9 June 2026

Smart Audiences: badge attained rule

Admins can now build Smart Audience rules based on badges users have earned. When adding a condition, select Badge Attained and choose a badge. Users are added when they earn the badge and removed if it is taken away. Membership updates within 24 hours. Rules can be combined with other condition types.

• Super Admins

• L&D Admins

No

Smart Audiences: flexible text matching

Admins can now use partial text matching when building rules based on text-based custom fields. When adding a condition, select a text-based custom field and choose Starts with, Ends with, or Contains, then enter a value. Membership updates continuously as user data changes. Rules can be combined with other condition types.

• Super Admins

• L&D Admins

No

Custom link widgets

Super Admins can now create custom link widgets – a title, URL, and image – and make them available to users through the widget marketplace. Go to Configure > Hub > Link Widgets > Add Link Widget to create one. Widgets are tenant-scoped and disabled by default. Users add them to their Hub via the standard Add Widget flow.

• Super Admins

• End Users

No

Tasks widget

A new Hub widget that surfaces a live summary of a user's tasks, showing task name, status, priority, due dates, and tags at a glance. Supports Jira at launch. Admins connect the tool in integration settings, then users authenticate their own account. One task provider can be connected per instance. Task connectors are a paid add-on – to enable one, or to request a connector not currently included in your Hub, speak to your Account Director.

• Super Admins

• End Users

Yes

Thrive MCP Server

The Thrive MCP Server is now generally available, moving out of beta. It connects your AI tools – including Claude, Microsoft Copilot, and Gemini Enterprise – to your Thrive platform, so admins can manage content, users, and skills, and learners can find courses and surface content, all through natural conversation. An administrator completes a one-time setup per tool; users then sign in with their own Thrive account.

• All Users

Yes

Endorsed content only

A new Endorsed content only toggle lets admins restrict Kiki to content carrying the Endorsed flag when generating responses. With it on, Kiki excludes any unendorsed Thrive content, even if relevant; trusted web and connector sources are unaffected. Find it in Configure > AI features > AI Assistant > Assistant settings > Endorsed content only. Off by default.

• Platform Admins

No

Combined sign-up control

Admins can now control whether users see the option to register as both Mentor and Mentee when joining a mentoring Space. Go to the Space settings and toggle Allow users to register as both Mentor and Mentee on or off. When off, users only see Mentor and Mentee as role options. The change takes effect immediately for new registrations. Existing dual-role members are unaffected.

• Space Admins

No

Coaching and Sponsorship programme types

Two new programme types are now available when configuring a Mentorship Programme block: Coaching and Sponsorship. Select the type from the Programme type dropdown in the block settings. Each type uses the same setup and matching flow as Mentoring, with role labels updated to reflect the programme – coaches and coachees for Coaching, sponsors and sponsees for Sponsorship.

• Space Admins

No

Chat

Chat is a new in-app direct messaging feature that lets users communicate with any Thrive user in their organisation without leaving the platform. Conversations persist across sessions, so users can pick up where they left off. Messages are tied to user profiles and are only visible to the participants involved. Messages can be deleted but not edited.

• All users

No