Updates to Gather

We’re always improving Gather. See the latest features, refinements, and fixes.

Major release

Introducing the Gather 'Open Platform'

Your Gather data can now power more of your workflow. The Gather platform opens up new ways to connect your systems, build custom tools, and work with AI agents.

  • Public API. Extend Gather with custom integrations that connect your Gather data to your own systems.
  • MCP access. Connect AI agents in tools like ChatGPT, Claude, and others to access your Gather data and work with your other connected tools.
Improvement

Enhanced Clipper tool sign-in

  • Sign in with Google or reuse your existing Gather sign-in.
  • Switch companies in the Clipper without logging out.
  • Keep your unfinished clip when an expired session is renewed.
New feature

Actual costs in budgets and delivery issue tracking

  • Budget actuals. See costs from purchase orders, including shipping and supplier tax, in your working budget.
  • Delivery issues. Track delayed, damaged, or missing items and add notes or damage photos.
Major release

Introducing Budgets and Orders

Bring budgeting and purchasing into the same place as your product selections. Manage project costs from the first estimate through purchasing and delivery with Budgets and Orders.

  • Budgets. Create preliminary estimates and track product costs against your budget as selections are made.
  • Orders. Create purchase orders, record payments, and track shipments.
  • Clipper updates. Refresh product details or replace a selection without recreating the item.
Improvement

A faster, more reliable Gather

Gather is now faster and more reliable.

  • Improved page loading
  • Reduced waiting time
  • Snappier responses
  • Fixed bugs and issues
New feature

Auto-assign item codes and contact tagging

  • Define an item-code format and let Gather assign codes automatically.
  • Tag suppliers and manufacturers, then filter your contacts by tag.
New feature

Auto-scrape product details when clipping

Auto-fill prices, descriptions, model numbers, and dimensions from vendor pages when available. Choose which fields to fill.

Use Clip Next Item to save another product with the same project, area, and classification selections.

New feature

Remove backgrounds and upscale images when clipping

Remove image backgrounds and increase image resolution 4× in the Clipper. Keep backgrounds transparent or replace them with white or black.

New feature

Capture, crop, and edit images with the Clipper tool

Adjust webpage captures, crop images, and convert them to black and white. Edit both the main product image and additional images before saving.

New feature

Save global settings for new projects

Save company-wide defaults for currency, tax, and markup, then reuse them when creating projects.

New feature

Tag team members in chat messages

Use @mentions to tag team members and notify them about a chat message.

Improvement

Updated company settings and personal profiles

Manage company settings, edit your profile, upload a profile photo, and set notification preferences inside Gather.