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Skales v11.4.23 - what's new

You can now paste an image directly into the starting chat box, just like you could in an ongoing conversation. This makes it even quicker to share visual information with Skales.

We've just released Skales v11.4.23, bringing a few practical updates to make your local AI agent even more helpful.

Paste Images into Chat

You can now paste an image directly into the starting chat box, just like you could in an ongoing conversation. This makes it even quicker to share visual information with Skales.

Smoother Model Interactions

We've updated the tuning for several reasoning models, including Kimi, DeepSeek, GLM, MiniMax, Qwen, and Skales IQ. They're now instructed to act on tool calls immediately within the same message, rather than pausing to announce their intentions. This change also extends to community profiles, ensuring a more direct and efficient interaction.

Consistent AI Colleague

Across all your Skales channels – chat, Friend Mode, Telegram, WhatsApp, Buddy, and Autopilot – profiled models will now share a more consistent "voice." They'll act more like a direct colleague, cutting out filler, owning mistakes concisely, using web search when needed, and checking context before asking questions. This applies to models using a profile; stronger frontier models remain unchanged.

Improved Tool Usage and Vision Settings

Skales will now reliably execute tool calls in its first reply, preventing those instances where it would announce an action but not perform it. Additionally, per-surface vision provider switches in settings are now correctly applied, allowing you to control which surfaces send images to the Vision Provider.

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