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~ shipping notes from the algrow team

printed 2026-06-10

Jun 10, 2026

SHIPPED
  • TTSAPIMCPStealth 2.0 voice model — Toggle on Stealth 2.0 — our newest, most capable voice model with richer expression and stronger multilingual quality — in the Studio, API (stealth_model=2.0), and MCP. It bills 2x characters against your Stealth balance.

May 17, 2026

  • MCPPlansMCP in onboarding — New users get a featured Algrow MCP tile on the dashboard, a setup checklist item, and land on the MCP page after picking a plan.

May 16, 2026

  • MCPThumbnails in MCP results — New get_video_thumbnail tool, thumbnails included in scrape results, and viral-video search renders as a visual grid in Claude.

May 15, 2026

  • TTSAuto-generated SRT captions — Long TTS jobs now come with auto-generated SRT caption files.

May 13, 2026

  • SearchFiltersBetter longform search results — Longform channel search now filters out low-quality format categories.

May 9, 2026

  • TTSLong scripts on every voice — Long-form TTS scripts now work on every voice model, not just a select few.
  • APIFirst upload date in folders API — The folders endpoint now includes each channel's first upload date.

May 8, 2026

  • APISettingsUp to 10 active API keys — You can keep up to 10 API keys active at once instead of just a few.

May 7, 2026

  • UIAnalyticsRicher Videos & Shorts on channel pages — Channel pages now show accurate upload dates, exact view counts, and full metadata for every video and short.

May 5, 2026

  • Discord/issue Discord command — Support can file GitHub issues straight from a Discord channel with the new /issue command.
  • DiscoveryFiltersCleaner shorts discovery — Shorts discovery now defaults to channels with 2K+ subscribers so you start with less noise.

May 4, 2026

  • TTSStudioFaster voice picker — The voice picker now opens instantly and previews play right away.
  • StudioRefunds when a Sora video fails — If a video generation fails you get your credits back automatically.

May 2, 2026

  • MCPAIAnalyze TikTok and Instagram videos — Drop a TikTok or Instagram link into Claude and get the same breakdown as YouTube.

Apr 30, 2026

  • TTSStudioClone your own voice for TTS — Upload 30 seconds of audio and use your own voice for any TTS generation.
  • StudioGeneration history shows the right time — Timestamps were an hour off — now match your actual local time.

Apr 29, 2026

  • SettingsSign out of every device — One click to sign out everywhere from Settings. Also runs automatically when you change your password.
  • TTSVoice previews actually play — Click any voice in the picker and you hear it right away.
  • TTSLive character-count hint on TTS — An inline hint tells you exactly how many more characters you need to hit the minimum.

Apr 27, 2026

  • TrendsTrending scoped to your folders — Filter the trending page to only the channels you've saved, and your filters now stick when you click into a channel.
  • DiscordLink your Discord account — Connect Discord in Settings — subscriber roles sync automatically.
  • UIDedicated changelog page — Browse everything that's shipped on a standalone /changelog page.

Apr 25, 2026

  • MCPAIDrop a YouTube link in Claude and get the video analyzed — Paste any URL and Claude pulls back a full breakdown — hook, pacing, why it works — using the new analyze_video MCP tool. Useful for studying competitor videos without watching them.

Apr 23, 2026

  • MCPSee thumbnails when you search inside Claude — Channel and video search results now render as a real visual grid in Claude instead of plain text rows, so you can scan thumbnails the way you would on the Algrow site.

Apr 20, 2026

  • DiscoveryFilter longform channels by outlier score and upload age — Find channels that just had a breakout video, or filter to channels still actively uploading. Two new sliders on the longform discovery page.

Apr 19, 2026

  • MCPTrendsAsk Claude what's trending in your niche — New channel_trends MCP tool lets you say "show me trending faceless finance channels this week" and get answers without leaving Claude.
  • StudioPrompt generator now saves your projects — Close the tab and your work-in-progress is still there next time you open it.

Apr 18, 2026

  • DiscoverySmaller shorts channels now show up in search — Removed the 2,000-subscriber floor, so you can find emerging channels before they blow up.

