- New: Book suggestions on library miss — when your agent searches for a topic not covered by your library, it now suggests a real book that would help and remembers what it suggested so it won't repeat itself
- New: Sharing on social and search just got better — links to blog posts, marketplace listings, and the home page now render with proper preview cards on Twitter/LinkedIn/Slack, and search engines see structured data (Article, Product, Organization) so results show richer snippets
- Improved: Cleaner page titles in browser tabs and search — tightened the home title and meta description so they fit Google's display caps and lead with what CandleKeep does for you, not what it is
Changelog
What's New
Everything we've shipped, as it happens.
- New: Writer Analytics — marketplace authors can now see how their published books perform: weekly read rate, unique readers, chapter-level heatmap showing which sections agents reference most, and channel breakdown (CLI vs Plugin vs Web). Privacy-first design hides granular breakdowns until 5+ unique readers.
- Improved: More reliable ingestion for long books — large, formatting-heavy PDFs and EPUBs (1000-page references, technical AI/RAG books, finance manuals) that previously timed out during processing now ingest to completion. Markdown structure is preserved — headings, tables, lists, code blocks, and italics survive intact instead of being lost to a plain-text fallback.
- Improved: Resumable ingestion — if a worker restarts mid-upload (during a deploy or transient infra issue), your book picks up from the pages already extracted instead of starting over.
- New: Manuscripts — define knowledge areas and your coding agent automatically proposes book additions at the end of sessions based on what it learned
- New: Manuscripts feature discovery across the app — contextual cards, sidebar badges, and educational content to help you get started
- Fixed: Archived manuscripts no longer count toward your billing quota
- Fixed: PRO pricing copy now accurately reflects available features — removed references to unimplemented revenue sharing and team features
- New: CLI now supports headless login via
ck auth login --with-tokenfor SSH, CI, Docker, and Codespaces environments - Improved: Marketplace search bar is now always visible and larger — no longer hidden until you enter the All Books view
- Improved: CLI setup and webapp onboarding now showcase the full marketplace catalog so you can discover relevant books immediately
- New: One-click email unsubscribe with CAN-SPAM/GDPR compliance — native support in Gmail and Apple Mail
- New: Trial transparency — persistent banner showing days remaining, expiration countdown modal, and clear upgrade path
- Improved: Onboarding redesigned around automatic activation — CandleKeep now fires during plan mode without manual setup steps
- Improved: Free tier read limit errors now include a direct link to upgrade
- Fixed: Table of contents no longer shows expand buttons for chapters without sub-sections
- Fixed: Skill cache now refreshes immediately after admin updates
- New: Librarian agent — automatically finds relevant books from your library and the marketplace during plan mode, no manual browsing needed
- New: Research pipeline now follows a focused librarian-then-reader flow for more precise results
- Improved: Plan mode integration streamlined to a single research phase
- Improved: CandleKeep activates reliably in plan mode via improved skill routing
- Fixed: Team plan users are no longer incorrectly downgraded when their trial expires
- Fixed: Team subscriptions now recognized across all billing checks and feature gates
- New: Windows CLI support — CandleKeep CLI now runs natively on Windows via PowerShell, no WSL required
- New: Citation block — agents now cite exactly what they read and how it influenced their answer, with a "Worth remembering" quote for gradual learning
- New: Structured citation block appears at the end of research-informed responses
- Improved: Research costs reduced by 80% with no loss in accuracy (Sonnet replaces Opus for reading)
- New: Marketplace redesign — magazine-style layout with visual book covers, category-based color palettes, and editorial featured book sections
- New: Book table of contents now shows page ranges for each chapter and section (e.g., "Chapter 1 (p. 5–11)")
- Improved: Marketplace shows "In Library" badge for books you already own
- Improved: New users can now sign up directly from the CLI authentication page
- New: CandleKeep now activates automatically during planning and architecture tasks
- New: Your library and marketplace catalog are injected at the start of every Claude Code session
- Improved: Research sessions are now tracked for better context continuity
- New: Create, edit, and manage markdown documents alongside PDFs
- New: New Book Writer agent creates and edits documents through natural conversation
- Improved: Library view now shows markdown documents alongside PDFs
- New: Books with missing metadata are now automatically enriched with titles, authors, and descriptions
- New: Table of contents extraction for easier navigation within books
- Improved: Library view now shows enrichment status and a queue of items needing review
- New: CandleKeep Cloud launches with document library, AI-powered research, and CLI access
- New: Search your library and get cited answers from your books
- New: Upload PDFs and manage your knowledge library from the command line