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On generated content, expand the Compliance report to see What we verified — the checks that ran against your draft, even when it passed.The Generation trace now explains how the draft and source references are built, and shows a Pipeline overview with each phase’s status. Activity-log steps use plain-language titles.When you review Suggested changes, each changed section opens in edit mode so you can tweak the proposed text, then Accept or Reject.To optimize a single section, click the target icon, enter a target query, and Run optimize. Apply the result or discard it — you no longer need to set a page-wide query first.Query Generation no longer accepts a sales transcript file. When your organization has analyzed calls in Prospect Intelligence, generated and imported queries can show Sales call source badges with the theme, type, and transcript.
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Prospect Intelligence is now in the Strategy sidebar. Upload prospect call transcripts to see what they talked about, asked, praised, and objected to — then filter by theme or type and open quotes from the charts.In Settings, add Internal Team names so Prospect Intelligence can keep prospect turns and skip your team’s speech. Company name and domain are used the same way to tell your brand from the prospect.Upload a link-placement brief PDF under Settings → Brand Guidelines to create a Link plan. On generated content, click Apply link plan, choose internal links and/or backlinks, then review the placements on Suggested changes before you accept them.On Content Generation, each library row now shows a shortened content ID. Click the copy button to copy the full ID without opening the piece.
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After you read an outreach inbox conversation, you can Mark as unread from the inbox list or the open thread so you can come back to it later.
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You can now add, edit, and remove queries on an existing experiment. Open Settings → Queries to review the list, then click Edit queries to make changes in Query Generation. Those edits apply to the next run — earlier results stay as they were.On Analytics, sentiment category Delta now compares each run’s own scores instead of only queries shared with the baseline. A * next to a delta means that category’s query set changed.After you re-run a model on a completed experiment run, Settings → Execution now shows that model as In progress or Auto-retry instead of still showing Succeeded.Content generation now shows live Generation progress — pipeline steps, an activity log, self-review notes, and sources — instead of a generic spinner. Agentic runs can take up to about 15 minutes; keep the tab open until the draft is ready.On the generation form, turn on Add internal links to content to insert links to relevant pages on your company domain. When you include brand guidelines, each selected source now shows a short preview of the uploaded text.After generation, expand the Compliance report and Generation trace to review issues and how the draft was built. Sections can show Brand learning or Brand guideline badges so you can see which sources shaped them.Review brand-correction updates on the Suggested changes tab. Use Regenerate with feedback for the whole piece, or the sparkle button on a section. Accept or reject each change; unfinished reviews stay available if you leave and come back.In the Comments sidebar, click Remember to save selected threads as brand learnings. Resolve All now marks open threads as acted on without adding them to brand learnings.
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Outreach Inbox and Outbox now have their own pages. Click a reply to open that conversation so you can reload it later. Mark each inbox thread Active, Inactive, or Done, and filter the list by those statuses.When you draft an outreach email, Fill template inserts the XLR8 listicle template with your sender name, company, and article already filled in. Save a Client tagline on Settings → Outreach Email so the template uses it; otherwise it keeps
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Experiment results now open the current run first. Tracked URL comparisons to Previous execution and First execution load afterward, so Overview and the other tabs no longer wait on every past run.On experiment Tracked URLs impact and Tracked URLs sentiment, Avg previous is no longer a baseline option. Use Previous execution or First execution there. Analytics Sources still includes Avg previous and Compare with….
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On Settings → Outreach Email, you can set a Sender name for each mailbox. Generated drafts and the From line use that name; leave it blank to derive it from the email address. When you Generate from article, choose Generate as so the draft uses that mailbox’s name.After outreach is scheduled or sent, you can still edit CC recipients on the thread. People you add are copied on the next follow-up or reply. When you reply, Include last message quotes the previous email so a newly copied teammate has context.
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In Query Generation, click a query’s source badge to see why it was generated. When the source is an uploaded file, Source document links to download that document.Importing a categories-and-queries CSV now tags each query automatically. The sample and export include an optional Citations column; if you leave it out, tags come from your company briefing, documents, and Keyword Planner. Fill in company details first — or re-import after you do — so those tags can be enriched.
