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Skales v12.5.4 - Pictures and Providers

Sending a picture is a normal chat turn now. It was not: it ran on a path of its own, outside everything the app does to keep an answer alive, and the previous release patched that path instead of removing it. The path is gone, and the same class of loss is fixed everywhere else it hid - in Buddy, in the AI Pointer overlay, and in the model recognition that quietly shrank a new model's context window to an eighth of its real size. Moving that turn onto the normal path also uncovered a promise nobody could see from the outside: an incognito chat with a picture in it was being written to disk. An incognito chat now runs on a conversation that has no file at all. Moonshot AI (Kimi) joins as a provider.

We've just released Skales v12.5.4, bringing a number of improvements and fixes to your desktop AI agent.

Pictures are Now Standard Chat Turns

Sending a picture is now a normal part of a chat conversation, just like text. This change means image interactions are handled more consistently across the app, including in Buddy, the AI Pointer overlay, and how models recognise new capabilities. This also means incognito chats with pictures now stay truly private, with no data written to disk.

Incognito Chats Remain Private

Incognito mode now fully respects your privacy. Conversations started in incognito mode, including those with pictures, will not be saved to any file. They exist only in memory and are cleared when you leave incognito or close the app.

App Corrections No Longer Mistaken for Your Input

The app's internal corrections, which are sometimes added to conversations to help guide the AI, will no longer be mistaken for your own instructions. This ensures that your tasks and checklists are not inadvertently altered or stopped by these system messages.

Improved Model Handling and Provider Support

We've added Moonshot AI (Kimi) as a new provider. Additionally, new model generations from providers like Gemini and Kimi are now recognised and sized correctly without needing a Skales update. Custom endpoints also now correctly use their advertised context windows, and their settings, like tool calling and vision, are properly honoured.

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