> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.seekout.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Release notes > The latest SeekOut product updates and improvements ## June 2026 **SeekOut in ChatGPT and Recruit Core self-service** **AI and integrations** * Use SeekOut directly in ChatGPT to source and evaluate candidates in a single conversation. * Workspace administrators can turn off automatic AI evaluation and recommendations while retaining advanced search and ATS integrations. **Plans and billing** * Recruit Core now offers monthly and annual self-service plans paid by credit card. * Contact-credit purchases support international billing and country-based tax calculation. * Administrators can choose whether outreach skips a candidate when only a non-preferred email address is available. **Search and sourcing** * Smart Match Required Skills now uses a grouped layout for easier setup and maintenance. * Hidden Profiles filtering is enabled by default for Workspaces. Recruiters can refine exclusions by project, activity, or time window to reduce duplicate outreach. * Expanded scorecards show each criterion's description directly below its label. **Greenhouse** * Export a candidate to a specific Greenhouse requisition as a prospect instead of sending them through applicant review. ## May 2026 **Streamlined AI recommendations and outreach controls** **Workspaces and AI evaluation** * The **Evaluation** tab is now **AI Recommendations** in the source sub-navigation. * **Submit for evaluation** is available from the bulk actions toolbar. **Outreach** * Organization administrators can configure whether sequences exclude work email domains for every user. ## April 2026 **SeekOut MCP, free trial, and hidden filters** **Workspaces** * Hidden filters remove profiles from results based on prior workspace activity, including shortlisted, exported, and Not a Fit profiles. You can configure the lookback period. * Marking a profile **Not a Fit** collapses the result and makes it available to exclusion filters. **Free trial** * A self-service free trial is available, including access to the Healthcare and Nursing talent pools. **SeekOut MCP v0.4.2** * Search Public, GitHub, Academic, Healthcare, Nursing, ATS, and Internal Talent sources separately or in one unified query. * Use 14 guided workflows for sourcing, outreach drafts, competitive intelligence, diversity insights, market analysis, and related recruiting tasks. * Create workspaces and save candidates from your MCP client. * Open every MCP search in the SeekOut web app through its generated results link. * Search ATS pipelines by stage, requisition, and status. **Talent pools** * The GitHub Talent Pool index was refreshed in March 2026. * The Nursing index was refreshed in March 2026. ## March 2026 **Workspace Express and smarter evaluation** **Workspaces** * Workspace Express turns a pasted or uploaded job description into editable search criteria and runs the search after you apply them. * Save a search as a custom Power Filter without leaving Workspaces. * Filter evaluated profiles by a score range on the Evaluate tab. * Receive email when workspace AI recommendations are ready or a teammate shares a workspace with you. **Talent pools** * The Expert Talent Pool and Nursing index were refreshed. ## February 2026 **Sam AI interviewing and expanded People Insights** **AI interviewing** * Sam AI Interviewing is integrated with Recruit for asynchronous, rubric-based candidate interviews and structured screening results. **Workspaces** * People Insights now supports GitHub, Expert, Healthcare, and Internal Talent searches in addition to Public Profiles. * **Remove from shortlist** is available in bulk actions. ## January 2026 **In-app homepage and activity feed** **Workspaces** * A new in-app homepage includes a live activity feed for updates and teammate actions across all workspaces. * Shared profile comments appear in Search Results and Shortlists, not only in the project where they were created. * Update candidate status in bulk for selected profiles or an entire shortlist. * Shortlist profile cards indicate when email is available and provide one-click copying. **People Insights** * Skills use a bar chart, while diversity and language distributions use percentage-based pie charts. **Integrations** * Workspaces can load a job description from an ATS. ## December 2025 **Workspace dashboard and notification center** * Redesigned workspace cards include color-coded participant icons, a table view for Outreach and ATS pipeline progress, and favorites. * The Notification Center lets each user enable or disable email by notification type. * Custom Campaigns support multiple outreach campaigns in one workspace for role variants, experience ranges, or follow-up sequences. ## November 2025 **Workspace improvements** **Profile flyouts** * Compact profile summaries across workspace views expand into flyouts with navigation, status controls, and keyboard shortcuts. **Additional improvements** * Search History shows workspace names. * AI query generation recognizes employer information. * The setup wizard retains copied searches. * Evaluations includes a **Shortlist all matches** banner. * Recommended Actions includes sharing guidance. * You can export profiles from the Evaluate step. **New features** * Saved searches display timestamps. * Organization administrators can manage activation emails. ## October 2025 **Workspace enhancements and search history** * Deleting