Devin Cloud · Continuity · Aug 10–16, 2026
2 releases · updated
Devin Cloud: Devin Coach Suggestions
This week, Devin Cloud shipped two releases with various updates. The main change is the introduction of Devin Coach, which provides suggestions in the input box to help improve prompts. This feature is useful for users who want to refine their prompts before sending them.
August 14, 2026 · August 14, 2026
This release introduces Devin Coach, which provides suggestions in the input box. It also includes smarter re-review behavior in Devin Review, Slack thread follow-ups, and various other improvements such as high contrast mode and command palette enhancements. Additionally, the release includes updates to the sidebar, preview toolbar, and code scan features.
Official release notes
Devin Coach Suggestions in the Input Box
Introducing Devin Coach, a new feature that surfaces suggestions directly in the session input box as you write, helping you improve prompts before sending.
Smarter Re-Review Behavior in Devin Review
Devin Review now skips re-reviewing a PR when its diff against the base branch is unchanged (e.g. stacked PR restacks).
Slack Thread Follow-Ups
Devin sessions now subscribe to Slack threads they post in and route replies back to the session, so follow-ups in the thread reach Devin without re-tagging.
Teams Polish
Microsoft Teams user mentions now render as mention chips, emoji render inline, and channel-mention threading behavior now matches Slack.
High Contrast Mode: System Option
High contrast mode adds a “system” option that follows your OS preference, alongside broader accessibility improvements including a new accessibility submenu in the command palette.
Sidebar Improvements
The sidebar now reveals the active session when navigating via the command palette or a URL, newly created folders appear at the top of the list, and right-clicking a folder opens its options menu.
Command Palette Improvements
“Start session with a prompt” now supports multiline prompt editing, and “Search sessions” is pinned under Start session.
Preview Toolbar Improvements
Open-in-new-tab is now promoted to the preview toolbar, exposed ports moved into an overflow menu, and share/open-in-new-tab now follow the page currently being viewed.
Platform Filter for Sessions
The sessions list can now be filtered by platform.
Ingest Scan Mode in Code Scan
Ingest is now available as a scan mode directly in the new-scan sheet.
Auto-Scan Schedules API
Code scan auto-scan schedule routes are now generally available in the v3 org and enterprise APIs.
Devin Local On by Default for Enterprise
Devin Local is now enabled by default for enterprise customers.
In-Page Search in Automations
Automations pages now support in-page search via Cmd/Ctrl+F.
Unified Workflow Permission Preview
In Automations, the workflow permission preview pane now matches the live run pane.
August 12, 2026 · August 12, 2026
This release adds side chats, which allow users to start a conversation anchored to any point in a session. It also includes syntax-highlighted code blocks in chat messages and command palette session search pagination. Furthermore, the release includes improvements to the sidebar organization, Slack integration, and automation features such as agent mode selector and negated string operators.
Official release notes
Side Chats
Start a side conversation anchored to any point in a session to ask questions and dig into details without interrupting Devin’s main work. Side chats open in a panel next to the worklog and support stopping in-flight responses.
Syntax-Highlighted Code Blocks in Chat
Fenced code blocks in chat messages now render with syntax highlighting.
Command Palette Session Search Pagination
Session search in the command palette is now paginated with an explicit “See more” option.
Sidebar Organization Improvements
The sessions sidebar now supports a “None” option in the Group by menu for a flat session list, a “New session in folder” action on folder menus, and a Cmd+K “Move to folder” command for the current session.
Slack Improvements
Users can now request channel access directly from Slack DMs, Slack-spawned sessions automatically get read access to their origin channel, and Devin posts a notice when a session is waiting for machine capacity. Workspace members beyond the first page no longer show as “Unknown User”.
Slack Connection Management
The Slack integration settings now include a Reconnect option, with integration Manage menus aligned on a consistent Reconnect/Disconnect component.
Playbook Mentions from Slack
Playbooks mentioned in messages are now resolved when forwarding user messages from Slack.
Agent Mode Selector Improvements in Automations
The agent mode selector in Automations and On-Call now shows the resolved organization default (e.g. “Org default (Fusion)”) and a description for each mode.
Negated String Operators in Automation Conditions
Automation conditions now support “not contains”, “not starts with”, and “not ends with” operators.
Security Profile Safeguards in the Automation Editor
The automation editor now warns when selected MCP servers or network-policy entries fall outside the governing security profile, and confirms security profile changes with a warning popup.
Perplexity MCP in the Marketplace
Perplexity is now available as an MCP server in the connectors marketplace.
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