Changelog

API V1 Update

January 23rd, 2024

All routes have been updated to use the /api.mendable.ai/v1 prefix. The old routes will continue to work. v1 supports Europe and US regions.

New Features

  • New v1/messages/byConversationId endpoint that returns all the messages for a given conversation ID.

Version 0.0.201

January 12th, 2024

New Features

  • Tools & Actions release. Read more about it here

Component Updates

  • Supports the new Tools & Actions release
  • Bug fixes and improvements

Version 0.0.193

December 26th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Fixed a security vulnerability affecting older versions of the component. Please update to the latest version.

Version 0.0.185

December 5th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Perplexity Mode: Show the verified sources before the answer. To enable it, pass sourcesFirst: true to the messageSettings prop.
  • Confidence score (ALPHA) in the onMessageForTracking prop. You can now track the confidence score of the AI response. The confidence score is calculated by looking at how relevant the retrieved documents are to the query.

Version 0.0.183

November 20th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Stop Generating Button now shows up as a default.

Version 0.0.182

November 18th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Added Greek Translations. You can use el as the language code to the language= prop.

Version 0.0.172

October 25th, 2023

Component Updates

  • More customizations to the Mendable Search Bar

Version 0.0.170

October 25th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Added Romanian Translations. You can use ro as the language code to the language= prop.

Version 0.0.167

October 14th, 2023

Component Updates

  • You can now change the color of the Ask Button by customizing the askButtonStyle in inputSettings.

Version 0.0.166

October 13th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Added Support for Arabic
  • You can now add a 'Stop Generating' button to the component. This will stop the AI mid generation. It can be added via the toolbarSettings.showStopGeneratingButton prop. The default is set to false.
  • Improve the UI for mobile
  • Added sources to the onMessageForTracking props so you can now track the sources that the AI used to generate the answer.

Version 0.0.160

September 29th, 2023

Dashboard Updates

  • Added the ability to change the length of the AI response in customize model.
  • Added Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to self serve users. Currently, we have two roles: administrator and maintainer. The only difference currently is that the maintainer can't remove members.

Version 0.0.159

September 26th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Added search bar customization. You can now customize the search bar style background, border, shadow and color with the searchBarStyle prop.

Search Bar Image

Version 0.0.158

September 5th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Improvement to the context parameter for product copilot use cases.

Version 0.0.155

August 24th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Performance improvements
  • Fixed border issues on the component
  • Small tweaks and bugs addressed

Version 0.0.154

August 18th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Added the backgroundColor property which changes the backgroundColor of the component
  • You can now display a popup in the floating button with the showPopup, popupText props
  • Current dark mode background color fixed to match the original hex (#1a1a1a)

Version 0.0.152

August 17th, 2023

Component Updates

  • Improved arrow navigatation on the keyword search results
  • Loading spinner no longer affects the search results
  • Improvements to light mode code highlighting
  • Various small improvements and bug fixes

Version 0.0.145

August 9th, 2023

Component Updates

  • You can now hide the sources from the results by passing hideSources: true in the messageSettings prop.
  • Various improvements and bug fixes

Manage Data Sources

August 1st, 2023

Ingesting Raw Documents

  • You can now ingest raw documents through our API. You can find the documentation here.

Component changes

  • InPlace component now supports the new Search UI

Manage Data Sources

July 19th, 2023

Check and Delete Sources

  • You can now manage your data sources through our API. You can find the documentation here.
  • This means that you can check which sources are indexed and delete any given source or all of them.

Introducing the Ingestion API

June 17th, 2023

Connect your data sources programatically

  • You can now ingest your data sources through our API. You can find the documentation here.

Invite your team

June 16th, 2023

Collaborate with your team

  • You can now invite your team members to your Mendable account. You can invite them from the team page in the Mendable dashboard.

Ingest Folders

  • You can now ingest entire folders. This will allow you to ingest all the markdown files in a folder and its subfolders. You can ingest folders from the data sources page in the Mendable dashboard.

