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Five weeks since the last update. Here's everything that shipped.

VDP, now self-serve

Billed accounts can start a VDP add-on free trial without talking to sales — claim it by email and watch the countdown in your sidebar. There's a free premium month promo running too. The new Vanta integration pushes your VDP reports into Vanta as compliance evidence, and a configurable public security portal (status, scope, draft preview) gives researchers a front door. On-call admins now get alerted when the whole VDP rotation is on holiday.

Hiring

• Calendly scheduling: connect Calendly, grant the scopes you want, and book interviews from Kit. A health & usage dashboard tracks each connection, with alerts when one degrades or hits a plan limit.
• Needs decision: team reviews that reach no consensus surface as needing a decision (also exposed to AI agents).
• Submission guards: stage advance is blocked when a required submission is missing; completed-without-submission is flagged.
• Unreject: bring a rejected candidate back, with a full audit trail and consent guards.
• Thin email applications are flagged and nudged, so candidates can fill the gaps themselves.
• Candidate emails rewritten to read like a human, with DKIM/SPF/DMARC for deliverability. Hiring Slack notifications are cleaner.

New tool: PDF Sanitizer

Upload a PDF, get a safe flattened copy back — processed in an isolated sidecar, with retention controls and an auto-delete countdown. Find it under Tools.

Outreach

The trial is now 30 days at $10/mo, up from 24 hours at $5/mo.

Platform

• Custom domain health monitoring with warning emails, plus clearer Cloudflare DNS errors during setup.
• Team Members consolidates the colleague directory — profiles, activity timelines, searchable from OmniSearch (⌘K), which now also covers custom domains, the talent pool, and 14 more nav items.
• Refined billing page and consistent "Learn more" help links across the app.

Major Features

• AI Chat Assistant — Ask questions about candidates, get summaries, and streamline your workflow with conversational AI built right into the platform.
• Webhooks — Connect Kit to your existing tools with real-time event notifications for applications, stage changes, and more.
• Data Export — Export your hiring data anytime in CSV format for reporting, compliance, or migration.
• Documentation Portal — Comprehensive guides and API docs available at /docs to help your team get the most out of Kit.
• Ideas Widget — Submit feature requests and vote on ideas directly from the app. Your feedback shapes our roadmap.
• OmniSearch — Find anything instantly with Cmd+K — candidates, job postings, settings, and more.

Hiring Enhancements

• GitHub Code Assignments — Automatically provision private repos from templates, track candidate progress, manage deadlines with extensions, and grant reviewer access.
• Video Interview Scheduling — Built-in interview stage with calendar integration and automated candidate notifications.
• Career Site Analytics — Track views, applications, and conversion rates for every job posting.
• LinkedIn Profile Prefill — Candidates can auto-fill applications with their LinkedIn profile data for a frictionless experience.

Integration Ecosystem

• Slack Notifications — Get real-time hiring updates in your team's Slack channels.
• Google Calendar Sync — Interview events automatically sync to your calendar.
• MCP Server — Connect Kit to AI assistants and custom tooling via the Model Context Protocol.

Platform Improvements

• Per-Seat Billing — Fair pricing that scales with your team size.
• Dark Mode — Full dark mode support across the entire application.
• Real-Time Updates — Live notifications and UI updates powered by ActionCable.