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August 5 2026 Update

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H&Z digital
H&Z GenAI Platform Team

The August update introduces reusable Knowledge Bases, a reworked agent editor, source previews, tenant-level AI usage reporting, and reliable processing for larger batches of chat documents.

Highlights​

  • Create and index a knowledge base once, then assign it to multiple agents
  • Track token usage and estimated costs by request, conversation, user, and model
  • Restrict model access by user group
  • Configure agents in a tabbed editor with auto-save and live preview
  • Open inline citations in a source preview panel beside the chat
  • Upload and OCR up to 20 chat documents at a time

Knowledge Bases​

  • Added a dedicated Knowledge Bases settings page
  • Added reusable agent assignments and selective legacy-agent import
  • Moved corpus files and knowledge graphs out of individual agent configuration
  • Added File Management, Agents, Knowledge Graph, Documents, Access, and Advanced views
  • Shared indexing progress across users and improved re-index status handling
  • Disabled agents whose required knowledge is not yet indexed

Agents and MCP​

  • Rebuilt agent configuration as Identity, Instructions, MCP Tools, Knowledge, Prompts, Access, and Advanced tabs
  • Added live preview and an auto-save option
  • Added per-agent MCP tool selection
  • Added MCP authentication-expiry handling and more reliable OAuth state management

Chat, Sources, and Skills​

  • Added a source preview panel that opens from inline citations
  • Added prompt-history navigation with the Up Arrow key
  • Added progress events and clearer incomplete-response handling
  • Added skill command hints, applied-skill details, and a compact skills menu
  • Improved mobile layout and replaced the preset sidebar with the used-files panel

Files and Templates​

  • Added job-backed batch upload and OCR for up to 20 chat documents
  • Added XML, Jupyter notebook, R Markdown, and analyst-script uploads
  • Added file attachments to prompt templates
  • Improved Office document, spreadsheet, and OCR output handling

Usage, Costs, and Models​

  • Added per-request token and estimated-cost tracking
  • Added AI usage reporting by user and model with CSV export
  • Added an administrator setting to hide estimated costs in user conversations
  • Added model visibility and usage restrictions by user group

Other Improvements​

  • Added manual scheduled-task email recipients for permitted users
  • Reworked the landing page and administrator-managed tool cards
  • Made the File Analyzer available as an inline tool
  • Improved template category management, audit-log search, banners, and internationalisation