# Glare v1.0 Release Notes! 🎉 **URL:** \ **Category:** Announcements\ **Tags:** release-notes\ **Created:** [May 12, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.zurb.com/t/glare-v1-0-release-notes/706 "2026-05-12T16:30:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ben](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.zurb.com/ben/32/442_2.png) [@ben](https://forum.zurb.com/u/ben)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2026, 4:30pm UTC](https://forum.zurb.com/t/glare-v1-0-release-notes/706/1 "2026-05-12T16:30:06Z")
We did it crew- finally Glare v1.0 is here!!! Here’s our core list of updates from the v0.9.9.9.8 jump to v1.0: ### 1) We added new AI Prompt and AI Skill components To account for our new skills and prompts for Glare, we’ve created a few components to make them easy to view, understand, and make it easy to use and install skills. ![Audience Glare 2026-05-12 at 9.51.18 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/helio/original/2X/5/5c68ca622587da6afd421f269c0f7ffb16571a08.jpeg) ![Audience Glare 2026-05-12 at 9.52.51 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/helio/original/2X/8/8c5d8accaa2d5f25638cb2779a1e15d85559211d.jpeg) ### 2) We Improved The UI Significantly We were super excited to move in this direction. Now the content is: - Easier to parse with better content size and spacing - Left sidenav is better structured, making it easier to parse - Right sidenav provides a table of contents and linked sections/actions to easily gravitate to Here’s the before and after: ![UX metrics Glare 2026-05-12 at 9.49.29 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/helio/original/2X/9/947d640b13415cc0edbbf445503b0951ce34eb5e.jpeg) ![UX Metrics Glare 2026-05-12 at 9.29.34 AM](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/helio/original/2X/6/61fb1fb5ef33d88ff0fe53b739f52f9d76f50221.jpeg) ### 3) Restructured Documentation All of the documentation now lives under `/docs`, which helps us organize the Glare world ([check it out here](https://glare.zurb.com/docs)). We’ve also added a few new top layer sections: - [UX Metrics](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/ux-metrics) are now top level - it contains all of the information about how they work within Glare - [Design Signal](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/design-signal) is a new top level piece of documentation - Breaks down how design signals work! - [AI Skills](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/ai-skills) are new and top level - It briefs people on our latest skills that have been created - [Decision Map](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/decision-map) is new, containing our Define, Measure, Focus, Lead documentation that previously existed as it’s own section - [Design Review](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/design-review) is new - highlighting a way to review your design work - [Design Assessment](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/design-assessment) is new - helping people break down their organizational problems We’ve also added the skills to GitHub so that people can easily access them: > **[GitHub - zurb/glare-skills: Skills to operationalize making product decisions...](https://github.com/zurb/glare-skills)** > > Skills to operationalize making product decisions based on Glare's decision framework Of course, there’s a ton more that you can read here as it goes more in-depth with what has changed over the last few months: [https://glare.zurb.com/release-notes/v1-0](https://glare.zurb.com/release-notes/v1-0) ---
**Author:** ![Bryan](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.zurb.com/bryan/32/448_2.png) [@Bryan](https://forum.zurb.com/u/Bryan)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.zurb.com/t/glare-v1-0-release-notes/706/2 "2026-05-13T16:02:02Z")
I’m super pumped about the Skills Ben. Using them with the Decision Map, it helps you guide the work with better questions and use of data. We’re still in version 1, but the results have been incredible. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/helio/original/2X/0/0c24184c6f81e0479b9ce8ca683f4113b1e95523.png) > **[Decision Map](https://glare.zurb.com/docs/decision-map)** > > Learn about Decision Map and how it can improve your UX strategy. Discover data-informed design methods and metrics for better user experiences. ---
**Author:** ![MoData](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forum.zurb.com/modata/32/1182_2.png) [@MoData](https://forum.zurb.com/u/MoData)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2026, 4:59pm UTC](https://forum.zurb.com/t/glare-v1-0-release-notes/706/3 "2026-05-14T16:59:34Z")
Thanks for the update Ben, excited for this launch! I’ve been using the AI skills every day since we cooked them up a few weeks ago 🙂