name and color. Choose Motion for a new agent and it works in the newer Motion Studio, made for motion graphics.

• See what each Studio is good at

  A Studio’s list of strengths now reads in plain words, not software names. General lists image and video models, writing, and code and data work; Video lists cutting, captions, and format conversion.

• Choose Motion, get the newer Motion Studio

  Choose Motion for a new agent and it works in the newer Motion Studio, made for animated text, launch videos, explainers, and brand motion pieces. The original Animation Studio is no longer a choice.

• No more unnamed Studio shelves

  Browsing agents could turn up gray shelves and pages labeled only “Studio.” Now every Studio shelf, filter, and page shows its name and color, and a Studio that isn’t ready stays out of view.

New users used to land in a powerful product with very little to orient them, and the moment right after hiring an agent spoke in technical terms and often showed a blank page. This release fixes that first hour. You now get a quick guided tour of the home screen, a friendly introduction when you put an agent to work, and a first run that actively helps you start instead of waiting for you to figure it out.

• A guided welcome tour

  Learn the home screen in four quick steps the first time you arrive: where to explore ready-made agents, how to create your own, where your hired agents live, and where to find your plan and credits. It appears once, automatically, and never interrupts established users — and a compass button in the sidebar replays it whenever you want.

• Hiring an agent feels like an introduction

  Putting an agent to work used to read like server output. Now it introduces the agent by name, speaks plainly through three human stages, and gives you something worth reading while you wait. When it is ready you choose where to go next, rather than being redirected on your own.

• A first run that helps you start

  A brand-new agent no longer shows you a blank page. It offers a few real example briefs tailored to what it does — tap one and it drops the full brief into your message box, ready for you to read, tweak, and send when you like. Nothing is ever sent automatically. The hardest part of a blank page is the first sentence; this writes it for you, and hands you the pen.

• A more human first reply

  The very first response used to open with a cryptic “Hmm…”. Now it shows who is working — your agent, by name — reading your brief. If it is taking a moment longer than usual, it says so, so you are never left wondering whether anything is happening.

• A steadier first run

  The first-run introduction now appears in the same place your finished work shows up, rather than taking over the whole screen. Your message box stays exactly where it always is and never moves, so nothing shifts around the moment a reply starts arriving.

• Agents that introduce themselves

  An agent can now carry a short profile of what it is good at, plus a few first briefs worth trying — which is what powers the tap-to-try briefs above. Every agent can speak for itself, so you know what to expect and where to begin the moment you meet it.

• Agents and Studios, in plain words

  You hire agents, who work in Studios, and now the agents page, sidebar, steps for creating your own, and each agent’s settings use those names. A Studio’s technical details wait behind “Under the hood.”

The gallery used to sort agents into loose categories drawn from tags, which said little about who each one was for. Now it’s organized by role, such as designers and marketers, and people who hired an agent can rate and review it. Each Studio has its own color and mark, and creating an agent takes three short steps.

• Browse by who an agent is for

  The gallery now has a row for each role, such as designers, marketers, and video producers. Filter by role, or by the kind of work you need done.

• Ratings and reviews from people who hired

  Cards show star ratings, and each agent’s page has a wall of reviews anyone can read. Only people who hired an agent can review it, right from its page.

• Each Studio has its own look

  General, Animation, and Video each have their own color and mark, and your agent’s page shows its Studio in that color.

• Create an agent in three steps

  Creating your own agent now takes three short steps: choose its Studio, describe it, and review. Hiring one goes straight to the review.

• FixBroken links lead you home

  A mistyped link or an old bookmark now shows a clear “We couldn’t find that page” screen with a button back home, instead of a blank page.

Choosing a skill used to mean a row of small buttons, and your choice wasn’t passed on to your agent. Now a bar at the bottom of each agent’s page lets you search for a skill and pick it, and your agent uses that skill. A bell tells you when a job finishes, and portfolios now show real pictures and videos.

• Find any skill in seconds

  A bar at the bottom of each agent’s page sorts its skills into Featured, All, and Recent. Search by name, or press ⌘K (Ctrl+K on Windows) to open it.

• Your agent uses the skill you pick

  Choose a skill and your agent now uses it for your request instead of picking its own. The chosen skill stays in the bar until you change or clear it.

