What’s new.
Everything that’s shipped in Finch, newest first: the editor on your site, the Claude Code plugin and finchnotes.co.
November 2026
Signed in on your site straight after setup, and fonts per element
Plugin 0.3.13: /finch-install finishes by opening your Finch dashboard with the new site first, and Open and edit opens it with the editor already signed in. Sign-in hands back to Claude Code faster on Windows, and Claude Code no longer shows a sign-in error before Finch is set up. In the editor, any text can get its own typeface (any Google Fonts name), and /finch-apply now adds new fonts to the site so they show up live.
Easier setup in the desktop app and on Windows
Adding Finch is now one sentence you paste into Claude Code, which works in the desktop app as well as the terminal. Plugin 0.3.12 works on Windows when Python is called python or py instead of python3, checks it’s in your site’s real folder before setting up, and can set up and deploy sites that live only on Ample. The install steps also say that Claude Code needs a paid Claude plan.
Pages for agencies, Claude Code builders and teams, plus comparisons
New pages explain who Finch is for and how it compares with BugHerd, Marker.io, Pastel, Vercel comments, Webflow and Framer. The docs, FAQ, pricing and How it works pages share one header and footer, and Get started now opens the install steps right where you are.
Expired keys replace themselves
Plugin 0.3.10: if your computer’s Finch key has expired or been disconnected, /finch-install now replaces it with a new one instead of failing.
Security hardening
Computer keys expire after a year, the Finch server limits how fast any one key can call it, and every site checks the editor file it downloads against a fingerprint before running it. Saving a site’s address now asks the owner first.
Take Finch off a site with /finch-uninstall
Plugin 0.3.9: one command removes everything /finch-install added and commits the change. It can also delete the site from Finch and disconnect your computer.
Choose who sees Finch
Each site now has a setting: show Finch to everyone, or only to people who open your review link. Live sites can stay exactly as visitors expect while clients and teammates review them. The change reaches your site within minutes, with no redeploy.
Open and edit, with your avatar and Sign out
Open and edit in your sites takes you straight into editing on your live site, already signed in. The editor shows who you’re signed in as, with Sign out in the menu.
Try the real editor on the homepage
On a computer, Try it here on finchnotes.co now opens the actual Finch editor on a demo site, including a suggestion from a reviewer and a pretend apply.
Reorder, remove and edit across pages
Move items up and down within a list or stack, remove an element, and keep changes from several pages in one round. A Layers view shows where the selected element sits.
History in the editor
A History tab lists what has been applied to the site, next to Design and Changes.
/finch-install does the whole setup
It signs you in, connects your computer, turns on editing, sets up git if the project doesn’t have it, and deploys Ample apps. It asks only what to call the site.
The page reloads into the live version
After you press Apply changes, your edits stay on screen until the new build is live, then the page reloads into it. Undo and redo work with Cmd+Z and Cmd+Shift+Z.
Styles from your own page
The Styles panel reads your page’s colours, type and corners, so changes use the values your site already has. For image feedback, /finch-apply picks a fitting free photo itself.
Suggestions from anyone
People you share the site with can now make real edits and send them to you. Their suggestions show on your page in orange; accept them, adjust them, or decline.
Finch for Claude Code
Finch becomes a Claude Code plugin: one install brings /finch-install, /finch-apply and the connection to Finch.
Edit the page, then Apply
The first version of visual editing: change text, colours and spacing on the live page, press Apply, and Claude makes the changes on a branch, one commit per change.
May 2026
Comet becomes Finch
The project takes its new name, and feedback moves onto the page itself, pinned to the exact element.
April 2026
The first prototype
A small tool for leaving notes on prototypes, where it all started.
Ready to ship your next change?
Add the plugin to Claude Code and run /finch-install in your project. It takes about two minutes, and Finch is free while it’s in early access.
# needs a paid Claude plan (Pro or higher)> Add the Claude Code plugin finch@finch from the GitHub marketplace usefinch/notes (put it in my Claude Code settings if /plugin isn’t available here), then tell me how to load it and run /finch-install on this site.# or, in the terminal: /plugin marketplace add usefinch/notes# then /plugin install finch@finch# open a new session in your site’s folder> /finch-install# sign in with Google, choose who sees Finch✓ Finch is set up with editing on.# deploy your site the way you usually do# open it and click Edit, change anything, click Apply changes# then, in a new session:> /finch-apply✓ Your changes are live.