We just fixed the biggest disconnect in the design process: the gap between the messy workshop where you create, and the clean room where you get approval.
After a six-month mission to completely rebuild our collaboration stack, the final piece is here. We have been desperate to ship this because it finally solves the “messy desk” problem.
If you are tired of apologising for a chaotic Figma canvas or chasing feedback across five different tools… this update is going to feel like a massive relief.
Highlights are below, but for the full technical breakdown, head over to the full changelog on Atarim Labs.
The New Graphic Feedback Tool
Figma and Illustrator are brilliant for creating. They are digital studios with sketches, half-finished ideas, and mood boards scattered everywhere. But inviting a client into that raw workspace for sign-off is a nightmare. It is like holding a serious business meeting in the middle of a noisy construction site. They get overwhelmed, they comment on the wrong things, and the “exploration” phase bleeds into the “approval” phase.
We built the new Graphic Feedback Tool to stop that bleeding.
This isn’t just for websites anymore. You can now pull in PDFs, PSDs, Illustrator files, and even DWG files for the architects among us. But the real shift happens with our brand new Figma plugin.
Instead of letting clients wander around your messy workshop, you use the plugin to curate the experience. You select exactly what needs approval (maybe just three specific frames) click a button, and in about a minute you have a clean, linear presentation in Atarim.
This separates “exploration” from “approval.” The client goes from top to bottom, approving or rejecting specific screens without getting lost in the noise.
Crucially, the problem of “which version is this?” is gone! In Figma, history is a blur of continuous changes. In Atarim, you now have clear Revision Rounds.
You can draw a line in the sand and tell your client, “This is Version 3,” so they know exactly what has changed since the last round. It turns a never-ending feedback loop into a straight line.
The “Get In, Get Out” Client Flow
The second big hurdle is login fatigue. If you force a busy stakeholder to create an account and set a password just to leave one comment on a PDF, they probably won’t do it. They will just send you a confusing email instead.
As Vito puts it, clients have a very specific mindset. They want to “get in, give feedback, and get out.”
The new Guest Flow is designed entirely around that behaviour. We have stripped away the walls. When you send a link, they land directly on the design. They can click and comment immediately.
We only ask for their name and email after they engage, and just once so they get notifications. We even added a 90-day memory cookie. If they come back next week to approve the next batch, we recognise them instantly. No passwords to forget, no friction, just approved work.
Squashing the Flow Breakers
This update also marks the completion of our collaboration stack rebuild. The platform is faster, cleaner, and fully up to 2026 standards. While we were under the hood, we also fixed a few specific bugs that were breaking your flow:
- The Scroll Trap: We fixed an issue where sites with custom scroll containers would break your mouse wheel in the sidebar. You can now scroll freely on complex sites without fighting the interface.
- The Disappearing Robot: Minimising the sidebar in the Chrome extension used to hide your AI comments. We fixed this so your AI teammate stays visible even when you are browsing.
- The Missing Exit: We found a project selection modal that was missing its “Close” button. You no longer have to refresh the browser just to dismiss it (sorry about that one).
What’s Coming Next?
Now that the foundation is solid, we are moving to the next phase. We are looking at using the structured data from these new graphic tools to build smarter AI agents that understand the context of your designs, plus deeper integrations with Jira and Asana to automate the handoff even further.
Time to tidy up your process.
Log in, install the new Figma plugin, and try a handoff today. It is the cleanest way to get from “draft” to “done.”
👉 [Go to Atarim Labs for the full notes and roadmap voting]
