What's new for connected AI assistants

Spun adds tools for connected AI assistants most weeks. This page lists them by date, newest first, and explains how an assistant you connected earlier gets them. Bookmark it and check back when you want your assistant to do more.

New to connecting an assistant? Start with Connect ChatGPT, Claude or another AI assistant to Spun.

At a glance

• An assistant only sees the tools its key allows. Most new tools come with a new permission. Add the permission to your key in Settings → AI Assistant (MCP) → Manage API keys, then the tools appear.
• Each assistant reads the tool list when a session starts. After you change the key, start a new session, or refresh the connector in ChatGPT. The steps for each assistant are below.
• Give your assistant the skill file. spun.com/mcp/SKILL.md is updated with every tool family and tells the assistant how to use them well.
• Reading is counted the same way as before. New read tools count toward your Connected AI read allowance like any other read; questions about Spun itself are always free. The allowance is explained in the connect guide.

How to get new tools into an assistant you already connected

Step 1: Add the permission to your key

1. Open Settings → AI Assistant (MCP) and press Manage API keys.
2. Open the key your assistant uses and choose Edit.
3. Tick the permissions you want, for example Read Pipeline Boards, Read Quick Replies or Read Contact Circles, and save.

The key itself does not change, so nothing needs to be re-entered in your assistant. A key created with the Read-only analyst access level holds the basic read permissions, which since 10 November 2026 include Read Calendar, Read Alarms, Read Pipeline Boards, Read Contact Circles, Read Keep in Touch and Read Quick Replies; a key made from a level before that keeps what it had until you select the level again in the key form. Everything else listed under "New tools by date" below is extra.

If your assistant signed in with your Spun account instead of a key, open Settings → AI Assistant (MCP) → Connected AI apps. When its card offers Review and update access, use it; the review lists in plain words what would be added. Tools that need a permission outside the three access levels, such as linking hidden-number chats to contacts or defining chat digests, need a key with that permission.

Step 2: Let the assistant read the tool list again

Assistant	What to do
ChatGPT	Open Settings → Apps & Connectors (older accounts: Connectors), open the Spun connector and press Refresh. ChatGPT keeps the previous tool list until you do.
Claude (claude.ai, Claude Desktop)	Start a new conversation. Claude reads the tool list when a conversation starts.
Codex (CLI, app or a scheduled script)	Start a new Codex session, or let the next scheduled run start one. Codex reads the tool list when the session starts; /mcp inside Codex shows what it loaded.
Other MCP clients	Reconnect or restart the client. Every MCP client reads the tool list when it connects.

If a tool still does not appear, check that the key has the permission (Step 1) and that the key is active, then try again.

New tools by date

10 November 2026

• Pipeline, Circles, Keep in Touch, quick replies and contacts in the access levels: no new tool, but these tools no longer need a hand-built key. Read Pipeline Boards, Read Contact Circles, Read Keep in Touch and Read Quick Replies are now part of all three access levels. Move Pipeline Cards, Manage Contact Circles, Manage Keep in Touch and Create & Update Contacts are part of Assistant, no sends and Assistant with sends. An app you connected earlier keeps what it was approved for until an organization manager presses Review and update access under Settings → AI Assistant (MCP) → Connected AI apps; the review lists what would be added. Plan rules are unchanged: on the Free plan no connection can move a card.
• A stage move that starts a message needs the send permission: when a contact enters a stage whose rules send a WhatsApp message or an email, or start a coaching series, the move now needs Propose Sends together with Move Pipeline Cards. The same holds for a Keep in Touch label that starts a coaching series. Without Propose Sends the assistant gets missing_scope and nothing changes, so Assistant, no sends never causes a message. Moves that start no message work as before, and moves a person makes in Spun are not affected. Details in Pipeline, Circles, reminders and the contact timeline.
• Calendar and alarms in the access levels: no new tool, but the calendar and alarm tools below no longer need a hand-built key. Read Calendar and Read Alarms are now part of all three access levels, and Manage Calendar and Manage Alarms are part of Assistant, no sends and Assistant with sends. An app you connected earlier keeps what it was approved for until an organization manager presses Review and update access under Settings → AI Assistant (MCP) → Connected AI apps; the review lists what would be added.
• Calendar invitations need the send permission: asking for event invitations to go out, or for attendees to be told about a cancellation, now needs Propose Sends together with Manage Calendar, so only Assistant with sends can ask. A key that holds Manage Calendar without Propose Sends can still change events, attendees and reminders. Every invitation still waits for a person's approval in AI Sends.

