Release Notes: Aug 4 – Aug 24, 2026
🚀 Campaign Refinery Update: Claude AI Assistant Integration, Public Newsletter Platform & Compliance Hardening
We’ve launched a major platform update introducing direct AI integration with Claude, a full Public Newsletter publishing suite with custom domain support, mandatory footer compliance, upgraded unsubscribe tracking, and an overhauled Connections interface.
Here is everything new in this release:
🌟 New Features & Core Enhancements
AI Assistant Integration:
MCP connection to AI Assistant: Connect Claude (Desktop or Code) or any other AI Assistant that supports MCP connection directly to your account to build broadcasts, manage templates, execute split tests, and pull performance reports using natural conversation.
Safety & Security Controls: Sending live emails requires explicit user sign-off, operations strictly enforce existing API key permissions, rate-limiting separates read and write requests, and sub-account routing is strictly validated.
Guided Setup Interface: Access a step-by-step setup guide and quick-copy configuration details directly inside the API Keys screen.
Public Newsletter Platform:
Web Archives & Custom Domains: Turn your broadcast history into a public web newsletter using custom branding assets or host it directly on your own custom domain.
Subscriber Acquisition & Access Gating: Allow web visitors to subscribe directly with automatic tag assignment, while existing contacts can securely view gated content.
Publishing Controls: Exclude specific promotional or private broadcasts from the public feed, edit post summaries, and automatically withhold split-test broadcasts from publishing until a winner is determined.
🔗 Expanded Integrations & Deliverability
Deliverability & Compliance Hardening:
Honored Default Reply-To: Automated default reply-to assignment for broadcasts and campaigns, validated against active sending domains to maintain SPF/DKIM authentication compliance.
Google Postmaster Reporting Enhancement: Filtered out zero-volume placeholder days to prevent artificial dips on days without email activity.
Marketing Connections Overhaul:
Interface & Status Upgrade: Redesigned the Connections manager for ActiveCampaign, HubSpot, Klaviyo, Kit, and GoHighLevel with clear status strips, explicit webhook monitoring, and precise contact counts.
🐛 Bug Fixes & UI Polish
Dashboard & Reporting Fixes: Fixed an issue where selecting a 60-day filter opened a blank date picker and corrected broadcast row wrapping on 13" laptop screens.
Navigation & Formatting Polish: Reorganized the sidebar menu (moving Newsletter under Broadcasts), added smart "new" feature badges that clear permanently after visiting, unified email margin controls, and added complete Spanish and French translations.