Apr 15, 2026

  • MCPAPIPull any channel's data straight from Claude — Ask for a channel's about page, recent videos, shorts, playlists, or daily growth and get it in one message. Useful for one-off competitor lookups.
  • MCPAPISearch YouTube broadly through Claude — The new search tool lets you do open-ended YouTube queries (not just Algrow's database) right inside the chat.

Apr 14, 2026

  • DiscoverySearch viral videos by outlier score alone — No keyword needed. Just sort by outlier and see what's blowing up across the database right now.

Apr 13, 2026

  • MCPAIConnect Algrow to Claude & ChatGPT — Use Algrow directly inside Claude or ChatGPT. Search channels, read transcripts, generate TTS, and manage alerts without leaving your AI assistant. Set it up at /mcp.

Apr 12, 2026

  • AlertsGet alerted when a channel ships a video matching a title pattern — Set up a watch like "alert me when MrBeast uploads anything with 'I gave away' in the title" and you'll get a ping the morning it lands.
  • StudioStrip captions from TikTok and Instagram videos — Paste the URL, get the clean version back. Same flow as YouTube, no extra steps.

Apr 11, 2026

  • AlertsGet pinged when a saved channel has a breakout video — New alert metric watches your folders for unusually high-performing new uploads, so you don't miss the next big idea from a competitor.

Apr 10, 2026

  • MCPAIAlgrow now works inside ChatGPT too — Same workflow as Claude. Connect once and ask ChatGPT to find channels, pull transcripts, generate TTS, and more.
  • DiscoverySee outlier score on every viral video — Filter and sort the viral discovery page by outlier so you only see videos massively outperforming the channel's average.
  • AlertsBuild alerts with multiple conditions — Chain rules together (e.g. "subscriber count > 100K AND avg views > 50K") and alert on more channel metrics than before.

Apr 9, 2026

  • FoldersSave up to 100 channels per folder — Folder limit raised from 30 to 100 — bigger watchlists for tracking entire niches.
  • FoldersSaved channels now sort newest-first — Your latest adds are at the top instead of buried at the bottom.

Apr 8, 2026

  • MCPWorkspaceManage Algrow from inside Claude — Create alerts, save channels to folders, and pull folder contents without leaving the chat. Useful for "scan my finance folder and tell me which ones uploaded breakout videos overnight."
  • MCPOne-shot tool for overnight breakouts — find_recent_outliers returns every channel in a folder that shipped an outlier video last night.
  • DiscoverySearch is dramatically faster — Viral discovery queries that took 5+ seconds now feel instant.

Apr 7, 2026

  • DiscoveryPaste a YouTube video URL into viral discovery — Instantly see what channel it's from and what similar videos are blowing up. No need to figure out the channel name first.

Apr 5, 2026

  • DiscoverySmarter default filters per discovery tab — Switching between shorts and longform automatically applies the right defaults for that content type instead of carrying over irrelevant filters.

Apr 4, 2026

  • StudioMobileTTS works properly on your phone — The page now fits the screen, the textarea is centered, and the generate button is always visible. Was unusable on mobile before.

Apr 3, 2026

  • DiscoveryFind terminated channels by thumbnail — Upload a thumbnail and get back terminated channels that used similar imagery. Useful for tracking what got banned in your niche.
  • PlansAnnual subscribers now get monthly studio credit refresh — Credits reset every month instead of yearly, so you don't have to ration them across 12 months.

Apr 2, 2026

  • DiscoveryFind Similar Channels by URL — Paste a YouTube URL, @handle, or channel ID directly into the shorts or longform search bar to find similar channels instantly.
  • UIMobile Sidebar Fixed on iOS — The sidebar now scrolls properly on iOS, no more content cut off at the bottom or overlapping the search bar.
  • DiscoveryBetter Data Quality — Low-quality reposts are now filtered out more consistently from discovery results.

Apr 1, 2026

  • YouTube Transcript Reader — Paste a YouTube video link in Claude to get the full transcript instantly through MCP.
  • Better Search Results — Less irrelevant channels showing up across all search.
  • Cleaner Shorts Discovery — Low-quality repost channels and non-English content are now filtered out.
  • Clear Upgrade Prompts — Starter users can see exactly what's locked and how to upgrade.
  • API Credits on Settings Page — See your total API credit balance (plan + purchased) in one place.