9 November 2026

• Contact details and opt-out: fill in a contact's company, birthday, address, website, tags and your own named details; see whether a contact opted out, and filter contacts and conversations by it. No tool adds or removes the DONOTSEND label. Permissions: Create & Update Contacts for changes, Read Contacts for reads.
• Auto-reply log: see which auto-reply rule answered which chat, and when. The message text is never included. Permission: Read Bots & Auto-Reply Rules, on paid plans.

Every tool, permission, Free plan rule and refusal for these and the 8 November tools below: Scheduled messages, calendar, tasks, contact details and the auto-reply log for your AI assistant.

8 November 2026

• Scheduled messages: reschedule a scheduled message, cancel one or several at once, retry one that failed. Permission: Schedule Sends, on paid plans. Every send still follows your organization's approval settings.
• Hidden-number members: name a hidden-number chat, link it to a contact, unlink it, or keep two contacts apart; list the chats Spun could not identify, the suggested matches and the decisions made. Reads need Read Contacts (two of them also Read Conversations); changes need the new Link Hidden-Number Chats to Contacts permission. Links a person set stay locked. Every tool, limit and refusal: Hidden-number chat tools for your AI assistant.
• Calendar: add and remove attendees, send event invites, set reminders, cancel and restore an event, and check for conflicts before booking. Permissions: Read Calendar for the conflict check, Manage Calendar for the rest; sending invites also needs Propose Sends (since 10 November 2026).
• Tasks: add checklist items, set followers, archive and unarchive, and update several tasks at once. Permission: Manage Tasks.

7 November 2026

• Contact timeline: one history for a contact across messages, tasks, notes, stage moves and calls. Permissions: Read Contacts and Read Conversations.
• Chat language settings: read and set the language and voice settings of a chat. Permission: Chat Status and chat language and voice settings.
• Pipeline boards: list your boards, read a board, a contact's stage, stage history and board numbers; move a contact between stages and undo a move. Permissions: Read Pipeline Boards, Move Pipeline Cards. Details in Pipeline, Circles, reminders and the contact timeline.
• Contact Circles: list circles, their members and a contact's circles; create, rename, add and remove members, and ask for a circle to be deleted. Permissions: Read Contact Circles, Manage Contact Circles.
• Alarms: see the reminders set on chats and labels; set one for your team and dismiss one that fired. Permissions: Read Alarms, Manage Alarms.
• Keep in Touch: see who has gone quiet past their cadence; put a contact on a cadence or take them off it. Permissions: Read Keep in Touch, Manage Keep in Touch.
• Quick replies: read your saved replies. Permission: Read Quick Replies.
• Find a chat by a message: paste a message you remember and get the chat it came from. Permissions: Read Contacts and Read Conversations.

2 November 2026

• Your knowledge base: list, read and search your organization's own articles and pending suggestions; add, retag and delete articles and review suggestions. Permissions: Read Knowledge Base, Manage Knowledge Base. This is your organization's knowledge, not Spun's documentation; questions about Spun itself use the free product-knowledge search.
• Bots and auto-reply rules: list and read your bots, their rules, conversations and transcripts; create and change bots and rules, and turn a bot on or off. Permissions: Read Bots & Auto-Reply Rules; changes need the CREATE & CHANGE BOTS permission, which is confirmed by typing, and a person still has to turn each bot on.

21 October 2026

• Period reports: list your reports, read one with its evidence and run status, start or revise a run, cancel a run. Reads need Read Conversations; starting a run needs Define Chat Digests and AI Drafting & Semantic Search.

Earlier

The tools available at launch, including conversations, contacts, groups, campaigns, tasks, calendar events, chat digests, message statistics, staff and group activity, and the send tools, are described in the connect guide and the skill file.

Getting the most out of a daily summary

If your assistant runs a daily summary, three habits keep it fast and inside your read allowance:

• Read only the chats that changed since the last run. The conversation list shows when each chat last changed, so a typical day is a few dozen reads instead of hundreds.
• Use the prepared answers. A chat digest or a period report is one read, however many messages it covers.
• Ask the usage summary first. It tells the assistant how many reads are left and when the allowance resets.