What's New in IRIS
IRIS — What's New (V3.0 Cadence)
The latest platform release is V3.0 "Cadence" (March–June 2026). IRIS gained smarter leave-aware scheduling and deeper roster tooling on top of the V2.0 "Phoenix" foundation.
New in V3.0 Cadence
For Roster Builders:
- Leave-aware hours — Fill the Gaps and staff hour calculations now account for approved leave and partial leave
- Vacancy eligibility — IRIS can check whether a specific staff member is eligible for an open vacancy
- Roster Health upgrades — craft-group filter, auto-expand conflicts on open, unassign shifts directly from the health modal
- Day-of-week fairness — improved fairness distribution analysis across weekdays
- Smart shift removal — IRIS suggests which shifts to remove when reducing hours, with fortnight-aware checks
- Activity insights — expanded plain-English summaries of organization activity logs
For Staff:
- Help knowledge base — IRIS answers "how do I...?" questions using built-in guides (leave amendments, open shifts, swaps, and more)
- Personal data queries — ask about your shifts, leave, availability, hours, and fairness stats
From V2.0 Phoenix (still current)
- Fill-the-Gaps Intelligence — smarter gap detection with distribution context
- Roster Health integration — analyze violations and suggest remediations with confidence scores
- Expanded tool library — 20+ tools for scheduling, availability, vacancy, and compliance
- Conversation memory — IRIS remembers the last 10 messages for natural back-and-forth conversation
- Streamed responses — see IRIS thinking and answering in real time
How IRIS works behind the scenes
IRIS uses a tool-use architecture — instead of dumping all data into one prompt, IRIS calls purpose-built tools on demand (querying assignments, checking availability, validating compliance). This produces faster, more accurate, and more contextual responses.
Credit system
Each interaction uses credits:
| Operation | Credits |
|---|---|
| Chat question | 5 |
| Staff chat | 2 |
| Generate roster | 50 |
| Report | 10 |
| Activity insights | 3 |
Your organization's admin manages credit allocation.