release aidev SIG 3/5

Devin: Side Chats, Perplexity MCP, Slack improvements, automation condition operators

Side Chats let users start a conversation anchored to any point in a session without interrupting Devin's main work. Perplexity is available as an MCP server in the connectors marketplace. Slack integration improved with channel access requests, auto-read for origin channels, and capacity notices. Automation conditions gain negated string operators (not contains, not starts with, not ends with). The automation editor now warns when selected MCP servers or network-policy entries fall outside the governing security profile.

PUBLISHED2026-08-12
OBSERVED2026-08-21
AGE14d
SOURCES1
  • Side Chats: start a conversation anchored to any point in a session; opens in a panel beside the worklog; supports stopping in-flight responses
  • Perplexity MCP: available in the connectors marketplace
  • Slack: users can request channel access from DMs; Slack-spawned sessions auto-get read access to their origin channel; Devin posts notice when waiting for machine capacity; workspace members beyond first page no longer show as Unknown User
  • Slack connection management: Reconnect option in integration settings; Manage menus aligned on consistent Reconnect/Disconnect component
  • Slack playbook mentions: resolved when forwarding user messages from Slack
  • Chat: fenced code blocks now render with syntax highlighting
  • Command palette: session search now paginated with "See more" option
  • Sidebar: "None" option in Group by menu for flat session list; "New session in folder" action on folder menus; Cmd+K "Move to folder" for current session
  • Agent mode selector: shows resolved organization default (e.g. "Org default (Fusion)") and description for each mode
  • Automation conditions: added "not contains", "not starts with", "not ends with" string operators
  • Automation editor: warns when selected MCP servers or network-policy entries fall outside governing security profile; confirms security profile changes with warning popup
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