a workspace requires confirmation. * Search History records workspace searches, exports, and contact requests. * Profiles from **Your ATS** can be exported back to the integrated ATS or CRM. * The Security Clearance Power Filter shows date ranges only for inferred clearance choices. ## September 2025 **People Insights, bulk evaluation, and custom sequences** **People Insights** * Open People Insights in Workspaces from the bar-chart icon. **Automatic bulk evaluation** * **Evaluate top matches** submits as many as 500 of the highest-ranking cross-channel profiles. **Outreach sequences** * **Create outreach with AI** can produce one sequence for everyone or a separate sequence for each candidate. * Sequences remain editable after they start. ## July and August 2025 **SeekOut Workspaces launch** **SeekOut Workspaces** * Workspaces introduces an AI-assisted, guided recruiting workflow. * Follow a staged sourcing flow, match people to a job description, evaluate with scorecards, assemble shortlists, and reconnect with candidates already in your ATS. **Data and filters** * The Nursing Talent Pool was refreshed. * More than 25 Power Filters were refreshed, including Insurance, Layoffs, Fortune 500, Semiconductor, SaaS, and HR Tech filters. ## June 2025 **Self-service usage reporting and outreach sharing** **Usage reporting** * Generate reports on demand, analyze usage by team or recruiter, apply flexible filters, and receive monthly reports by email. **Outreach sharing** * Share outreach sequence templates across the organization to keep team messaging consistent. ## May 2025 **Expanded templates and contact ranking** * Four default outreach sequence templates were added. * Contact ranking prioritizes a resume email address when it is the best available source. ## April 2025 **New Power Filters** Power Filters were added for: * Europe's 50 largest banks * The largest consulting companies * Companies with recent layoffs * Wealth management firms * Venture capital firms ## March 2025 **Power Filter logic and redesigned search** **Power Filter logic** * Combine Power Filters with either AND or OR logic. **Start Search redesign** * The updated page includes a larger expandable search box, clearer talent sub-pool access, and improved saved searches. * This release also includes performance improvements and bug fixes. ## February 2025 **Introducing SeekOut Spot** * SeekOut Spot combines agentic AI with expert recruiters. * It creates a What Good Looks Like rubric from a job description and a 30-minute intake. * Expert recruiters validate AI matches and deliver a curated slate of 5–10 qualified candidates in one to two weeks. * The workflow can reduce sourcing time from about 30 days to three days. ## December 2024 **Candidate selection improvements** * SeekOut warns you before leaving a page when candidates are still selected, helping prevent an accidental loss of the selection. ## November 2024 **Campaign statistics dashboard redesign** * The campaign dashboard has more focused filters, clearer metrics, engagement indicators, and a consolidated view of campaign performance. ## October 2024 **Candidate outreach and applicant review** **Candidate outreach campaigns** * A new campaign-start flow, template management, and a simplified email editor make outreach setup more direct. **Applicant Review** * Applicant Review indicates referrals, detects multiple applications, and displays custom application questions. **Power Filters** * New Power Filters cover data centers, health systems, and power plants. ## September 2024 **Cross-channel search and internal mobility** * Cross-channel Search queries multiple talent pools at once. * ATS integration helps teams rediscover silver-medalist candidates. * Organizations with an HRIS integration can use Internal Mobility. ## July 2024 **Outreach dashboard updates** * One dashboard brings campaign statistics together. * Separate global and local settings control campaigns. * Add prospects to different projects from the outreach workflow. ## April 9, 2024 **SeekOut Assist conversational search** * SeekOut Assist accepts natural-language searches in Smart Match mode. * A streamlined search landing page supports several input methods. * This release also includes bug fixes. ## March 12, 2024 **Team administration updates** * Filter team members by license type. * Find users by name or email. * Filter a usage report before downloading it. ## November 10, 2023 **Contact retrieval and Activity Center** * Continue working while SeekOut retrieves contact information. * A new Activity Center and History page track requests. * Requests for more than 10 profiles can trigger an email notification. ## August 8, 2023 **SeekOut Assist and Pipeline Insights general availability** **SeekOut Assist** * SeekOut Assist is generally available for turning a job description into qualified candidates and generating personalized outreach at scale. **Pipeline Insights** * Pipeline Insights is generally available with manager, recruiter, and funnel views. ## July 26, 2023 **Healthcare minimize filter and Nursing pool** * Healthcare searches include a Minimize Filter. * The Nursing pool was consolidated. Use License Type in place of the removed Current Title and Nurse Title filters. ## June 27, 2023 **Smart Match filter customization** * Add, reorder, or remove Smart Match filters, with preferences retained between sessions. * Smart Match replaces AI Matching in the left navigation. ## June 13, 2023 **Minimize Candidates