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title: "What's changed"
url: "https://docs.alisx.com/reference/console/whats-changed/"
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# What's changed in the console

Between September and October 2026 the console was redesigned. Ideate and Build now share one console with one navigation pane, Alis replaced the Ideate agent, and Home shows what's next for you. This page lists where things moved, the names that changed, what was retired and what's new. Everything you made is where you left it, and old links and bookmarks open the new place.

## Where things moved

| Before | Now | Old links |
|---|---|---|
| The product switcher between Alis Ideate and Alis Build | One navigation pane: **Home** and **Skill store**, then **Projects**, **Interviews** and **Artifacts** for Ideate, then **Environments**, **Workstations** and **Activity** for Build. **Support** and your account sit at its foot | |
| Ideate home | **Home** at `/next`, showing what's next for you | Redirect |
| Project explorer | **Projects** | Redirect |
| Shared with me | **Projects**, then the **Shared with me** tab | Redirect |
| A project at `/ideate/<id>` | The same project at `/ideate/projects/<id>` | Redirect |
| A project's Insights, later Overview | **Synthesis** | Redirect |
| A project's Spec studio, later Outputs | **Artifacts** | Redirect |
| A project's Internet research page | Ask Alis in the project's chat to research the web; the report lands in **Contributions** | Opens the project's contributions |
| Back to projects on a project's Home | The project's name at the top of the navigation pane, which switches between projects | |
| Chats with the Ideate agent | Chats with Alis. Your earlier chats are still there to read, and replying carries one over to Alis | Redirect |
| An interview's Summary and Share & present views | The interview's **Overview**, **Share** and **Setup** tabs | Opens the interview |
| Build Overview | **Activity**, on the **Just me** tab | Redirect |
| Team Activity | **Activity**, on the **My team** tab | Redirect |
| Landing zone, Build Environments | **Environments** | Redirect |
| Shells | **Workstations** | Redirect |
| Skills in Build | **Skill store**, for Ideate and Build | Redirect |
| Build specialist | **Support**, at the foot of the navigation pane | Redirect |
| Profile | **Manage profile** in the account menu | Redirect |
| Credits in Ideate's title bar | **Usage** in the account menu | |
| Ideate activity and Build activity in account admin | One **Activity** page | Redirect |
| A separate active account for Build | One active account for everything, switched from the account card | |

## Names that changed

| Before | Now |
|---|---|
| Ideate agent | Alis |
| Idea | Project |
| Build specialist | Support |
| Shells | Workstations |
| Landing zone | Build environment |
| Skills | Skill store |
| Spec studio, Outputs | Artifacts |
| Insights, Overview (in a project) | Synthesis |
| Contributor | Editor |
| Read only | Viewer |
| Seats | Members |
| Access and ownership | Sharing |
| Participant brief | Introduction |
| Responses & insights | Summary |
| Research task | Internet research |
| Seed files | Contributions |
| Stale | Out of date |
| Regenerate | Update now |
| Learning objective | Purpose |
| Interviewer guidance | Instructions for Alis |
| Target duration | Length |
| Try it yourself | Preview |
| New conversation (Support) | Log a ticket |
| Credits (sign-up) | Spending |

## What was retired

| What | Use instead |
|---|---|
| The product switcher | The one navigation pane |
| Build specifications and Launch build | Build from your coding agent. Old links open **Activity** |
| The Ideate agent | Alis |
| Seats and seat requests | Members, and requests to join an account |
| The cards on Home | What's next: one dot for each thing waiting for you, with **Mark as done** and **Later** |
| Choosing Alis Ideate or Alis Build at sign-up | One sign-up for AlisX |
| A project's own Internet research page | Ask Alis in the project's chat; the research becomes a contribution. See [Run internet research](https://docs.alisx.com/how-to/ideate/run-internet-research.md) |
| Generating outputs of a fixed type (business case, PRD, RFP and others) | **New artifact**, starting from a skill |
| The Nurture quick-start | Ask Alis in the project's chat |
| The default opening question for interviews | Leave the opening question empty and Alis opens the interview, or write your own |
| Ticket categories and the workflow impact question | **Report an issue** or **Ask a question** |
| Feedback forms that went to Linear | A conversation in **Support** |

## What's new

- **What's next.** Home shows what needs you: replies, access requests, deploys and interview invitations. Act on each one in place.
- **Alis, your own agent.** Every chat goes to Alis. A file Alis makes opens beside the chat, and you can comment on its words.
- **Artifacts that keep themselves up to date.** Pages, documents, PDFs and images with versions you can restore, and share links with an optional password and expiry. See [Create and review artifacts](https://docs.alisx.com/how-to/ideate/generate-and-review-outputs.md).
- **Interviews.** A guided setup with three ways to start, a participant page with voice or typing in the participant's own language, a written report, and a panel for reviewing one participant at a time. See [Run an interview](https://docs.alisx.com/how-to/ideate/run-an-interview.md).
- **Workstations.** Any number per build environment, with a browser your coding agents share with you.
- **You see what your role allows.** Controls you can't use are hidden. A Viewer sees a **Viewer** chip that opens **Sharing**.
- **Dark mode, keyboard shortcuts and phones.** Choose **Appearance** in the account menu, press `?` for the shortcuts, and use the console on your phone.

## Can't find something?

Open **Support**, choose **Ask a question** and say what you were looking for. The AlisX team will show you where it is now. See [Get support](https://docs.alisx.com/how-to/help/get-support.md).