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What's New in Wrike - October 2026

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Wrike Documentation Team

Wrike Documentation Team

This month's edition is packed with updates! Highlights include smarter AI Agents, cross-project dependencies in Gantt Charts, Any/All support in Approvals, Quick Search in Table View, AI work intake via Wrike MCP, and more.

AI Agents - Active Locations, Visible Filters & More

Available on Business and higher plans 
AI Addendum: Must be signed by the account owner

Setting up AI Agents just got simpler and more reliable, helping you build agents that do exactly what you need.

What's new?

  • Appoint an agent right inside the settings form: A new Active locations section lets you add or remove the tasks, folders, and projects an agent runs on, directly in the settings, applied when you save. Open an existing agent to see and edit every location it's appointed to in one place. (Creating an agent with no location is still allowed, so it never blocks you.)

  • Filters now visible on every action: The Filters section now sits at the bottom of each expanded action card, always in view. Filter out items you don't want the agent to act on (like completed tasks) to narrow its scope and reduce monthly AI usage.

  • More ready-to-go ideas on the agents page: Two new tiles link straight to the AI Agent Build-Off and the AI Agents Library in the community, so you can grab proven use cases instead of starting from scratch.

Learn more about AI Agents in this Help Center article.

Gantt Charts - Programme & Portfolio Timelines with Cross-Project Dependencies 

Available on Pinnacle and higher plans

Cross-project dependencies and milestones on project bars are now available! You can build programme and portfolio timelines natively in Gantt, linking projects together and tracking them all on one timeline.

What's new?

  • Project dependencies: Link projects directly in Gantt or from the item view, just like task dependencies work today.
  • Milestones on project bars: Every milestone in a project shows right on its bar, so key dates across a whole programme are visible without opening each project.

  • Show milestones only: A new display setting (in the three-dot menu) hides project and task bars, leaving just the milestones and their dependency lines for a PERT network-style view. It's saved at the view level, so it carries over to snapshots and shared views.

  • Predecessor info and delays: Downstream projects now show which project caused a change and roughly how much delay it introduces, instead of a generic conflict flag.

  • Inbox notifications: Set up automations to get notified in your Wrike inbox when a direct predecessor project changes status - no manual checking needed.
  • Public API access: Project dependency data is now available via API for integrations and custom reporting.

📝 Note on rescheduling: Changing a parent project's dates prompts you to shift its sub-projects too - nothing reschedules automatically. Dependent projects stay put and show a conflict indicator with delay details instead.

Check out our Help Center articles on Programme & Portfolio Timelines and Project Dependencies, as well as the Community Post for full details.

Wrike Approvals - Any/All (AND/OR) Support

Available on Business and higher plans

Choose whether an approval requires sign-off from all designated approvers or just a single approver, giving your team greater flexibility and preventing approval bottlenecks.

What’s new?

  • Flexible Approval Types: Choose between All approvers required (default) or Any approver required when setting up an approval.
  • Supported Locations: Configure approval rules inside Work Item view, Request Forms, and Workflows.
  • Editable Settings: Update the approval condition logic on active, ongoing approvals at any time.
  • Mobile & Status Support: Mobile apps adhere to the new logic and close approvals as soon as a single decision is rendered under "Any" rules. Remaining approvers receive a clear "No Longer Required" status.

Read more in our Help Center article and Community post.

Table View - Quick Search 

Available on all plans

We are excited to announce Quick Search in Table View, designed to eliminate the pain of finding the right task in long lists.

What's new?

  • Comprehensive search scope: Searches across titles, descriptions, and fields so you can locate the right item no matter where the keyword lives.
  • Keyword highlighting: Highlights matching keywords in item names, making relevant results easy to spot at a glance.
  • Full-view coverage: Searches across the entire Table View, including items not yet loaded, so nothing slips through the cracks.

Read more about Quick Search in Table View in this Help Center article.

Dashboards -  Color Customization

Available on Pinnacle and Apex plans

Users with edit permissions can now customize dashboard colors to align with branding or personal preferences without affecting account-wide settings.

What’s new?
Click the new Design button in the dashboard toolbar to:

  • Custom Palettes: Build a custom color palette for that dashboard. Widgets apply your colors in order, followed by their shades, giving you direct control over how many shades each color uses.
  • Dashboard-Wide Application: Apply your custom colors across all widgets on the dashboard, including workflow statuses and custom fields, without changing any account-wide settings.
  • Reset Individual Widgets: Revert any single widget back to default colors via the widget's three-dot menu.
  • Precise Color Picker & Presets: Select colors using HEX codes or the eyedropper tool, and save custom colors as reusable presets.
  • Light & Dark Mode Preview: Preview your design in both light and dark mode before saving.

Who can use it:

  • Anyone with Editor or Full permissions on a dashboard can customize its design.
  • Space admins can customize dashboards located within their space.

