What's new
New features and improvements across Kudosky, newest first.
October 2026
Section titled “October 2026”- KAIA in Claude and ChatGPT. The MCP connector brings KAIA into Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Cursor and VS Code. Add
https://kudosky.app/mcpas a connector, sign in and choose read only or read + actions. Part of KAIA Agent. - KAIA can do any admin task. In the chat, KAIA can now create, update and delete teams, rewards, categories, polls, questionnaires, pulse questions and settings, and update members. Every change waits for your confirmation.
- KAIA knows more. KAIA answers questions about members and teams, settings, polls, questionnaires, pulse results, points and company activity.
- New KAIA chat. A redesigned chat where you can mention people by name.
- Native Mac app. A sidebar window and a menu-bar panel for a one-click day rating or kudos.
- Administration on iPhone and Mac. Approve rewards, manage members, invitations and teams, read poll and questionnaire results, and change company settings on the go.
- Several accounts. Sign in to more than one company and switch between them on the web, iPhone and Mac.
- Widgets for the iPhone home and lock screen and the Mac desktop.
- Sign in with Google on iPhone and Mac.
- Achievements and new points and streak screens.
- Apple Watch app and actionable push notifications.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- Day ratings are confidential. Only the author can read their own rating and comment. Admins see an individual as doing well, okay or may need support, never scores; small teams hide their mood figure. See Roles & privacy.
- KAIA looks at teams and the company, never individuals. Manager tips follow the manager’s own team, at most weekly.
- KAIA Insights in every plan, KAIA Agent as the add-on.
- KAIA sends kudos as a real user under a name you choose.
- A new kudos composer, and a refreshed look across sign-in, rewards, leaderboard and settings.
September 2026
Section titled “September 2026”- Native iPhone app, with questionnaires, polls and push notifications.
- Sign-up link and QR code for events, in the company’s language.
- Undo a kudos for a few seconds after sending it.
- A custom date range on the leaderboard.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- Pulse questions ask before you skip, and skipped questions come back later in the month.
- Managers see recent kudos the way employees do.
August 2026
Section titled “August 2026”- Rate your day in Slack, and answer the pulse question there too, from the reminder or the Rate my day shortcut.
- Send Kudos shortcut in Slack.
- Public API with scopes: members, kudos, rewards, day ratings and pulse answers, plus importing a reward catalogue. See the API guide.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- Rebuilt questionnaire screens for respondents and for results.
- Default kudos categories appear in each reader’s language.
- Day-rating reminders rotate their wording.
- A new look for the board, the dashboard and admin pages.
July 2026
Section titled “July 2026”- KAIA plans with settings tools and proactive suggestions.
- Custom company logo made from letters or an icon.
- Analytics Explore: an Explore-first dashboard with a multi-series graph, comparison with the previous period and a widget wizard.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- The points ledger shows who a kudos came from or went to, and when points expire.
April 2026
Section titled “April 2026”- Pulse surveys. Short questions after the day rating, rotating through your own question bank, with a results view for admins. They wait until you have stopped typing or hovering, so they never interrupt.
- Company-wide analytics reports with a standard set of widgets in English, Slovak, Czech and Polish.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- A reworked admin area with faster search.
- Streaks respect your company’s work days, so weekends never break them.
- Better-looking branding defaults for new companies.
March 2026
Section titled “March 2026”Improved
Section titled “Improved”- Redesigned analytics and smarter KAIA suggestions on the admin dashboard.
- A cleaner day-rating card.
February 2026
Section titled “February 2026”- Change your password in the app.
- Invitation emails in the language you choose, and one-click sign-in from email links.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- Revealing anonymous entries got a new, safer flow with limits. See Roles & privacy.
- A clearer redemptions screen for approving rewards.
January 2026
Section titled “January 2026”- Slack integration. Send kudos with
/kudosky, get notified in Slack, and get day-rating reminders. People are linked automatically by email, and profiles sync from Slack. - Microsoft Teams integration. Send kudos from Teams.
- Desktop apps for Mac and Windows with native notifications.
- Team-only kudos: admins can limit kudos to people’s own team.
- Likes and comments on congratulation posts.
- KAIA explains features and gives tips, in your language.
Improved
Section titled “Improved”- A redesigned eNPS view with clearer calculations.
- Bulk invites with a preview before you send, and a redesigned edit-member window.
- Bot protection on sign-up.
- A fresh look across the app.