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March 2026

Visual Workflow Editor

Design your workflows visually with a drag-and-drop canvas. Add states, draw transitions, configure approval gates and SLA timers — all without touching YAML.

  • 12 state types including approval gates, conditions with IF/ELSE branching, parallel execution, sub-workflows, loops, and automated actions
  • Snap guides align nodes as you drag them into place
  • Live validation highlights problems like missing states, dead-ends, or unreachable nodes as you design
  • Bidirectional YAML sync — switch between the visual canvas and the YAML tab at any time; changes stay in sync
  • Sub-workflow drill-down — double-click a sub-workflow node to navigate into its definition
  • Data lenses — toggle overlay badges to see runtime metrics (how often each state executes, average duration)
  • Publish as PR — commit your workflow changes as a GitHub pull request directly from the editor
  • Auto-save drafts — unsaved changes are preserved locally and restored when you return

SLA and Deadline Tracking

Set warning and breach deadlines on any workflow state. Kiket monitors them automatically and escalates when thresholds are crossed.

  • Configure per state — set warning time (e.g. 24h), breach time (e.g. 72h), and whether to count business hours only
  • Automated hooks — trigger notifications, Slack messages, or other actions when an SLA is at risk or breached
  • SLA Performance dashboard — see org-wide compliance rates, breach trends, and per-state breakdown
  • Team Performance dashboard — per-person compliance with a state-by-person heatmap and weekly trend
  • Issues table — new SLA column shows "Breached" or "At Risk" badges at a glance

Compliance Reports

Generate audit-ready compliance reports with one click. Each report aggregates your audit trail, approval records, SLA data, and blockchain verification into a framework-specific document.

  • SOX — approval controls, segregation of duties (flags self-approvals), change management audit
  • HIPAA — access controls, audit trail completeness, user activity, incident response
  • SOC 2 Type II — security controls, availability (SLA compliance), processing integrity, monitoring
  • EU AI Act — AI decision audit trails with human oversight metrics

Reports can be previewed in the browser with configurable date ranges and downloaded as PDF. All reports include blockchain-verified attestations.

Approval Dashboard

A dedicated project-level page to review and act on all pending approval requests in one place.

  • At-a-glance metrics — pending, approved, denied, and escalated counts
  • Filter by status — view pending, all, approved, or denied approvals
  • My Approvals — toggle to see only approvals assigned to you
  • Inline actions — approve or deny directly from the table with one click
  • Timeout tracking — countdown badges show time remaining, with red alerts for overdue items

Navigate to any project and find Approvals in the project menu.

Extension Actions in Workflows

Installed extensions can now contribute actions to the workflow editor. When you add a lifecycle hook (On Enter / On Exit) to a workflow state, you'll see extension actions alongside the built-in ones.

  • Dynamic dropdown — actions from installed extensions appear in an "Extensions" group with typed input fields
  • 11 extensions now offer workflow actions:
    • Slack — send channel message, request approval
    • Teams — send message, request approval
    • Email — send email notification
    • Jira — sync issue, create Jira issue
    • GitHub — create issue, add comment
    • Zoom — schedule meeting
    • Twilio — send SMS
    • Time Tracking — start/stop timer
    • Make.com — trigger scenario
    • Google Calendar / Outlook — create calendar event

Extension developers can add workflow actions to their own extensions via the contributes.workflow_actions manifest section. See the manifest documentation.

Spawn Actions

Workflow states can now automatically create child issues or open intake forms when entered.

  • Spawn Issue — create a child issue from a template, with configurable link type (subtask, blocks, related)
  • Spawn Form — open an intake form for the assignee to fill out
  • Sub-workflow routing — sub-workflow nodes now branch to different paths based on whether the child workflow completed or failed

Board Editor

  • Arrows between columns now display correctly with visible arrowheads
  • Column cards auto-size to their content

Document Attachment Workflows

Attach documents to workflow states with version history and blockchain integrity verification.

  • Required documents per state — define which documents must be uploaded before transitioning (e.g. test plan required at code review, signed contract at legal review)
  • Version history — re-uploading a document creates a new version; all previous versions are preserved and downloadable
  • Integrity verification — every document is SHA-256 hashed on upload and anchored to the blockchain for tamper detection
  • Issue page integration — "Workflow Documents" card on each issue shows uploaded documents with version history, download links, and verification badges
  • Editor integration — "Required Documents" section in the workflow editor lets you configure document requirements per state with key, label, category, accepted file types, and required-for-transition toggle
  • Compliance reports — SOX, HIPAA, and SOC 2 reports now include a Document Compliance section showing total documents, versions, and blockchain verification counts

Insights Lifecycle

AI insights and risk alerts now support lifecycle management.

  • Acknowledge / Dismiss / Reopen — action buttons on each insight card let you manage their status
  • Status filter — filter insights by All, Open, Acknowledged, or Dismissed
  • Badge counts — tab badges show open items count, not total count
  • Risk alert deduplication — scanner now matches on entity ID instead of dynamic summary text, preventing duplicate alerts from accumulating

Template-First Onboarding

New users can now launch a working workspace in under 60 seconds.

  • Template picker — choose from Kanban, Scrum, Support, or industry templates (Technology, Finance, Legal, Marketing, E-commerce)
  • Instant board — pick a template, name your workspace, and land on a populated board with realistic sample issues
  • No GitHub required — connect GitHub later when you need it, not during signup
  • Industry-specific seed data — each template includes 5-6 realistic sample issues matching that vertical's workflow

Platform Optimization

A comprehensive 7-phase overhaul to simplify the platform.

