Changelog
What’s new in HelpLayer.
October 5, 2026
Capture a how-to in any app
The new Chrome extension and the desktop app for Mac take a screenshot on every click and write the steps; you review the guide before it's published.
Video mode
The Chrome extension can record the tab with your voice. What you say helps write each step, and the recording can be the article's video.
Videos in search answers
When the article behind an answer has a tutorial video, it plays right in the answer, in search and in the widget.
The blog
Guides and playbooks on keeping docs current, how-tos people finish and AI answers that are right.
Tutorial videos
A bigger cursor that points exactly where the click is, the Showcase design on clean white, and no more whoosh between scenes.
October 3, 2026
HelpLayer
A new name and a new design: the dashboard, the review of updates, sign-in, onboarding and this site.
Review text and video together
Approve an update and the change to its video in one step, side by side.
AI answers in your app
An in-app widget that answers from your articles, suggests the right page and hands the question to a person when needed.
MCP server and llms.txt
AI assistants like Claude, ChatGPT and Cursor read your help center as it is today.
AI answer analytics
See what visitors asked, what it couldn’t answer and which answers they rated not helpful.
AI credits
Every plan includes AI credits each month; they’re only used when something is made.
Team access
Teammates only see the help centers they were invited to.
October 2, 2026
Articles that watch your code
Connect GitHub or a web page to an article; when it changes, an update is proposed for review.
Only the affected articles
Each change is matched to the articles it touches, so the rest stay as they are.
Articles from your code
A scan finds the features your help center doesn’t cover yet and writes them as drafts.
Voices, music and video designs
Pick the voice, the music and the design of your tutorial videos.
Sound effects
Clicks and transitions in tutorial videos, with your own sounds if you like.
October 1, 2026
Narrated video tutorials
Every article can become a short video with a voice-over and music, made from its steps.
Screen captures
Capture the screens of your app for an article’s steps, without clicking through it yourself.
Videos when you need them
Make a video right after writing an article, and get an email when it’s ready.
Video endings and titles
Long titles fit, and videos end cleanly.
September 13, 2026
Your help center inside your app
Allow your own domains to embed help center pages.
Meeting → FAQ for long recordings
Long meeting recordings are transcribed in parts.
Renamed categories
Old category links redirect to the new address.
September 7, 2026
Smarter search
Search finds articles by meaning as well as by words.