> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.zencoder.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# July 2025

> Multi-Repository Search launch, project-specific AI instructions, enhanced agents, and major platform improvements

## Multi-Repository Search Platform Update

In July we released [Multi-Repository Search](/features/multi-repo) and project-specific AI instructions. These features enable better contextual understanding across complex enterprise codebases by allowing agents to search across multiple repositories and apply project-specific instructions. Multi-repo search addresses the challenge of understanding dependencies and patterns in distributed systems.

We also introduced universal image attachment support and numerous platform improvements for better stability and performance.

## New Features

### Multi-Repository Search

We're excited to introduce [Multi-Repository Search](/features/multi-repo), enabling AI agents to understand and work across your entire organization's codebase:

* **Index multiple repositories** through the web admin panel at [auth.zencoder.ai](https://auth.zencoder.ai)
* **Cross-repository code understanding** allows agents to find patterns, implementations, and dependencies across all your indexed repositories
* **Automatic context detection** means agents intelligently search relevant repositories when you reference other services or projects

<Card title="Learn More About Multi-Repository Search" href="/features/multi-repo">
  Set up and configure multi-repository indexing to enable AI-powered search across your entire codebase
</Card>

### Project-Specific AI Instructions

A new system for creating custom context and instructions that enhance how AI agents understand your project (now evolved into [Skills](/features/skills)):

* **Project-level instructions** stored in your repository for team sharing
* **Conditional application** based on file patterns using glob expressions, or always-on rules for project-wide standards
* **@mention support** allows you to manually reference specific instructions in your chat for targeted guidance

<Card title="Explore Skills" href="/features/skills">
  Learn how to create custom skills that enforce your team's coding standards and architectural patterns
</Card>

### Image Attachments for All Users

Visual context is now universally available across both VS Code and JetBrains IDEs:

* **Universal access** means that image attachment functionality is no longer limited and is available for all users across all supported platforms
* **Design-to-code workflow** has been streamlined, allowing you to attach UI mockups or screenshots and ask agents to build matching components with high accuracy
* **Repository images** stored in your project can be referenced for visual context, enabling agents to understand and implement visual designs directly from your codebase assets

### E2E Testing Enhancements

The Coding Agent's E2E testing capabilities have evolved to be framework-agnostic:

* **Multi-framework support** now enables you to generate tests for Cypress, Playwright, or Selenium based on your project's requirements and preferences
* **Flexible test generation** approach means you simply specify your preferred framework in the prompt, and the agent adapts its output accordingly

## Improvements and Bug Fixes

### Agent Experience Enhancements

* **New agent selector UI** provides quick access to different agents with a redesigned dropdown interface
* **Background shell execution** allows agents to run long-running commands without blocking the interface
* **File Diagnostic tool** is now available for custom agents, expanding their capabilities
* **Better file mention suggestions** with improved logic based on user feedback for more intuitive file referencing
* **Expandable code blocks** in chat for better readability with large code snippets
* **Agent continuation** shows an improved message when agents reach max steps with option to continue the request

### User Interface Improvements

* **Redesigned VS Code status bar** with more visible Zencoder icon and better integration
* **Updated sidebar menu** in the admin UI with improved organization and new profile dropdown for easier account management
* **Premium LLM usage display** clearly shows call consumption for users on new pricing plans
* **Better code diff copying** now only copies added lines when copying from diffs, not the entire block
* **Enhanced chat input UI** with cleaner design and better visual hierarchy

### Platform Stability and Performance

* **SSE/HTTP streaming support** for remote MCP servers without OAuth (VS Code, coming to other platforms)
* **Requirements tool functionality** helps agents better understand user needs before proceeding - now with improved UI
* **Less frequent update notifications** reduces interruption while keeping you informed of important updates
* **repo.md migration** automatically moves from deprecated `/docs` to new `/rules` directory structure

### Bash/PowerShell/WSL Improvements

* **PowerShell support** with PS1 files now properly executing shell commands on Windows
* **WSL compatibility** adds support for WSL and other interpreter types on Windows
* **Bash tool stability** fixed job cancellation issues when Kotlin plugin is not installed in JetBrains

### Bug Fixes

* **Shell tool freezing** resolved cases where shell tool would freeze in certain scenarios
* **Shell pagination** now properly avoids pagination in command output for cleaner results
* **Code generation window** fixed size adjustment issues when pasting text in JetBrains
* **Agent tools** fixed issue where agents were using tools they shouldn't have access to
* **File attachment labels** updated to better reflect actual capabilities and limitations
* **LLM call counter** now properly displays consumption after clicking Stop
* **Various UI glitches** resolved multiple interface inconsistencies across platforms

## Documentation Updates

We've significantly expanded and improved our documentation to support the new features and provide better guidance:

### New Documentation Pages

* **[Multi-Repository Search guide](/features/multi-repo)** provides detailed setup instructions, best practices, and examples for indexing and searching across multiple repositories
* **[Skills documentation](/features/skills)** explains how to create reusable instruction packages for your agents
* **[Refund Policy FAQ](/faq/refund-policy)** offers clear information about subscription management, cancellations, and our transparent refund policies

### Enhanced Existing Documentation

* **[Coding Agent guide](/features/coding-agent)** now includes references to the new agent selector UI and improved capabilities
* **[Pricing Plans FAQ](/faq/pricing)** clarified to better explain the new LLM call-based pricing model and plan comparisons

### New Tutorials and Visual Updates

* **[Generate Codebase Architecture Diagrams tutorial](/user-guides/tutorials/generate-codebase-diagrams)** shows how to create Mermaid diagrams to visualize repository structure and dependencies
* **Image prompts documentation** updated to explain the new universal image attachment capabilities
* **Agent selector images** refreshed across all agent documentation to show the new dropdown UI and improved user experience
* **Multi-repo search guidelines** enhanced with specific examples and best practices for effective cross-repository searches

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      - 2.17.0 (July 23, 2025)
      - 2.16.0 (July 15, 2025)
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    <Tab title="JetBrains">
      * 2.8.0 (July 28, 2025)
      * 2.7.1 (July 22, 2025)
      * 2.7.0 (July 17, 2025)
      * 2.6.3 (July 4, 2025)
      * 2.6.2 (July 3, 2025)
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