Articos

All notable changes to Articos are documented here v2 is a major platform rebuild introducing A/B testing research, and AI-powered persona interviews via Cloud Tasks, a structured report pipeline with charts and citations, deep persona generation, and a fully redesigned UI. The backend was migrated to Python across all primary Cloud Functions. New Research Type: A/B Testing ------------------------------- - New ab-test research type for comparing two variants (e.g., landing page A vs. B) - Variant preview section with live browsing animation during interview setup - A/B comparison sections in the report with side-by-side analysis - Screenshots of each variant proxied through Firebase Storage - Goal selection limited to a single goal per study - Auto-naming support for A/B test research AI Persona Interviews (Step 4) ------------------------------- - Persona interviews now triggered via Cloud Tasks (fully async) - Full interview status lifecycle: not-started > setting-up > in-progress > completed - Interview questions chained via previous_response_id for coherent multi-turn conversations - Research context and roleplay prompt injected into follow-up answers - Medium reasoning effort enabled for interview AI - View Transcript and Follow Up Question buttons on completed interview cards - Preparing the state shown on the interview card during the setup phase - Live browsing animation while AI interviews are running Structured Report Pipeline (Step 5) ------------------------------------- - Full structured report UI with charts, citations, and evidence drawers - Report sections written in parallel for faster generation - Pipeline resumes from the last completed stage on re-entry (no restart) - Progressive loading states with skeleton UI and auto-scroll - TOC sidebar with section navigation and ellipsis truncation on long titles - Expert critique sections with correct prompts per research type - A/B variant screenshots labelled as "Variant A" / "Variant B" in the report - Report download and share buttons with PDF export hook - Public report endpoint updated to serve structured pipeline reports - Section IDs sanitised for Firestore paths - Comparison matrix columns aligned when LLM includes label headers Deep Persona Generation (Step 2) ---------------------------------- - Progressive persona loading -- each profile updates independently as it completes - Geocoding and dynamic persona attributes (country flags, world map pins) - Archetype field rendered in persona card header - OCEAN personality scores normalised to a 1-100 scale- - Location and origin country rules added to the deep persona prompt - Global location diversity enforced (no US default) - Radar chart with secondary attribute dimensions from generate_relevancy_dimensions - Persona card bio tooltip showing full text - Edit persona modal hides AI refinement section when step is completed - Edit/delete buttons disabled on persona cards after step 2 is completed - Generation state persisted across step navigation Auto Study Type Detection (Step 1) ------------------------------------ - Research type (idea-validation, landing-page-feedback, ab-test) now auto-detected from conversation -- no upfront selector - inferredStage returned from backend and consumed by frontend - Conversation saving shifted from backend to frontend - Profile selection is disabled after step completion to prevent race conditions - Research names no longer include _study{n} suffix - Row-based roles UI replaces card grid on ProfileCard UI / Design System ------------------- - Full platform UI revamp (Step 1, Step 2, Step 3 redesigns) - Design tokens replace hardcoded colors and arbitrary spacing values - ActionTooltip component added and applied across the platform - Follow-up chat panel restyled to Articos warm gold/cream design system - Follow-up sidebar collapses on open - Accessibility: aria-label added to all icon-only buttons - Scatter chart uses dynamic domain; persona bio filter fixed [v0.2.8] and earlier ===================== Legacy releases prior to the v2 platform rebuild. See git history for details.

Initial release of Articos.