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Velocity5.0

Programmable headless content management system with structured content and the GROQ query language

Highest-cadence shipper in view, with agent tooling now a parallel track to the editor

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Current state
Sanity is releasing across many surfaces at once — Studio, the React App SDK, the MCP server, ecosystem packages, and the Media Library. The standout pattern is a fast-iterating MCP server (multiple versions in this window) that makes the content platform operable by AI agents alongside the usual editor polish.
Where it's heading
Two tracks run in parallel: incremental hardening of the human editing experience (Studio search, content releases, media versioning) and rapid buildout of agent-facing tooling (MCP tools for patching, schema deploy, document creation, feedback). Sanity is positioning the same content backend to be driven by both people and agents.
Prediction
Expect the MCP server to keep its rapid release cadence, widening the set of platform operations agents can perform, while Studio and SDK work continues as steady polish.

Recent moves

  1. 1d ago

    Sanity Studio v6.2.0: Search in dereferenced list preview fields, new skills command, and bugfixes

    Studio v6.2.0 makes reference fields searchable in list previews and global search, adds a CLI skills install command, and fixes initialization crashes. Editor-experience polish consistent with Sanity's steady Studio cadence.

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  2. 1d ago

    Sanity React App SDK v2.15.0: New useCreateDocument hook and auth error recovery

    The React App SDK adds a useCreateDocument hook and fixes auth-error recovery after session restore. Continues filling out the SDK so developers can build custom Sanity apps with first-class primitives.

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  3. 1d ago

    MCP server v2.25.0: Feedback reporting, schema deploy, and document creation improvements

    MCP server v2.25.0 broadens the feedback tool, hardens schema deploy errors, and improves document-creation prompting for agents. One of several MCP releases in the window — the clearest signal of Sanity's bet on agent-operable content.

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  4. 2d ago

    @sanity/presets v1.0.0: Introducing @sanity/presets: ready-made schema types for common content patterns

    @sanity/presets v1.0.0 ships ready-made schema types (page, link, CTA, image, metadata) to cut modelling boilerplate. A convenience layer that lowers the cost of standing up common content patterns.

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  5. 6d ago

    Media Library: Video asset versioning and filter improvements

    The Media Library gains video asset versioning — upload new versions, view history, promote any version — matching the workflow already available for images and files, plus faster filtering. Closes a parity gap in asset management.

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  6. 7d ago

    Sanity Connect for Shopify: New field on synced document variants: store.barcode

    Sanity Connect for Shopify adds a single synced field, store.barcode, reflecting the Shopify variant barcode. A minor field addition requiring a full sync to populate existing products.

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