Changelog

What's new in Lore DB. Features, improvements, and fixes.

March 28, 2026

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Open community publishing — Any library owner can publish to the community with an acknowledgment step. Report/flag mechanism for moderation. Dedicated publishing rules page.
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Community library system — Browse, search, and subscribe to published knowledge libraries with tag filtering.
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Public pricing and changelog pages — Standalone /pricing page with plan comparison, FAQ, and SEO structured data. /changelog page with full project history.
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PDF upload with smart splitting — Upload PDFs and automatically split them by chapter into searchable documents with preflight preview.
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Security & Trust documentation — Comprehensive trust page, landing page trust section, and Terms of Service covering encryption, GDPR, BYOK, and data policies.
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Interactive knowledge graph — Force-directed visualization of all documents and their connections. Click nodes to navigate.
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Wiki-style document linking — Use [[Document Title]] syntax to create links between documents. Backlinks tracked automatically.
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Full documentation website — 40+ pages covering getting started, integration guides, security, comparisons, and use cases.
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SEO and discoverability — Comprehensive sitemap (43 URLs), llms.txt with trust signals, JSON-LD structured data, PNG favicons and web manifest.
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Trust pages and comparisons — Added security, privacy, data portability docs plus comparisons vs Notion, Confluence, Glean.

March 27, 2026

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Admin panel overhaul — Split admin into tabs: Models, Users, Referrals, Admins. Added MCP/API source tracking per request.
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Access control fix — Fixed disabled system/library not properly blocking document access.

March 26, 2026

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Mobile landing page polish — Optimized layout for mobile Safari, fixed iOS text inflation, improved MCP pill sizing.
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Performance — Replaced blur-based glow effects with CSS radial-gradient for better rendering performance.
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Dark mode fixes — Fixed dark mode on static landing page, guide page, and document prose readability.
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Usage chart accuracy — Fixed daily requests chart counting sub-operations as separate requests.

March 25, 2026

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Flat-rate subscription plans — Replaced credit-based billing with simple Free and Pro plans. Weekly Ask AI limits with bonus credits.
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Dark mode — Full dark mode support with system preference detection across all pages.
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Referral codes — Create and share referral codes for bonus Ask AI credits. Auto-redeem on signup.
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Cold start optimization — Skip database migrations when schema is up to date. Faster serverless function startup.
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Database performance — Added indexes and fixed N+1 query patterns with eager loading.

March 24, 2026

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Systems for organization-wide access — Group libraries into systems. System membership grants access to all libraries within — simplifies team management.
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Library-scoped search and Ask AI — Search and Ask AI can now be scoped to a specific library or system for focused results.
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Real tool logos — Replaced placeholder gradient squares with actual SVG logos for Claude, Cursor, VS Code, and Windsurf.

March 23, 2026

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Astro migration for SEO — Migrated frontend from Vite SPA to Astro with React islands. Static landing page for full search engine crawlability.
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Custom logo mark — New angular Laguz-inspired logo replacing the generic book icon.
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SEO foundation — Added meta tags, Open Graph, structured data (JSON-LD), robots.txt, sitemap.xml, and llms.txt.
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MCP documentation — Added connection guides for ChatGPT, Claude.ai, Gemini CLI. Removed npx/mcp-remote from instructions.

March 22, 2026

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Credit system — Per-model credit costs with automatic deduction, request grouping, and enforcement. Admin grant and transaction ledger.
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User API keys (BYOK) — Users can provide their own OpenAI API key. Encrypted storage with Fernet. Bypasses credit system entirely.
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Library export/import — Export any library as portable JSON. Import into another account or share with others.
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Admin model management — Database-driven AI model selection with provider validation. Per-user model preferences.
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Session management — View active sessions, revoke individual sessions, auto-cleanup of expired sessions.
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UUID migration — Switched all primary keys from sequential integers to UUIDs for security and portability.
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Usage dashboard — User profile menu with per-user usage page and time-series chart.

March 21, 2026

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Lore DB v2 launch — Complete rewrite on Vercel + Supabase. New frontend with Ask AI as the landing page, shared libraries, and role-based access control.
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Shared libraries — Library-centric document architecture with Personal libraries, invite links, and owner/editor/viewer roles.
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MCP tools for AI agents — Full MCP integration: search, ask, read, create, update, delete documents and list libraries.
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Marketing landing page — Professional landing page with value propositions, how-it-works section, and tool compatibility strip.
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Mobile responsive — Fully responsive design across all views and breakpoints.

March 10, 2026

Original prototype (lore-db)
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Document freshness verification — Chunked embeddings with freshness boosting for recently verified documents. Stale document detection.

February 19, 2026

Original prototype (lore-db)
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Import/export and embeddings — Added import/export functionality and enabled OpenAI embeddings for semantic search.

February 18, 2026

Original prototype (lore-db)
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Query analytics and dashboard — Landing page dashboard with query analytics. Docker-based development with hot reload.

February 17, 2026

Original prototype (lore-db)
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Initial release — MCP-native knowledge base with hybrid search (semantic + keyword), namespace-based document organization, SPA frontend with routing, and comprehensive test suite (API, service, vector storage).