External Release Notes: AI Assistant (November 11, 2026)
New Features and Enhancements
Images Search and Readability for Agents and AI Assistant
As part of Egnyte's Context Layer, which automatically prepares content for AI, Egnyte now automatically generates descriptive captions for all newly uploaded images, capturing objects, scenes, and visible text as searchable metadata.
With AI Image Captioning, image content becomes easily searchable alongside documents, enabling AI Assistant and Agents to understand and reason over images. For example, a project team can ask the AI Assistant to find site photos that show steel rebar or heavy equipment, without anyone tagging the photos by hand. This also improves the accuracy of image search and AI-powered responses without requiring manual tagging. Captions appear in the Tags panel of the file preview, under Egnyte Document Tags.
The following files types of up to 64 MB are currently supported:
PNG
JPG / JPEG
TIF / TIFF
BMP
JPX
GIF
WEBP
HEIC
- The feature was previously made available to a limited number of customers and is now generally available to all the customers with the AI add-on. Contact the account manager or Egnyte Sales team for more information.
- Captions are generated automatically for newly uploaded images. Existing images are not captioned automatically. Users can generate a caption for an existing image by selecting the Auto tag in the Tags panel.
- Captions are generated shortly after upload and can take longer during periods of high upload volume.
Suggestion Chips as Read-to-use Prompts
AI Assistant now displays a row of suggestion chips below the composer, giving users a starting point for common tasks such as finding files, creating content, catching up on recent activity, personalizing responses, and organizing files. Selecting a chip displays a set of ready-to-use prompts that users can edit and send, making it easier to explore AI Assistant's capabilities and get started without having to write prompts from scratch.
For apps connected through AI Connectors, the corresponding app chips appear automatically with prompts tailored to the connected app. Users can use these prompts to retrieve information, find action items, prepare for meetings, and summarize conversations. This provides a more guided experience, helps users discover relevant capabilities, and makes it easier to work with information across Egnyte and connected apps.
Enhanced User Experience for Clarifying Questions
Egnyte now enables users to type their responses to clarification questions in AI tools, in addition to selecting from the available options. This allows users to provide specific inputs based on their requirements, helping AI tools generate more relevant and tailored responses without requiring additional prompts.
AI Agent Step Enhancements in Workflows
Workflows that use AI agents with MCP connectors now surface authorization requirements clearly, both at workflow creation and when the agent step is reached.
Additional Information and Resources
The current release contains a few improvements to existing functionality.
Minor UI Improvements
Minor performance, security, and stability improvements
Minor bug fixes
These changes will be available to all users by November 11, 2026.