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Open-source project management tool

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Plane pushes AI into pages and turns itself into a platform you can publish MCP apps from.

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◆Current state
Plane, the open-source project-management tool, is shipping a dense stream of features on two fronts: an in-product query language (PQL) that now runs across dashboards, widgets, and its AI chat, and AI authoring embedded directly into Pages. Underneath, it has been maturing the fundamentals — a redesigned roles-and-permissions system, Epics as a first-class work item type, and the ability to publish MCP applications from Plane itself.
◆Where it's heading
The arc is Plane becoming both an AI-native workspace and an extensible platform. PQL is turning it into a queryable data layer that the AI chat sits on top of, while MCP app publishing signals ambitions beyond a single tool toward being a substrate other agents and apps build on. Expect continued convergence of the AI, query, and pages surfaces, with enterprise-grade access control as the foundation.
◆Prediction
The next moves likely deepen the AI-plus-PQL loop — more natural-language querying and AI actions across work items and dashboards — and expand the MCP app ecosystem now that publishing is live.

◆Recent moves

  1. 9d ago

    Mermaid JS diagrams, PQL filters, and more | Jun 30, 2026

    Mermaid JS diagrams in pages, PQL filters on dashboard widgets, live PQL results inside Plane AI chat, and Confluence ZIP import — a strong feature drop that tightens the PQL-plus-AI data loop central to Plane's direction.

  2. 24d ago

    AI Block in Pages | Jun 15, 2026

    AI Block brings in-place AI writing, revision, and embedding to any Plane Page — extending the AI-native workspace push from chat into the documents themselves.

  3. 1mo ago

    Epics become a work item type, publish MCP apps, and more | May 31, 2026

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    Epics become a first-class work item type and Plane gains the ability to publish MCP applications — the clearest sign Plane is positioning itself as an extensible platform, not just a PM tool.

  4. 1mo ago

    Embed media in the editor, PQL in Dashboards, and more | May 15, 2026

    Media embeds, PQL in Dashboards, Gantt for Teamspace planning, customer requests on work items, and editing pages from Plane AI — a broad release that spreads PQL and AI across more of the product.

  5. 2mo ago

    Custom roles, granular access control, and a redesigned permissions system | Apr 25, 2026

    A redesigned roles-and-permissions system with a two-layer access model and per-resource overrides — foundational enterprise access-control work that underpins the platform ambitions.

  6. 2mo ago

    Custom roles, granular access control, and a redesigned permissions system | Apr 25, 2026

    A near-duplicate feed entry for the same April 25 custom-roles/permissions release already covered above — no additional signal.

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