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What and why?

This PR enables a temporary preview of the 26.05 release notes and refreshes our source from the validmind-library repo.

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Review the release notes content for accuracy and completeness.

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Points to nrichers/sc-15927/release-notes-for-26-05 branch in release-notes repo.
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PR Summary

This PR introduces multiple enhancements focused on enabling qualitative text generation as well as refining documentation and release page components. The key changes include:

• Addition of a new section titled Qualitative text in the developer sidebar and feature overview, along with grid layout configurations to display content from notebooks. This supports programmatically generating qualitative documentation rather than relying solely on manual entry.

• A new notebook under site/notebooks/how_to/qualitative_text/qualitative_text_generation.ipynb has been added. This notebook details the usage of the ValidMind library’s text generation functionalities, covering single block generation, prompt customization, context selection, appending new blocks, and batch processing through a configuration-driven workflow.

• Minor updates to existing notebooks are implemented. In the agent notebook, additional parameters (max_eval_rows and max_response_chars) are passed to adjust the evaluation bounds when testing the banking agent responses. Meanwhile, installation commands in the LLM and RAG benchmark demos now constrain the version of the qdrant-client dependency to below 1.10, ensuring compatibility and stability.

• Updates to the releases pages are included with the addition of a new release file for 2025 and relevant adjustments in the sidebar and metadata files. The new releases layout organizes past release notes and includes callout instructions, ensuring that the release information is more accessible and properly structured.

Test Suggestions

  • Verify that the new 'Qualitative text' section appears in the sidebar and feature overview as configured, and that it correctly lists the intended notebooks based on the updated YAML configuration.
  • Run the new qualitative text generation notebook to ensure that the functions (e.g., vm.run_text_generation and vm.generate_documentation_text) behave as expected, including prompt customization and context passing.
  • Test the agent notebook to confirm that the additional parameters for evaluation (max_eval_rows and max_response_chars) are properly passed to the RAGAS function and that the outputs remain within expected limits.
  • Install dependencies using the revised pip command in the NLP/LLM notebooks to confirm that the version constraint for qdrant-client is enforced and that there are no compatibility issues.
  • Navigate through the updated release pages to ensure that the new 2025 release notes are displayed correctly in the grid layout and that the filtering functionality works as intended.

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* Edit: Managing your organization > Manage document defaults (#1268)

* docs: Settings redesign / overhaul (#1266)

* Managing your organization + Manage business units

* Set up your organization

* Save point

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* Update: Manage platform notifications > Customize email notifications

* Cleanup: Integrations examples

* Edit: Manage groups

* proofread

* proofread x2

* proofread x3

* Edit

* Edit: Manage roles

* proofread

* proofread x2

* Edited: Manage model stakeholder types

* Proofread: Admin quickstart + related includes

* Proofread: Manage users

* Proofread: Manage roles

* Proofread: Manage model stakeholder types

* Proofread: Manage permissions

* Proofread: Workflow states

* Proofread: Manage model stages

* Proofread: Configure workflows

* Proofread: Manage model inventory fields

* Proofread: Manage document types

* Proofread: Manage artifact types

* Save point

* Proofread: Manage artifact severities

* Proofread: Manage artifact fields

* UI adjustments

Made-with: Cursor

* Edit

* Edit 2

* Fixing some weird footnotes

* Edit

* Edit

* Not sure why settings file was included

* docs: Edit active workflow end dates (#1270)

* WIP

* Edit: Manage workflows > Update active workflows

* docs: add HTTP proxy guide for ValidMind Library

- New page covering proxy env vars and troubleshooting
- Link from ValidMind Library sidebar

* Edits

* docs: View, sort, and filter workflows (#1273)

* Edit

* wip

* Edit: Workflow step types

* Edit: Confitional requirements

* Glossary fix

* Fixing About library & platform page

* Fixing a broken breadcrumb

* Edit: Configure workflows

* proofread

* Setting up workflows: +View, sort, and filter workflows

* Proofread

* Edit: John's suggestions

* Address review comments from Spencer

* Edit

* Final edits

* Start attestations FAQ & explain attestation visibility before period starts

* docs(attestation): tighten callout wording for sidebar visibility

* Add new export option, fix smallercaps placement

* Webhook secrets updates (#1282)

* Initial draft with edits

* Edits after testing

* Fix render warnings

* docs: Document Checker expansion & Guides update (#1284)

* sidebar shuffle

* Renaming document checker guide

* wip edit: Customize document checker

* Save point

* Save point

* Unhiding generate assessment from PDF

* Rename: Check documents for compliance

* Edit

* Edit: Check documents for compliance

* Adding check documents for compliance to validation

* Admin training edit

* Screenshot rename or update

* Validation training — + Document Checker

* Proofreading

* Fixing the cookie issue for the external previews

* Edit

* Shuffling wip

* guides landing reshuffle

* Save point

* Testing...

