Analytics Dashboard, Web Dev Agent, and Enhanced Model Selection
August brought three major features to Zencoder: the Analytics Dashboard for organizational insights, the Web Dev Agent for modern web development workflows, and significant improvements to our model selection capabilities. We added remote and HTTP-based MCP support with OAuth2 authentication for JetBrains IDEs, expanding integration possibilities. We also enhanced Zen Rules with custom folder support and UI improvements, added GPT-5 support within 24 hours of OpenAI’s release, and completely rewrote our code completion and docstrings documentation. Additionally, we introduced our Reddit community for better engagement and added the Max plan with priority support and SLA guarantees.New Features
Analytics Dashboard
We’ve introduced a comprehensive Analytics Dashboard that provides organizational insights into how teams use Zencoder. Available for Core plans and above, the dashboard helps engineering managers understand and optimize their team’s development workflow.- Get team insights by tracking daily active users, usage patterns, and adoption trends across your organization
- Monitor IDE and language analytics to see which IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains) and programming languages your team uses most
- Track member activity with detailed views of each team member’s usage including last active times
- Search and filter team members quickly by email domain for better organization
Explore Analytics Dashboard
Learn how to access and use the Analytics Dashboard to gain insights into your team’s Zencoder usage
Web Dev Agent
The Web Dev Agent is our specialized agent for modern web development workflows, built after analyzing common usage patterns. It excels at creating production-ready UIs from specifications and designs, with seamless Figma integration through MCP.- Go from design to code by importing designs directly from Figma using the Figma MCP and converting them to production-ready code
- Validate your UIs with browser testing integration that uses browser automation and console log analysis to ensure everything works
- Build with your preferred framework including React, Vue, Angular, and vanilla JavaScript
- Generate E2E tests automatically to cover your web interface functionality
Learn About Web Dev Agent
Discover how the Web Dev Agent streamlines your web development workflow from design to production
Enhanced Model Selection and Availability
We’ve significantly improved our model selection capabilities with a new selector interface available to users on new pricing plans. The enhancement includes support for flagship models from multiple providers with transparent cost multipliers.- Get GPT-5 support that we added within 24 hours of OpenAI’s release, available on Starter plans and above
- Use Gemini 2.5 Pro at a 0.75× multiplier for the most cost-efficient model option
- Access Opus 4.1 models, our most capable models available exclusively on Advanced and Max plans
- Bring your own API keys with BYOK support for OpenAI and Anthropic
- See transparent multipliers clearly displayed for each model right in the selector
Explore Model Options
Learn about available models, cost multipliers, and plan requirements
Zen Rules Enhancements
Zen Rules have received major improvements making them more powerful and accessible. You can now leverage rules from other AI tools and create new rules directly from the chat interface.- Configure custom rule folders to read rules from other AI tools like Cursor, Windsurf, Cline, and Continue
- See currently applied rules with a badge in the toolbar that shows the count of active rules
- Create rules from chat directly without leaving your conversation flow
- Use your existing rules from other AI coding assistants without any migration needed
- Comma-separated globs are now supported in VS Code for more flexible rule patterns
Master Zen Rules
Learn how to create and manage project-specific AI instructions
Chat Interface Improvements
- We’ve added a right-click context menu in the chat area so you can easily cut, copy, and paste content
- The stop icon has been redesigned for better visibility and user experience
- Fixed an issue where the continue button would appear prematurely after using the stop function
- Informational banners are now shown less frequently to reduce interruptions
File Management Enhancements
- You can now right-click files in the VS Code explorer to add them directly to your chat context
- File and image attachments can now be added from anywhere on your file system, not just the project folder
Improvements and Bug Fixes
Agent Experience Enhancements
- We’ve renamed Q&A Agent to Ask Agent and improved its AI capabilities for better question understanding and responses
- The E2E Testing Agent now supports Cypress, Playwright, and Selenium frameworks with improved test generation
- Access the model selector quickly using
Cmd+.(Mac) orCtrl+.(Windows/Linux) for faster model switching - Attach context more easily with an improved interface for adding code, files, and other relevant information to your conversations
- Improved quick commands for agents for faster access to agent-specific actions
- Fixed custom API key settings to properly support BYOK configurations
MCP and Integration Improvements
- JetBrains IDEs now support remote and HTTP-based MCPs for expanded integration capabilities
- Connect to MCPs with OAuth2 authentication support in JetBrains
- Get full support for multi-repository features across BitBucket, GitLab, and GitHub with improved indexing
- Multi-repository features are now also available on the new Max plan
User Interface Improvements
- We’ve improved chat accessibility by making new chat and chat history more easily accessible for better navigation
- The model selector now features an enhanced dropdown interface with clear multiplier display and plan requirements
- See your active Zen Rules with an improved selector UI that shows currently applied rules with a badge count
- Find what you need faster with reorganized navigation structured for better scalability and discoverability
Platform Updates
- We’ve introduced the Max plan, a new premium tier with priority support and SLA guarantees - check pricing for details
- Join our growing community on Reddit for discussions and support
- Find all our community resources on the enhanced support page with all available channels
- Resolve BYOK issues with our new comprehensive guide for OpenAI BYOK troubleshooting including GPT-5 access
Documentation Updates
This month we made significant improvements to our documentation, with complete rewrites of core features and addition of new comprehensive guides.Major Documentation Rewrites
- We completely rewrote the Code Completion documentation with detailed usage instructions, configuration options, and new images for VS Code and JetBrains settings
- The Docstrings Generation page now includes a troubleshooting section and visual guides for code lens features
- We significantly improved Repo Grokking with better explanations of AI context orchestration and production repository understanding
New Documentation Pages
- Learn how to use the Analytics Dashboard with our comprehensive guide for team insights
- Explore the Web Dev Agent documentation covering capabilities, Figma integration, and browser testing features
- Understand model selection with our complete Models guide including cost multipliers and BYOK configuration
- Resolve GPT-5 access issues with our step-by-step OpenAI BYOK Troubleshooting guide
Visual and UI Updates
- We’ve added 10+ new screenshots and diagrams including model selector, analytics dashboard, and code completion options
- Documentation structure has been reorganized for better discoverability and navigation
- Practical examples and use cases have been added across multiple documentation pages
Version History
- 2.28.0 (August 26, 2025)
- 2.26.0 (August 20, 2025)
- 2.24.0 (August 13, 2025)
- 2.22.0 (August 7, 2025)
- 2.20.0 (August 1, 2025)