Product updates and development notes

July 2026

Product update

Calendar event creation approved

Archive Buddy's optional calendar connector has been approved for calendar read and event scopes. Users can connect their own calendar, view upcoming events and create calendar events after explicit confirmation.

July 2026

Product update

Archive Buddy MVP is live for early testing

Archive Buddy is now available as an early specialist workspace for archival chat, saved conversations, streaming responses and archivist-focused Quick Actions.

July 2026

New feature

Quick Actions expanded for professional workflows

The initial workflow set now includes researcher responses, scope and content notes, preservation advice, digitisation planning, rights and sensitivity review, reference interviews, archive administration, description drafting and appraisal support.

July 2026

Development note

Google sign-in, payments and account limits

The service now supports Google sign-in, Stripe subscriptions, free and paid usage limits, and account-specific allowances for early testers.

Roadmap

Roadmap note

Connectors, institutional configuration and retrieval

Planned development includes optional calendar tools, document uploads, retrieval over institutional sources, catalogue integrations and configuration for local descriptive practice.