* More testing

* more

* Save point

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* Edit

* Edit

* Tweak

* Editing extension README

* Edit

* Edit

* Forgot the footer links, standarizing breadcrumb casing

* Kam's suggestions

* Oops, accidentally committed Cursor plans

* docs: Enabling org-wide track changes disables AI-content drafts (#1288)

* Edited: Managing your organization

* Edited: Work with content blocks

* Edit 1

* Edit 2

* Edit: Manage text block library

* Proofread

* docs: Export document checker results (#1290)

* Edit: Check documents for compliance

* proofread

* documentation: Save drafts for workflow user action submissions (#1291)

* Edit: Transitition workflows

* Proofreading

* Update as per JAM's comments

* docs: Workflow draft state (#1293)

* Setup for workflow drafts

* WIP: Publishing workflows

* Save point

* Training WIP

* Edited: Using ValidMind for Model Risk Management

* Edited: Setting up workflows

* Updated: Filtering workflows

* Edits as per Luis's suggestion

* docs: Models > records docs update phase 1 (#1287)

* model-inventory directory > inventory

* Renaming files in inventory/

* Patching footer, oops

Made-with: Cursor

* Renaming more files in inventory/

* inventory/_embeds edit

* Model Inventory > Inventory; Model Activity > Activity; anchor link

* Edit: inventory/ pt1

Made-with: Cursor

* Setup for Manage inventory record types

* Edit: inventory/pt2

Made-with: Cursor

* Rename: Manage model stakeholder types > Manage record stakeholder types

* Editing: Manage record stakeholder types

* Save point

* Save point

* Edited: Manage record stakeholder types

* Cleanup...

* Edit: Work with filters

* Proofreading

* Proofread: Old inventory/ guides

* Proofread: Administrator Fundamentals training

* WIP

* WIP: Manage inventory record types > Add record types

* Manage inventory record types draft

* Save point

* Editing Administrator Fundamentals training

* Admin training WIP edit

* +Record types to admin training

* Copyright headers

* Changing installation ref branch, remove after

* missed some anchor links

* one more

* Update .github/workflows/validate-docs-site.yaml

* Fixing borked links

* oops, missed one

* docs: Add public "Using the documentation" hub page (#1300)

* docs: Add public "Using the documentation" hub page

Add a site map and section intent page to help users navigate the
documentation and to provide structured content for RAG retrieval.
The page covers all major documentation sections with intent descriptions
and typical tasks.

Closes sc-15631

* Move using-the-documentation to Contributing section

- Move file from about/ to about/contributing/
- Update _quarto.yml navigation to place under Contributing

* Add links to section headers and update table links

- Make section headers link to their landing pages
- Update Guides table to link to guides.qmd anchors instead of individual pages
- Fix table formatting (remove double pipes)

* Fix anchor links to match actual guides.html structure

- #inventory → #model-inventory (matches actual section name)
- #integrations → direct link to managing-integrations.qmd (no section on guides page)
- #documents-templates → direct link to working-with-model-documents.qmd (no section)
- Rename "Inventory" to "Model inventory" for consistency

* Revert label to 'Inventory' (current terminology)

* Add validmind-chatbot.png to In-product help section

* Add AGENTS.md to guide AI agents to documentation hub

Points agents to the "Using the documentation" page as the starting
point for understanding the docs structure and navigation.

* Add chatbot capabilities reference to AGENTS.md

* docs: Address review feedback for documentation hub page

- Fix broken anchor #model-inventory → #inventory in guides table
- Add chatbot screenshot for in-product help section
- Convert AGENTS.md links to absolute HTTPS URLs
- Move using-the-documentation.qmd to end of About sidebar

* docs: Add unlisted chatbot capabilities page (Phase 1-2) (#1298)

* docs: Add unlisted chatbot capabilities page (Phase 1-3)

Adds an unlisted documentation page describing what the in-app assistant
can and cannot do across product phases. Includes clear boundaries,
limitations, and distinction from MCP integration.

Resolves sc-15632

* fix: Update chatbot capabilities to reflect Phase 2 as current

- Remove phase-based structure since Phase 2 is now the current state
- Document context-aware capabilities as current (understands location, permission-aware)
- Keep action execution as a future capability (Phase 3)
- Simplify structure to Current / Future / Limitations
- Update comparison table to reflect context awareness

* Remove Future capabilities section

* Use 'refer to' instead of 'see'

* docs: Add live query scope limitation to chatbot capabilities

Clarifies that live queries currently support model inventory and
artifacts only — workflows, analytics, and other areas are not yet
available.