Read more in our Community post and Help Center article.

Request Forms - Reorder & Move Follow-Up Questions 

Available on Business and higher plans

Managing follow-up questions in Request Forms just got easier. You can now organize follow-up questions more flexibly to improve form clarity and streamline the submission experience.

What’s new?

  • Reorder Within Sets: Move questions freely within a single set of follow-up questions.
  • Move Between Sets: Reassign follow-up questions across different question sets.
  • Nesting Flexibility: Move nested follow-up questions up to the primary level, or nest existing questions deeper into follow-up sequences.

Read more in our Help Center article.

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Activity Report -  Detailed Actor Type Information 

Available on Pinnacle and Apex plans

We’re introducing a deeper level of transparency to the Activity Report. Administrators can now see precisely how changes were made in Wrike - whether through the UI, Automation, Wrike AI Agents, API, or AI via MCP. These new details help admins better understand updates and maintain trust as humans and AI agents collaborate.

What’s new?

  • Actor Type Column: Identify the exact method of change across five distinct categories: UI, Automation, Wrike Agents, API, or MCP.
  • App Name & Client ID: View source application details directly within the report where applicable.
  • Actor Filtering: Filter Activity Reports by specific Actor Types to audit system events faster.

Check out this Help Center article for more details.

AI Work Intake via Wrike MCP - Request Forms and Blueprints 

Available on all plans (Wrike MCP Server, self-serve setup)

AI assistants connected to Wrike MCP can now transform unstructured requests into structured work directly within chat, turning natural language into actionable work items.

What's new?

  • Smart form discovery: AI assistants automatically identify the most relevant Request Form or Blueprint based on natural language prompts, emails, or notes - no manual searching required.
  • Conversational pre-filling: The AI reads the required template structure, pre-fills fields from the provided context, and gathers any missing details conversationally to ensure complete submissions.
  • Streamlined submission: Proposed details are presented for user confirmation before automatically submitting the Request Form or launching work from a Blueprint, keeping you in control.

Read the Community Post and MCP Documentation for more details.

Whiteboards - Native Direct Sharing and Access Improvements 

Available on Apex plans.

Collaborating on whiteboards is now smoother and faster with native direct sharing and location-independent boards directly within Wrike.

What’s new?

  • Native Share Button: Invite teammates directly from the Wrike interface without opening the Klaxoon UI or manually copying links into chat apps.
  • Instant Notifications: Invited collaborators receive direct Wrike Inbox notifications (and emails based on preferences) along with any custom note included by the sender.
  • Location-Independent Boards: Whiteboards no longer require a mandatory folder or project location in Wrike. Create standalone boards or unlink existing ones; owners and invited users retain full access.
  • Audit Log Tracking: Account admins receive complete visibility with all whiteboard sharing invitations recorded in the Audit Log.

Note: For restricted whiteboards, hover over the Share button tooltip to adjust access settings. For public boards, the UI provides a direct copyable link for external participants.

Read more in our Help Center article.

Whiteboards - Custom and Pre-Made Blocks 

Available on Apex plans and as a paid add-on for Business and Pinnacle plans

We're excited to announce that the Blocks feature is now live! Whiteboard creation is now faster, simpler, and more customized to your team's workflow.

What's new?

  • Create and reuse custom blocks: Build custom whiteboard elements and save them as reusable blocks to speed up future whiteboard creation across your workspace.
  • Access pre-made block collections: Choose from a wide variety of curated block collections to quickly structure, design, and organize new whiteboards without starting from a blank canvas.

Learn more about Whiteboards in this Help Center article.

Whiteboards - Shape and Connectors Radius Polish

Available on Apex plans and as a paid add-on for Business and Pinnacle plans

Shape and connector styling just got an upgrade! Diagrams now have a clearer, more professional baseline with rounded corners and smoother connectors.

What's new?

  • Adjustable corner radius: Adjust corner radius on supported shapes via a contextual slider, including multi-selection, for a consistent, polished look.
  • Right-angle connector radius: Right-angle connectors support radius at bends, and new connectors default to right-angle style for cleaner diagrams.
  • Improved connector labels: Connector labels use transparent backgrounds and show placeholders when empty, keeping your diagrams tidy.
  • Shape library panel: The shape library is now displayed in a panel for easier browsing and faster selection.
  • Refined defaults and pickers: Refined defaults and pickers for shape and connector appearance give you a better starting point every time.

Read more about Shapes on Whiteboard in this Help Center article.

Klaxoon MCP - Now on the Anthropic Marketplace

Available on Klaxoon accounts with access to the whiteboards

We've expanded our Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations. The Klaxoon MCP is now officially listed on the Anthropic Marketplace in addition to the OpenAI Marketplace. Manual installation remains available for all other supported environments.

Click here to read the Klaxoon MCP documentation.

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