---
title: "November 2026 — SpiffWorks Newsletter"
description: "Open access to our hosted MCP server, more reliable messaging in SpiffArena, faster Analytics, touchscreen support in the Visual Design Studio, and a move to quarterly updates."
source_url: https://spiff.works/newsletters/november-2026/
---

Newsletter

# November 2026

November 01, 2026

Our [hosted MCP server](https://mcp.spiff.works/mcp) is now open to everyone. Add it to your AI agent of choice and build BPMN diagrams together. Read more in [the documentation](https://spiff.works/docs/ed/mcp).

## The SpiffWorks MCP Server

- **Works with your agent.** Build BPMN processes with Claude, ChatGPT Desktop, and many others.
- **Works with the Visual Design Studio.** Enterprise customers can watch the AI's edits, run the diagram, and make their own changes as they go.
- **Knows your connectors.** Build your own connectors, and your AI will use them in your service tasks.
- **Records and tests.** Save recordings of your workflows and turn them into automated tests.
- **Debugs itself.** Run a workflow locally and feed the results back to your agent. It finds the problem and improves the diagram.
- **Keeps your data at home.** Everything runs locally. Your BPMN files never reach our servers, and we never connect to your systems.

The server can also use BPMN to guide a chat conversation.

## SpiffArena

- **Faster loading.** Sub-processes and call activities load on demand.
- **Reliable messages.** Incoming messages no longer deadlock, and message events work across parallel call activities.
- **Message reports.** Expired messages are tracked with their TTL and cause of failure. Filter on them to find problems fast.
- **Message validation.** JSON Schema checks catch malformed data before it reaches a waiting process.
- **Clear replies.** A message sent to a finished callback gets a polite note that the process has moved on.
- **Easier message authoring.** Defining messages in Arena and bpmn-js-spiffworkflow takes fewer steps.
- **Missing models.** Terminate a process even when its model is gone.
- **Localization.** European number and date formats display correctly.
- **Cleaner logs.** Production logs carry less noise and are easier to search.

## Analytics

- **Faster queries** for common requests.
- **Correct counts** when you drill into call activities and task lists.
- **Larger exports.** Compression, size limits, longer timeouts, and a loading indicator.
- **New filter** for instances by termination status.
- **Automated accessibility tests** for the Analytics interface.
- **Cleaner layout** and simpler navigation.

## Visual Design Studio

- **Touchscreen support.** View, run, and edit diagrams from a tablet.
- **Message authoring.** Message definitions, correlation keys, and task references are easier to manage.
- **Jump Here.** Return to an earlier step in a running process.
- **Side panel.** Clear icons make navigation quicker.
- **Nested call activities** work more smoothly.
- **Stable tests.** In-browser tests are timed and stopped before they run away.

## File Store

Import nested process groups, child process groups, and individual models.

## Security

- Reviewed and updated certifications across services.
- Updated dependencies.
- Hardened file upload links.
- Limited the process instance details available through the API.

## Moving to Quarterly Updates

Over the next few months we will focus on consulting, so we will have fewer features to announce. This newsletter will now arrive once a quarter. Reach out if you need support with the library or want to build a new BPMN project with us.

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