* fix: Use search: false instead of listing: false

* docs: Add autogenerate validation issues documentation (#1304)

* docs: Add autogenerate validation issues documentation

Document the AI-powered feature that suggests validation issues based on risk assessment notes during compliance assessment. Validators can review, approve, or dismiss AI-generated suggestions.

[sc-15712]

* Simplify navigation: click Validation link directly

* docs: Add public "Using the documentation" hub page (#1300)

* docs: Add public "Using the documentation" hub page

Add a site map and section intent page to help users navigate the
documentation and to provide structured content for RAG retrieval.
The page covers all major documentation sections with intent descriptions
and typical tasks.

Closes sc-15631

* Move using-the-documentation to Contributing section

- Move file from about/ to about/contributing/
- Update _quarto.yml navigation to place under Contributing

* Add links to section headers and update table links

- Make section headers link to their landing pages
- Update Guides table to link to guides.qmd anchors instead of individual pages
- Fix table formatting (remove double pipes)

* Fix anchor links to match actual guides.html structure

- #inventory → #model-inventory (matches actual section name)
- #integrations → direct link to managing-integrations.qmd (no section on guides page)
- #documents-templates → direct link to working-with-model-documents.qmd (no section)
- Rename "Inventory" to "Model inventory" for consistency

* Revert label to 'Inventory' (current terminology)

* Add validmind-chatbot.png to In-product help section

* Add AGENTS.md to guide AI agents to documentation hub

Points agents to the "Using the documentation" page as the starting
point for understanding the docs structure and navigation.

* Add chatbot capabilities reference to AGENTS.md

* docs: Address review feedback for documentation hub page

- Fix broken anchor #model-inventory → #inventory in guides table
- Add chatbot screenshot for in-product help section
- Convert AGENTS.md links to absolute HTTPS URLs
- Move using-the-documentation.qmd to end of About sidebar

* docs: Add Bedrock evaluation metrics integration documentation (#1303)

* docs: Add Bedrock evaluation metrics integration documentation

Document the new integration metrics feature for monitoring documents:
- Add "From Integration" tab flow for adding Bedrock Agent Evals
- Add global time selector section for monitoring documents
- Document connection detail page with metric sources
- Add metric sources management section for Bedrock connections

* Add health monitoring section from #1297 to simplify merging

* Add 'feature' and simplify monitoring navigation

* Update global time range section with correct terminology

- Rename "time selector" to "time range" to match UI
- Add clock icon reference
- List available options (All Time, relative presets, Custom range)
- Note that setting is only visible to the current user

* Fix integration metric configuration options

- Add both threshold (lower) and threshold (upper) fields
- Rename "time window" to "time range" to match UI
- Expand time range description with available options

* Use commas instead of em-dashes for parenthetical phrases

* docs: Address review feedback for Bedrock integration docs

- Update step 7 to describe Evaluators list instead of Bedrock Agent Evals
- Rename Metric Sources references to Monitoring to match UI tab name

* docs: Document Model Activity in Analytics Data Export (#1302)

* docs: Add Model Activity to analytics data export datasets

Add Model Activity as an available dataset option in Analytics Data
Export configuration. Model Activity exports audit events (comments,
workflow status changes, field updates) for compliance reporting and
audit trails.

Shortcut: sc-15291

* Add custom artifact types and inventory record types to export list

* Change colon to 'For example:'

* docs: Clarify Model Activity date filtering options

Change "date range filtering" to "30, 60, or 90-day window filtering"
to accurately reflect the fixed window picker in the UI.

* docs: add visibility into integrations health (#1297)

* docs: add visibility into integrations health

Add documentation for the new Connections dashboard that provides
visibility into integration health, including status indicators,
linked models, metric sources, and troubleshooting guidance.

[sc-15885]

* Fix: connections with issues show status indicator, not sorted to top

* Add example status indicator for sync errors

* Fix connection status labels and colors to match frontend

* Clarify Linked Models shows both VM records and external models

* Fix: describe linked models table with correct column names

* Use vm.product variable instead of hardcoded ValidMind

* docs: Remove inaccurate Recent activity bullet

The connection details page has Links and Monitoring tabs, not a
recent activity/sync history section. Sync errors appear as badges
on the row, not in a feed.

* Preview for 26.05 release notes + `make get-source` (#1305)

* Add temporary release-notes branch ref for 26.05 preview

Points to nrichers/sc-15927/release-notes-for-26-05 branch in release-notes repo.

* Run make get-source

* Give tables on all-releases page more room

* Move 2025 releases into their own section

* Experiment with excluding releases/ from search

* Remove branch ref

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