• Know when the work is done

  A bell with an unread dot and an inbox list the jobs your agents finished, even after a reload.

• Portfolios with real pictures and videos

  An agent’s portfolio now shows its pictures and plays its videos, on larger cards that let the work fill the frame.

• Make your agent’s page your own

  Tap the emoji on your agent’s page to change it; before, it was fixed once created. An agent you hired links back to the one you hired it from.

Choosing an agent meant reading a simple preview page, and a new one wasn’t ready until a setup message had run in its chat. Now each has a full profile with its portfolio and experience, and an agent you hire arrives with its skills in place. Slate also has a fresh look, and your account menu shows your credits at a glance.

• A fresh look, your choice of background

  Slate has a softer, glassy design. In your account menu, choose one of six soft color backgrounds or a plain one, alongside light or dark mode.

• Your plan and credits at a glance

  A new account menu shows your plan, your credits, and when they renew.

• A full profile before you hire

  Each ready-made agent has a profile page, laid out like a professional profile, that can show its portfolio, its experience and who trained it, recommendations, and its skills.

• Hire it, and its skills come along

  An agent you hire arrives with its skills already in place and listed on its page, ready to chat once setup is done, with no setup message first.

• FixA clear page for a missing agent

  Opening an agent that doesn’t exist, or isn’t yours, now shows a plain “not found” page with a way back, instead of a blank screen.

Until now, your work lived in projects with no character of their own. Now everything you make is an agent with its own page, set up in one guided flow, and it chats with the character you give it. You can look over a ready-made agent’s work before you hire it, and the images and videos it makes open right in Slate.

• Everything you make is an agent

  Each one has its own page and shows its emoji in the sidebar, and you set it up the same way whether you start from the sidebar, the home page, or a ready-made agent.

• Set it up at your own pace

  Give it a name, an emoji, and a character on a roomy setup page that saves as you go. Keep it as a draft until you’re ready to put it to work.

• An agent that sounds like itself

  It chats with the character you gave it, knows which skills it has, and can look back at its earlier jobs when you ask.

• Look before you hire

  Each ready-made agent has a page with samples of its work, what it can do, and when to use it, and its card shows its real work instead of stock photos.

• Zoom into images, play videos in place

  Click an image your agent made to zoom in, and play the video files it makes right in the viewer, instead of downloading them.

Starting something new meant a blank page or a trip to the gallery, and you couldn’t see how much your work used. Now seven starters sit on the home page, and a blank Slate runs exactly what you wrote. Work is counted in simple credits, with your balance in the sidebar, plans to upgrade to, and a warning before you run out.

• Seven starters for common jobs

  Pick Research, Spreadsheet, Data Visualization, Product Photoshoot, Image Ad, Video Ad, or a blank Slate, check the brief, and run it. Slate sets up the project for you.

• A blank Slate runs what you wrote

  Write your brief in a new blank Slate and run it, and the job starts with exactly what you typed.

• Credits you can see

  Your work is now counted in simple credits. Your balance sits in the sidebar, and a new page lets you choose a plan to upgrade to.

• A warning before your credits run out

  The sidebar warns you when your balance runs low, so a job doesn’t stop without a reason.

• To-dos and files that update live

  A project’s page now shows its to-do list and files as they change, with ticks and times, without refreshing. Links to a file in another project open on the first click.

Slate began as an AI office suite. You keep work in projects with rich pages, describe a job in the chat or write it as a page, and Slate does the work on its own machine. Its to-do list ticks off as it goes, and the files it makes appear beside the conversation. A gallery of ready-made examples helps you begin.

• Describe a job, get files back

  Ask in the chat and Slate plans the work, runs it, and hands back documents, spreadsheets, code, and images. Each file opens in a viewer right next to the conversation.

• Turn a page into a job

  Plan a job on a rich page in your project, then run it from the page. Slate works from the whole page, not just a short chat message.

• Your files, current and in one place

  Projects and their files sit in one sidebar that updates as files arrive. A revised file replaces the old one instead of piling up copies.

• Start from a ready-made example

  Browse a gallery of ready-made projects by category, read a short guide for each, and start your own copy with Use This Slate.

• A new home page and sign-in

  A redesigned home page introduces Slate as an AI office suite, and signing up or signing in now happens on a new split-screen page.