filter** * **Minimize candidates I've seen** now checks every project in the organization. * This release included advance notice of AI Matching's removal. ## May 31, 2023 **Insights and project permissions** * Labels now distinguish People Insights from talent-market insights. * Project editors can upload profiles. ## May 16, 2023 **Smart Match drag-and-drop and project updates** * Drag skills between required and preferred sections in Smart Match. * Project users can select all or minimized profiles for a bulk action. * Healthcare talent-pool names and banners were updated. * This release reiterated the planned removal of AI Matching. ## May 2, 2023 **Contact information and location filters** * A status dialog shows progress for contact-information requests. * Location filters support quick additions. * This release reiterated the planned removal of AI Matching. ## April 4, 2023 **Smart Match advanced OR statements** * Link related skills to create advanced OR statements in Smart Match. ## March 7, 2023 **Healthcare NPI profile cards** * NPI profile cards display office phone numbers, addresses, certifications, and licenses. * Awards are highlighted for visibility. ## February 7, 2023 **Smart Match and combined Healthcare pool** **Smart Match** * Smart Match introduces an approachable alternative to Boolean search. **Healthcare Talent Pool** * A combined pool covers Nursing, providers with NPI records, and 14 million other healthcare profiles. * Nursing supports custom Power Filters. * SmartRecruiters Applicant Review links directly to the ATS and searches all hiring stages. ## January 10, 2023 **Applicant Review redesign** * Edit job criteria and review applicants on the same page. ## December 20, 2022 **New Power Filters, including Y Combinator** * A Power Filter for Y Combinator companies was added alongside other new filters. ## December 6, 2022 **Navigation and action bar refresh** * Customize which talent pools appear in the top navigation. * The action bar and Power Filters were refreshed. * Insights includes Previous Company and Previous Title charts. * **Inbound Talent** was renamed **Applicant Review**. ## November 1, 2022 **SeekOut for Healthcare launch** * SeekOut for Healthcare launched with more than 14 million licensed nursing and healthcare-professional profiles. * Search the Nursing pool with advanced filters, run email and USPS-mail campaigns, and retrieve current contact information. ## October 26, 2022 **Diversity labels and interface updates** * The **Female** diversity label was changed to **Women**. * Company Size supports organizations with up to 20,000 employees. * The account menu moved, and the search field was removed from the top navigation. ## September 27, 2022 **Project improvements** * Project hover details identify the user and date. * Search the project table. * Rename or delete saved searches. ## September 7, 2022 **Experience filter and navigation** * Years of Experience uses a dropdown and includes a 20+ years option. * The left navigation was updated. * Search for projects in selection lists and filter by the user who added a profile. ## August 23, 2022 **Smart Search highlights and filter redesign** * Smart Search Highlights distinguishes exact matches in green from related matches in blue. * The filter action bar was redesigned, and the Minimize Filter gained more options. * Messaging campaigns now require confirmation before launch. ## August 9, 2022 **Project table sorting and filtering** * Sort and filter the project table. * Project and campaign visibility is available across all product tiers. ## July 26, 2022 **Inbound Talent launch** * Inbound Talent launched with ATS-integrated search for applicant review. ## July 13, 2022 **Project action bar and Healthcare pool** * The Project action bar supports sorting. * The Healthcare Talent Pool launched. ## June 28, 2022 **Greenhouse prospect-pool export** * Export prospects to Greenhouse pools through the Ingestion and Harvest APIs. ## June 14, 2022 **Time zone filter and Power Filter updates** * Filter U.S. candidates by time zone. * Power Filters were updated for clearances, layoffs, Fortune 500 companies, and work authorization. * This release includes a new left navigation and improved selection controls. ## May 24, 2022 **Export order preservation** * Candidate exports retain the ordering shown in SeekOut. ## May 10, 2022 **Machine-learning email ranking and Greenhouse CRM** * Machine-learning ranking selects the best email address. * Projects show owner information. * Greenhouse CRM exports can target a prospect pool or a job. * Internal Talent supports Experience and Education filters. ## April 26, 2022 **Experience filters and email reporting** * Experience filters can exclude past roles and use a consistent three-way toggle. * Report incorrect email addresses. * Keyword inputs preserve line breaks. ## April 12, 2022 **Filter favoriting** * Favorite Power Filters and find them in a dedicated favorites section. ## March 29, 2022 **Experience and Education Super Filters** * Experience Super Filters combine company, title, and years. * Education Super Filters combine school, degree, and major. ## March 1, 2022 **GitHub refresh and bulk PDF exports** * The GitHub index added 10 million profiles, a 34% increase, and included 80% more women. * Expert data was refreshed. * Export profiles to PDF in bulk. * Use **Save as** for Insights reports. ## February 15, 2022 **Bias Reducer company-name redaction** * Bias Reducer