Mendable Component (v0.0.111)

June 14th, 2023

Bug Fixes

  • All the components are Webpack 5 compatible now
  • Improved docusaurus integration
  • Improved React integration

Mendable Component (v0.0.108)

May 29th, 2023

Summary of changes

  • You can now change the welcome message ("Hi, how can I help you?") by passing the welcomeMessage prop. If you use a custom message, the message won't be translated to the user's language just yet.
  • Welcome message on mobile phones disappear now after 5 seconds.
  • New experimental MendableInPlace component is in beta. This component is the Mendable Chat only, does not include an activation component or dialog transitions, making it easy for you to create your own activations on top of it. Soon to be released in the docs.
  • Small fixes and improvements.

Mendable Component (v0.0.105)

May 26th, 2023

Summary of changes

  • Dutch translations improved
  • Now you can pass the image url as a string for botIcon, userIcon and icon. Example:
<script src="https://unpkg.com/@mendable/search@0.0.105/dist/umd/mendable-bundle.min.js"></script>
  <script>
    Mendable.initialize({
      anon_key: 'YOUR_ANON_KEY',
      type:"floatingButton",
      botIcon:'https://mendable.ai/finpaceai2.png',
      icon: 'https://mendable.ai/finpaceai2.png',
      // ...other config options...
    });
  </script>
  • In React you can still pass the <img> or any other component as before.
  • Small fixes and improvements

Mendable Component (v0.0.104)

May 24th, 2023

In our latest update (v0.0.104), we've added support for the following languages:

  • English
  • Portuguese
  • Spanish
  • French
  • Italian
  • Dutch
  • German
  • Japanese

The component will auto-detect your browser's language. Alternatively, use language="<code>" for manual language selection.

Please note, "Suggested Messages" and any custom parameters currently won't be translated. Any custom parameters will take precedence over our built-in translations for now.

Language Codes:

  • English en
  • Portuguese: pt
  • Spanish: es
  • French: fr
  • Italian: it
  • Dutch: nl
  • German: de
  • Japanese: ja

Mendable Component (v0.0.102)

May 18th, 2023

Improvements

  • Higher accuracy on the responses
  • New redesigned UI
  • Pretty Sources: display the sources by title / sub-section instead of long URL.
    • Activate it by passing prettySources: true in the messageSettings prop.
  • Fixed Reset Button bugs and some other UI issues
  • Other tweaks

Mendable Component (v0.0.99)

May 14th, 2023

Bug fixes

  • Fixed aria-label for the Mendable Floating Button

Mendable Component (v0.0.98)

May 13th, 2023

New Features

  • You can now easily embed Mendable into any non-React website using our new embeddable script. Take a look at the docs here.
  • A brand new looking UI ✨ We've updated the UI to be more modern, user friendly.

Mendable Dashboard - May 10th Update

May 10th, 2023

New Data Sources

  • Zendesk Help Center

Onboarding Improvements

  • We added a "Skip" button to the onboarding process to allow users to skip the ingestion process and return to it later.
  • Added a "What are you hoping to achieve with Mendable?" question to help us better understand our users' needs.

Bug Fixes

  • Several bugs and issues related to the ingestion and insights.

Mendable Component (v0.0.93)

May 5th, 2023

New Features

  • Thumbs up/thumbs down feature has replaced the previous yes/no buttons below the answer. This change fixes several layout issues and results in a higher click rate.
  • Improvement on the source display

Improvements

  • The chat endpoint has been updated to connect with a refactored version of our server. This allows for greater customization and more personalized request handling.
  • The mobile UI has been enhanced with a new circular floating button design.
  • Error alert notifications and improved error handling have been implemented to provide a better user experience.
  • The maximum character input limit has been set to 1300.

Bug Fixes

  • Several minor bugs and issues have been addressed and resolved throughout the application.

This changelog was launched May 10th. Any past improvements and versionings are not included in this changelog.

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