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Updates Jul 21, 2026

Skales v12.5.3 - Hotfix & Flow

The 12.5.2 reasoning guard cut healthy long-thinking runs. It is behavioural now, the stall card does what it offers, and image turns stop ending in silence.

We've just released Skales v12.5.3, a small update focused on fixing some of the issues that cropped up in our last release. Our goal is to make Skales a reliable tool for your daily tasks, and this update brings several improvements to how it handles complex requests and interacts with your setup.

Agents and Servers

Custom agents you build should now correctly see your connected MCP servers. Previously, they weren't aware of the environment they were running in, leading to them reporting no servers connected even when they were. This is now fixed, and your custom agents will have the same accurate information about your servers and tools as the default assistant.

Image and Text Handling

We've improved how Skales handles requests that include both an image and text. In some cases, these requests would result in no visible reply or a cut-off response. Skales will now retry these requests once, stitch together incomplete replies, and honestly state when a model cannot provide an answer, rather than remaining silent.

Flow Project Improvements

For users working with Flow projects, several enhancements are now in place. Custom widgets are usable again across all themes and are now scrollable if they exceed the window height. Your model choice in Flow projects will now be respected, and you can change models mid-run, with the work resuming on the new model without needing to restate the brief. Additionally, PDF export is now available for decks and documents within Flow.

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