can redact company names. ## February 1, 2022 **Clear Filter and export updates** * Clear the active filter set with one action. * Candidate export behavior was updated. ## January 18, 2022 **Cross-team project and campaign visibility** * Enterprise teams can view projects and campaigns across teams. ## September 16, 2021 **SOC 2 Type 2 compliance** * SeekOut achieved SOC 2 Type 2 compliance across security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality, and privacy criteria. ## May 3, 2021 **Multi-channel messaging sequences** * Outreach sequences can combine email, phone, and LinkedIn steps. * Control message timing and edit or preview messages for each candidate. * Templates were redesigned, and sequence setup was simplified. ## February 17, 2021 **Profile expansion** * SeekOut added more than 140 million profiles: 128 million public profiles, 4 million GitHub profiles, and 7 million expert profiles. * The expansion included 20% more Black or African American candidates, 38% more women, and 58% more candidates with security clearances. * An Expert Prominence filter was added. * A combined North America search was introduced. ## December 15, 2020 **Dark mode, diversity filters, and more** * Dark mode and AND/OR diversity filters were added. * Bias-reduction controls and administration were simplified. * New Power Filters focused on startups. * Messaging gained scheduled sending and file attachments. * Taleo ATS Rediscovery and several other ATS and CRM integrations were added. * SeekOut's index reached 446 million candidates. ## September 13, 2020 **Efficiency and AI updates** **Efficiency** * The product adopted the Rubik font, revised its left navigation, unified search, displayed salary information, and improved search speed. **AI** * AI Matching was streamlined, Candidate Cloning was added, and enrichment became available in bulk. **Experience** * A new dashboard, redesigned Power Filters, and customizable filters refreshed the experience. ## August 21, 2020 **Diversity sourcing and Blind Hiring Mode** * The Black or African American filter returned twice as many results, and an Asian filter was added. * Diversity filters became more widely available and more accurate, with up to five times more candidates than comparable tools. * Blind Hiring Mode was introduced. ## July 8, 2020 **Clearance filters and Expert Search** * Enhanced Clearance Filters became generally available. * Expert Search added 8.3 million profiles to reach 85.1 million. * Contact data expanded to 100 million U.S. email addresses, 52 million Mexican phone numbers, 30 million international phone numbers, 27 million international email addresses, and 90 million social profiles. * A refreshed interface became available for preview. ## June 25, 2020 **Enhanced Clearance Filters** * Enhanced Clearance Filters returned five times more results across 12 precise clearance levels. * Explainable AI supported 1.9 million candidates with security clearances. ## May 21, 2020 **Referrals, layoffs filter, and platform expansion** * Referrals and a Companies with Recent Layoffs filter were added. * The candidate index reached 434 million profiles. * GitHub Discussions became searchable, and Expert Search expanded into social sciences and economics. * Contact credits could be pooled at 5,000 per month. * Team administration, SmartRecruiters and Beamery ATS integrations, email playbooks, and Send on Behalf were introduced. ## February 10, 2020 **Chrome extension redesign** * The Chrome extension was redesigned with GitHub and LinkedIn integration. * Administration and GitHub email-matching were improved. ## November 4, 2019 **Contact information and AI email personalization** * Profiles gained personal email addresses, mobile phone numbers, and social links. * AI-assisted outreach added personalized email, recommended send times, and multi-step campaigns. ## September 23, 2019 **Unified Profiles and ATS Rediscovery** * Unified Profiles combined candidate information across sources. * The More Likely to Move filter, Excel export for Insights, personalized GitHub outreach, ATS Rediscovery, and referrals were added. ## August 22, 2019 **Unified Profiles deep dive** * Unified Profiles combined GitHub activity, papers, and patents. In the published Nashville iOS example, the approach surfaced more than 160 additional candidates. ## July 19, 2019 **Custom Blind Hiring Mode** * Custom Blind Hiring Mode expanded bias-reduction controls, including profile-picture handling. ## July 17, 2019 **Global expansion** * SeekOut expanded to 423 million candidates worldwide and added a region selector. ## June 10, 2019 **SeekOut Robot** * SeekOut Robot generated searches from job descriptions, supported Boolean queries, and learned from feedback. ## February 22, 2018 **GitHub Search launch** * GitHub Search launched with 21 million developer profiles. * Coder Scores, complete profiles, a familiar search experience, faster interview discovery, and higher response rates supported technical recruiting. ## January 30, 2018 **Sourcing Assistant Chrome extension** * The free Sourcing Assistant Chrome extension helped recruiters source, organize, and export candidates. * It included verified email addresses and AI recommendations. ## January 9, 2018 **People Insights launch** * People Insights launched with data covering more than 100 million U.S. professionals. * The feature helped recruiting teams advise on talent strategy, find candidates faster, and compare talent markets.