During this week's engineering demo, our engineering team shared updates on several major improvements to Storytell, including the introduction of multi-tenant projects with advanced sharing capabilities, enhanced knowledge base artifact editing functionality, and numerous user interface improvements designed to streamline your workflow.

Projects bring collaboration to Storytell

The most significant update in this release is the introduction of Projects, a feature that transforms Storytell from a single-user platform into a collaborative workspace. Projects serve as containers for your data and enable true multi-tenancy, allowing you to share your work with teammates, clients, or collaborators outside your organization.

Andi demonstrated how projects work in practice. When you create a project, you can now invite others to collaborate using multiple methods. The system supports link-based invitations, where anyone with access to a specific link gains entry to the project, as well as individual email invitations for more controlled access.

The sharing system includes three distinct permission levels to ensure appropriate access control. Project owners have full administrative rights, collaborators can actively contribute and modify content, and readers have view-only access to project materials. This granular permission system means you can confidently share sensitive work while maintaining control over who can make changes.

For teams working on confidential projects, the email invitation system provides an additional layer of security compared to shareable links. Each invited user receives a personalized notification with a secure link to join the project, ensuring that access remains controlled and traceable.

Learn more about Projects here: Projects Overview

Enhanced artifact editing streamlines content workflows

Alex demonstrated significant improvements to the knowledge base artifact editor that address a longstanding workflow challenge. Previously, when Storytell generated content artifacts, users could only download them locally or share them as-is, with no way to refine the content and re-ingest it into the platform.

The new editing system introduces a comprehensive draft mode that allows you to modify generated content directly within Storytell. When you open an artifact for editing, you'll see new buttons including "Save to knowledge base" functionality and clear visual indicators when you're working with unsaved changes.

The draft system provides flexibility in your editing workflow. You can make extensive revisions to generated content, save your work as a draft to continue later, or revert to the original content if needed. Once you're satisfied with your edits, the "Save to knowledge base" function uploads the refined content as a new document, complete with automatic labeling to indicate it was generated through Storytell.

This improvement creates a more seamless content creation cycle. You can now generate initial content with Storytell, refine it to meet your specific needs, and then re-incorporate that polished content into your knowledge base for future reference or further AI interactions.

Interface improvements enhance daily usability

The engineering team implemented numerous interface refinements based on extensive user feedback, including insights from real-world usage sessions. These changes may seem small individually, but collectively they significantly improve the daily experience of using Storytell.

The platform now features a clearer switcher between assets and concepts views, helping users understand they can navigate between a graph view of ideas and themes versus a traditional file list of their knowledge base. This addresses common confusion about the different ways to explore and organize information within Storytell.

Filter functionality received a major usability upgrade. Instead of presenting users with unclear icons, the interface now displays "Add a filter" text alongside visual indicators, making the feature more discoverable. When you create filters, the interface shows your selected criteria clearly, reducing confusion about what's currently being filtered.

The label creation experience also saw significant improvements. Users can now click directly on label text rather than hunting for small, hard-to-see checkboxes. The new label creation interface includes a searchable icon library with expanded options and provides live preview functionality as you type label names and descriptions.

Additional refinements include enhanced concept detail views with improved visualization of related concepts, including zoom and fade effects that make it easier to understand connections between ideas. New project members now receive welcome messages with clear next steps, such as prompts to start their first chat, making onboarding more intuitive.

Looking ahead

These updates represent substantial progress in making Storytell more collaborative, user-friendly, and powerful for knowledge management workflows. The introduction of projects opens entirely new use cases for team collaboration, while the enhanced artifact editing creates a more complete content creation and refinement cycle.

The numerous interface improvements reflect our commitment to refining the user experience based on real feedback and usage patterns. As more users begin leveraging the collaborative features enabled by projects, we expect to see new patterns of usage that will inform future development priorities.

This release demonstrates Storytell's evolution from a personal AI assistant to a comprehensive knowledge management and collaboration platform, positioning it as an essential tool for teams working with complex information and AI-generated content.

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