  • Simplified navigation — top nav reduced from 7 items to 4: Home, Work, Compliance, Settings
  • Unified Project Designer — 5 visual editors collapsed to 2 (Workflow Designer + Form Builder). Boards auto-generate from workflows.
  • Streamlined palette — workflow node types reduced from 12 to 5 defaults + 4 advanced (behind toggle)
  • Settings hub — card grid landing page with 5 groups instead of 16 sections on one page
  • Notification levels — quick Critical/Important/Informational toggles instead of 30+ event checkboxes
  • Modern styling — rounder corners, lighter shadows, entrance animations, transparent navbar, gradient accents
  • Docs restructure — documentation nav reduced from 14 to 8 sections

Other Improvements

  • GitHub authentication — clearer error messages with a "Connect GitHub" button when OAuth is not configured
  • Project editor — workflows are now scoped to the current project, with a repo selector for multi-repo setups
  • Selected node highlight — selected nodes in the workflow editor get an indigo border with glow effect
  • Selection persistence — selected node is preserved across page refreshes
  • Notification routing — in-app notifications from workflow actions now route through the event registry, respecting user notification preferences
  • Issues table badges — document count and pending approval count badges shown inline on issue rows
  • Improved scrolling — the properties panel now scrolls properly when content overflows
  • Whitepapers — all industry briefs migrated to Typst for better layout and faster builds

AI-Assisted Project Editor

The project editor now includes AI assistance for generating, refining, and validating YAML configurations across all 7 editor types.

  • Generate mode — describe what you need in natural language, AI generates complete YAML. Works for workflows, dashboards, queries, automations, boards, intake forms, and agents
  • Refine mode — inline prompt bar to modify existing YAML. Type "add an approval gate before deploy" and AI generates a targeted diff
  • Guard mode — continuous background validation catches logical issues (orphan states, circular transitions), contextual warnings (WIP limits vs. team size), and industry compliance gaps. One-click Fix buttons for every issue
  • Cross-editor context --- AI knows your workflow states, custom fields, installed extensions, and existing queries when generating any configuration
  • Project editor expanded --- now covers all YAML types: workflows, boards, intake forms, automation recipes, dashboards, queries, and agents (was limited to workflows and intake forms)
  • AI Chat Panel --- collapsible right panel with multi-turn chat, proactive suggestion cards (schema improvements, marketplace templates, extension integration, similar GitHub repos), follow-up chips, and quick action buttons per editor type
  • JSON Schemas --- all 7 YAML types have JSON schemas with client-side validation via Monaco diagnostic markers (red underlines, hover tooltips). Schemas available for VS Code YAML extension

Command Palette Intelligence

The command palette (Cmd/Ctrl+K) now includes intelligent search and contextual suggestions.

  • Doc search — search results include relevant documentation from the RAG-powered docs index alongside issues, projects, and users
  • Domain filters — prefix queries with docs:, issues:, projects:, users:, insights:, or kb: to scope results to a specific type. A filter chip appears in the search field
  • Smart suggestions — when the palette opens, a "Suggested for this page" section shows contextual docs and related entities based on the current page, project, issue status, and editor type
  • Markdown-free summaries — doc results show clean text summaries with markdown syntax stripped

Contextual Error Help

Error messages across the platform now offer a "View troubleshooting docs" link that opens a help drawer with RAG-retrieved documentation relevant to the error.

  • Flash messages — server-side error notifications include a troubleshooting link
  • Form validation errors — validation error summaries link to relevant docs
  • Workflow transition blocks — checklist, document, and approval errors show contextual help
  • Sync errors — GitHub sync and schema validation failures link to troubleshooting docs
  • Extension errors — webhook delivery failures, dead letter entries, and missing secret alerts include help links

In-App Help Panels

Contextual help buttons (? icons) across the platform open a slide-in drawer with RAG-retrieved documentation content.

  • Available on capacity planning, compliance, insights, issues, project editor, SLA tracking, blockchain audit, and extension configuration pages
  • Content sourced from the docs-site via pgvector semantic search
  • Cached embeddings for fast repeat queries
  • Fallback keyword search when embedding API is unavailable

Visual Editors for All Configuration Types

Every YAML configuration type now has a dedicated visual editor — no more raw YAML for any editor type.

  • Query Editor — filter builder canvas with source selector, parameter table, expression editor, and visualization type picker
  • Dashboard Editor — widget grid canvas with auto-layout, widget type cards (metric, chart, table, list, text), position management, and a palette for adding new widgets
  • Agent Editor — structured form with collapsible sections for identity (model selector), context sources (checkbox grid), prompt editors, tools table with parameter schemas, and safety constraints (approval toggle, max tokens, blocked actions)
  • All three use the shared EditorShell for consistent YAML/Changes tabs, undo/redo, draft persistence, AI chat panel, and validation

Goal-Driven UX Overhaul

Radical simplification across the entire platform focused on growth and adoption.

  • Onboarding — reduced from 6 pages to 2 steps (pick template, name workspace, done)
  • Navigation — collapsed from 4 items with 24 elements to Projects, My Work, and role-based Compliance
  • Homepage — cut from 791 to 224 lines (3 sections: hero, proof, CTA)
  • Issue drawer — click board cards to open a right-side drawer instead of navigating away
  • My Work view — issues index defaults to your assigned issues with quick-view pills
  • Compliance dashboard — unified dashboard at /compliance replacing 8 scattered pages
  • Workspace tabs — collapsed to Board + Planning with others in a "More" dropdown
  • Use cases page — compressed from 966 to 159 lines with 3 hero industries + compact grid
  • Industry deep-dives — new /use-cases/healthcare, /use-cases/finance, /use-cases/technology pages