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AnnounceKit

MARKETING
Velocity3.8

Release notes and product announcement tool with in-app widgets and changelogs.

AnnounceKit makes its changelog agent-operable with an MCP server.

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Current state
AnnounceKit is a changelog / release-notes and in-app-notification SaaS — widgets, top-bar notifications, feature-request boards. Its most recent release is an MCP server that makes the whole product operable by AI agents, layered on a run of layout modernizations: a rebuilt changelog display, a Modern Widget Layout, and upgraded in-app notifications.
Where it's heading
Two threads run in parallel: a steady modernization of the widget/changelog UI (Modern Widget Layout, then the Modern Layout Era changelog rebuild, then new in-app notifications) and a decisive step into AI-interop with the MCP server. The product is moving from a place-a-widget tool toward an agent-operable comms backend while refreshing its front-end surfaces.
Prediction
Expect the MCP surface to deepen — more agent actions around roadmap and feature-request triage — and the layout modernization to keep rolling across remaining widget surfaces. The next notable move is likely AI assistance inside authoring itself.

Recent moves

  1. 5d ago

    🤖 The AnnounceKit MCP Server is Here: Your Changelog Now Ships Itself

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    The step-change in this arc: an MCP server that lets any AI agent operate AnnounceKit end to end, moving the product past its UI-modernization thread into agent-operable territory.

  2. 3mo ago

    🚀 Major Changelog Update Released: Welcome to the Modern Layout Era

    A comprehensive rebuild of the core changelog experience for a more flexible, modern layout — the front-end half of the modernization thread, and the foundation the newer widget layouts build on.

  3. 5mo ago

    ⚙️ A major upgrade to Top Bar In-App Notifications

    A significant upgrade to top-bar in-app notifications giving publishers full control over how messages surface — extending the modernization work from the changelog widget to the notification surface.

  4. 8mo ago

    ✨Introducing the Modern Widget Layout (BETA)

    The Modern Widget Layout beta — a more dynamic, customizable way to communicate with users — kicks off the UI-modernization arc that later releases build on.

  5. 10mo ago

    🚀 Join AnnounceKit's Reddit Community + get 3 months of NPS free!

    A community/marketing announcement (a new Reddit community plus an NPS promo) rather than a product change — no user-facing capability shipped.

  6. 1y ago

    Introducing the New Centralized Widget Settings Layout

    A new centralized widget-settings layout that consolidates configuration into one place — an early UX-consolidation step in the same modernization direction the later layout releases continue.