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Claude Opus 4.1 is no longer available when you generate or optimize content. Use Claude Opus 4.7 or another current model instead.Content library rows, filters, and item labels now show the exact model version (for example, Claude Opus 4.7) instead of a generic family name.From a generated content piece, you can select comment threads and click Add to brand learnings so the feedback can be reviewed and applied to future content. Threads already saved show Pending, In learnings, or Dismissed.Comment thread status badges now wrap under the title so they stay fully visible in the sidebar.
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When an invoice needs payment, Settings → Billing now offers Stripe invoice (opens Stripe’s hosted invoice) alongside Pay on XLR8 for in-app checkout. Open invoices in Invoice history can show the same Stripe link next to receipts.If Google Search Console or Bing Webmaster expires your connection, Indexing now shows Reconnect required and a Reconnect button so you can authorize again and restore access.After you analyze a domain in Query Generation, suggested company aliases and tracked competitors appear on the Categories step for every subtype. They are saved with the query set and copied onto new experiments for mention tracking. For Competitor Alternatives and Competitor Comparison, tracked competitors also match the competitor names on that step.
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New experiments now turn Enforce Web Search on by default when you choose GPT Instant or GPT Thinking, so those models search the web before answering unless you switch it off.
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In Query Generation, queries you add or edit by hand now stay on the list when you regenerate suggestions, instead of disappearing.
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On sentiment Detailed Analysis, the Pros and Cons filter now shows your company name instead of a generic Self label, so you can tell at a glance which phrases are about your brand versus competitors.
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Keyword Planner in Query Generation now lets you choose a Language and one or more Locations for search-volume and competition data. Targeting defaults to English and the United States, and is saved with the query set so it is reused when you reopen or copy a briefing.
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Sentiment Detailed Analysis now lets you filter Pros and Cons with a Self / Competitor toggle. Self (the default) shows phrases about your brand; Competitor shows phrases attributed to other brands, with brand labels. Export to CSV follows the same filter.
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You can now choose how many queries to generate for each category when you create or regenerate a query set. Set Queries per category from 1 to 20 (default 5) on the Categories and Queries steps in Query Generation.
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In Settings → Tracked URLs, you can paste a list of URLs (one per line or separated by commas) and add them to multiple visibility or sentiment experiments in one submit. An optional bucket applies to every URL, or XLR8.ai assigns one per URL when you leave it empty.
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On Analytics Themes, you can now filter clustered phrases by aspect, modifier, and intensity for the current Pros or Cons view. Filters apply together at the phrase level, so theme lists and the cluster map only show matching phrases.
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Reporting now combines Google Search Console, Google Analytics, and monthly first-touch survey data in one place. Connect Google, choose your properties, and upload a CSV per month to see search performance, site traffic, and how people say they found you.
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Publishing to Webflow or WordPress now saves as a draft by default, so you can review the CMS item before it goes live. Turn on Publish immediately when you are ready, or use Publish Draft later — that action defaults to going live. Updating an existing Webflow item also keeps its current draft or live status instead of publishing it automatically.
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Organization members can now approve pending AI Brand Learnings and edit their text in Settings. Dismissing a learning, adding one manually, importing from a document, and deleting remain limited to admins.
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Query set rows on Query Generation are fully clickable — click anywhere on a row to open the set. Download CSV and archive appear when you hover a row, and those actions stay on the list.
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You can now generate and optimize PDF content — reports, whitepapers, and other document-style pieces — then download the finished work as a letter-sized PDF from the content editor, alongside Markdown and HTML.
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The theme cluster map on Analytics now opens in 3D so you can rotate clusters on larger sentiment experiments. Switch to 2D when you want to pan and zoom.When you view Cons, a Cons per theme chart shows how many unique criticisms fall in each cluster. Outliers stay hidden until you turn on Outliers.