Jan v0.8.7: Shell Switch, Image Size Limit, Project Threads & Agent Subagents
Jan has released v0.8.7, adding a chat toggle for the shell tool, a separate image size setting and built-in subagents for the Jan agent. It also fixes threads leaving their project after a document attachment and removes the default hosted Exa MCP entry from existing installs.
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Jan v0.8.7, dated October 20, 2026, is a minor update to v0.8.6: it fixes reported bugs, adds two chat settings and improves the Jan agent and CLI. Settings and data carry over, but an MCP cleanup runs once on first launch.
A Shell switch in the chat tool menu turns off the shell tool and its instructions without affecting web search, fetch or MCP tools; it appears only when the shell can run sandboxed and the model supports tools. A separate Max Image Size setting is added (10 MB by default, 1 to 100 MB). The agent includes built-in explore, research, review and debug subagents, each able to use its own model. Fixes include threads staying in their project after a document is attached, Stop ending the whole turn, and requests to a local engine bypassing system proxies. Known issues include local models not running on Intel Macs.
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