Content-First Chat Creation, Anonymous Mode & Dashboard Polish

Natalie Miller

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Simplified chat creation flow, anonymous mode guardrails with auth modal, polished dashboard UI, and bare-domain URL detection.

What's new

This release overhauls the chat creation experience, adds guardrails for anonymous users, and polishes the dashboard UI.

Simplified Content-First Creation Flow

  • New CreateChatDialog — A streamlined dialog with GoalPicker and PlatformPicker. Pick your goal, choose the platform, paste your URL, and you're live.

  • Split-pane editor — The editor now uses a permanent side-by-side layout with Essential and Customize sections, so you can edit and preview at the same time.

  • Auto-activate on content completion — Draft bots automatically go live once content processing finishes. No more manual publish step.

  • Pause/Resume replaces publish toggle — Simpler mental model: your bot is either active or paused.

  • Platform column — Dashboard now shows which platform each bot is linked to.

Anonymous Mode Guardrails

  • Auth modal on blocked actions — Anonymous users can browse and create their first chat, but content ingestion and advanced features prompt a sign-up modal instead of silently failing.

  • Backend enforcement — Server-side checks ensure anonymous users can't bypass limits.

Dashboard Polish

  • Content-centric BotCard — Redesigned cards that lead with the content source, not the bot name. Includes content metadata and creator slug.

  • Refined card styles & layout spacing — Cleaner visual hierarchy with improved spacing across the dashboard.

Bug Fixes

  • Bare-domain URL detection — URLs without www. or paths are now correctly recognized and processed.

  • Editor tab reorganization — Tabs are reordered for a more intuitive editing flow.

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Get started with ChatThis

No credit card · Takes 60 seconds

Get started with ChatThis

No credit card · Takes 60 seconds