What's New

We ship fast and often. Here's everything that's landed recently — new features, improvements, and fixes to help you catalog, track, and enjoy your collection.

March 2026

New Feature

Subscription tiers with Clerk Billing

Free and Collector plans powered by Clerk Billing. Your tier dynamically syncs from your subscription status — no page refresh needed. Upgrade nudges appear inline wherever gated features live.

Improvement

Clerk authentication migration

Switched authentication from a custom provider to Clerk. Sign up, log in, and manage your account with a polished modal flow — including OAuth support for Google and GitHub.

Research & AI

"Research This" AI button

One-click deep research on any item in your collection. Four specialized AI agents — identifier, catalog, market, and provenance — analyze your piece and surface findings you can review and apply directly to your record.

New Feature

Edit history and field annotations

Every change to an item is now tracked with full diff history. AI research findings attach confidence badges to individual fields so you can see where data came from and how sure the system is.

New Feature

Maker linking and relationship discovery

Items are now linked to their makers. Multi-artist pieces split and match correctly, clickable maker chips navigate to maker profile pages, and the gallery filters by individual artist name.

New Feature

Market Pulse dashboard

See your total portfolio value and per-metal spot price changes right on the vault dashboard. A daily reason to open Luster and check how your stack is doing.

Improvement

Enrichment progress rings

Gallery cards now show a subtle SVG ring indicating how complete each item's record is. Hover to see it, click through to the enrichment checklist for specific suggestions on what to add next.

New Feature

Hand-pour first-class support

Dedicated fields for pour form, technique, finish, and artist signature. The form adapts when you select "Hand Pour" as the category — documenting poured pieces the way they deserve.

New Feature

Tracked sets with slot-based matching

Build and track sets — catalog runs, date sequences, artist series, or anything custom. Slot-based matching shows what you have and what you're still hunting for.

Community

Permanent LSTR codes

Every piece in your collection gets a unique LSTR code — a permanent, shareable link between the physical item and its full digital record. Share individual pieces or your entire showcase.

February 2026

Research & AI

AI research agents (CLI)

Four specialized research agents — identifier, catalog, market, and provenance — available as CLI tools for power users. Direct Anthropic API integration with tool-use loops, no SDK dependency.