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Sketch ships its Dublin release on Mac and quietly stakes a claim in design-for-AI-agents.

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◆Current state
Sketch's recent run mixes long-requested Mac feature work (Dublin release: selection colors, independent borders, corner smoothing, color-variable eyedropper) with a clear bet on AI-driven design workflows (the Implement Design Skill for AI Agents, sharing reusable workflows from a public skills repo). Web work is concentrated on developer handoff. Document-sharing got a real upgrade with selective Previews and a first-party Slack integration. Several entries appear duplicated upstream.
◆Where it's heading
Two trajectories run in parallel. The Mac app stays opinionated and feature-deep — Dublin is a long-feature-requests release rather than a redesign — while the web app focuses on the collaboration and handoff loop where Figma is strongest. The Skills for AI Agents move is the most interesting because it positions Sketch as a target for agentic AI tools rather than a tool that uses AI internally.
◆Prediction
Expect another major Mac release later this year that builds on Dublin's design primitives, plus more AI-agent skill primitives so that tools like Cursor or Claude can manipulate Sketch documents through structured workflows. The web app will likely keep tightening developer handoff to compete on the Figma-vs-Sketch axis.

◆Recent moves

  1. 23d ago

    2026.1.2 dot release with Dublin fixes

    Dot release 2026.1.2 carries Dublin features plus minor improvements and bug fixes. Stabilization work on top of the Dublin baseline.

  2. 1mo ago

    2026.1.1 dot release with Dublin fixes

    Dot release 2026.1.1 with Dublin features and additional polish. Continues the post-Dublin stabilization cadence.

  3. 1mo ago

    Dublin (2026.1)

    Dublin (2026.1) is the first major Mac update of the year — selection colors, independent borders, corner smoothing, and an eyedropper that resolves color variables. Reads as a long-running feature-debt-paydown release rather than a directional move.

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  4. 1mo ago

    Dublin (2026.1)

    Duplicate ingest of the Dublin release entry.

  5. 2mo ago

    Web layer list and inspector improvements

    Web app gets layer-list and inspector improvements aimed at developer handoff. Continues the pattern of investing the web product in collaboration and engineering workflows rather than design authoring.

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  6. 2mo ago

    Web layer list and inspector improvements

    Duplicate ingest of the web layer-list and inspector improvements.