Zen Staff
ROEN
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What's new.

Every version, in short. The app updates itself.

0.2.9

15 November 2026
  • See your AI staff from any machine. When the app is paired with a server, the AI staff page opens on the machine where the company's agents work, with everything waiting in Approvals. Switch machines from the header.
  • Install with one command. The zs command installs with a single line from zenstaff.app.
  • A separately installed server and installs over SSH update from the public Zen Staff repository.
AI staffMachine
This computer0 AI employees
Company server20 AI employees
opens where they work

0.2.8

15 November 2026
  • The first stable version. New installs get their updates from the Stable channel. Beta stays in Settings > General > Updates, for anyone who wants new things sooner.
  • More languages. Besides English and Romanian: Spanish, German, French, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Korean and Chinese, from Settings.
  • One welcome page on first run, instead of three steps.
  • Zen Staff from other apps. Other agent apps can start and read Zen Staff chats over MCP.
  • New models, Claude Fable 5.2 among them. The model list looks for new models on its own when you open it.
  • Secret files stay out. Checkpoints no longer save secret files that are not in git, such as the keys in .env.
  • The terminal command is zs. zen and zenstaff still work.
  • Memory costs less. A conversation is summarised after 20 quiet minutes, at most once every 3 hours, and summaries held back by a usage limit are kept.
  • Projects from ChatGPT and Claude.ai import as folders.
  • Support is at [email protected], and the release notes open on zenstaff.app.
UpdatesSettings
Stable0.2.8
Betanew things sooner
updates itself

0.2.7

9 November 2026
  • Chats stay with their company. A chat without a project, started for a company, stays with that company, not in Personal.
  • The “Company” menu moves older chats to the right company.
Invite colleaguesTeam
EmmaClaude Pro
TomChatGPT Plus
no company keytheir own AI account

0.2.6

9 November 2026
  • Invite colleagues without a company API key. Each colleague works on their own computer, with their own Claude or ChatGPT account.
  • The company key is only for the company server. Add it when you want shared AI staff or tasks for the company's agents.
  • Receipts from photos work the first time. Text recognition installs with everything it needs.
  • Files open even when your home folder is a link.
  • Images in documents show up even when their names have spaces.
Invite colleaguesTeam
EmmaClaude Pro
TomChatGPT Plus
no company keytheir own AI account

0.2.5

8 November 2026
  • The Library opens the first time on Windows, after an update too.
  • Three new packs: Client radar, Outreach with approval and Competitor and price radar.
  • New packs reach the app on their own, without waiting for a new version.
Librarynew
Client radarZen Staff
Outreach with approvalZen Staff
Competitor and price radarZen Staff

0.2.4

8 November 2026
  • No forms. Every task and every hire starts in a chat. You drag files into it.
  • The client approves from their phone. “Send for approval” next to Edit; the client opens the link, no account, and taps Approve or Request changes.
  • Approvals happen only in the app, in “To approve”. WhatsApp or Slack only bring the notice.
  • “Connect your AI” without a terminal, and a new first run.
  • Your memory, separate from the company's. Company memory has zones: company, department, project. Hosted memory turns on with one button.
  • The company server runs only on a company API key, once you confirm it.
  • “Add your first client” for freelancers, with clients in the company switcher.
  • Anonymous statistics, only with your consent, in Settings > Privacy.
  • Packs update without a new app version, from a signed catalogue.
  • Office, AI staff and Academy in the new look.
For Granny's Bakery
Monday's post

Sent by Anna Price on 8 November 2026

This link works until 22 November 2026.

Post text

Christmas smells like fresh bread.

Order by 20 December and get it warm, the way Granny made it.

What do you think?ApproveRequest changes

0.2.3

8 November 2026
  • Community library: packs published by anyone, reviewed by the Zen team.
  • “My workflows” in the sidebar.
  • Hub companies in the switcher.
  • Roles and rights for companies, read-only following, one server for several companies.
  • Settings and Usage in Romanian; “Edit” and double-click on documents.
LibraryCommunity
Content calendarVerified by Zen
Invoices to ExcelZen Staff
Event posterZen Staff

0.2.2

8 November 2026
  • Office that starts a chat right away.
  • “Your company today” on the home page.
  • Brandbook and poster packs, version 2.1.0.
  • Company page in tabs; fixed download links.
Office

Good morning. What are we doing today?

Write a quote for a lunch for 40 people

0.2.1

8 November 2026
  • Windows and Linux.
  • The first automatic update, tested end to end from 0.2.0.
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0.2.0 → 0.2.1

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