May 2025 Changelog
May 2025 improved Google Maps review data, AI provider support, and high-volume Article Creator setup. SCM added newer Anthropic model support, global app zoom, file counters, and better review-star extraction.
The month also cleaned up captcha logging, proxy behavior, and content extraction, making scraping and AI writing easier to diagnose when something goes wrong.
Who this update helps
- Users collecting Google Maps review scores and star counts.
- Users using Anthropic models for AI writing.
- Users working with large folders of existing articles.
- Users tuning the app interface for readability.
Google Maps review data improved
Local SEO extraction became more useful by collecting clearer review metrics.
- Google Maps can count review stars.
- Google Maps calculates all review-star totals more accurately.
- Google search uses the default 10 results per page so captchas can be solved more reliably.
AI provider support moved forward
SCM refreshed AI provider support and improved recovery around model calls.
- Anthropic API support was updated to use a newer model.
- Gemini 2.5 Pro was added.
- Gemini 1.5 Pro was removed.
- AI image errors now return clearer messages.
Article Creator folders became easier to inspect
May added small but useful cues for users working from existing article folders.
- Article Creator shows a file counter in the existing-articles folder selector.
- Article Creator can better recover from failed website reads.
- The existing articles folder selector became easier to audit before running a task.
Interface and diagnostics improved
The app became easier to read and easier to debug.
- Global app zoom was added.
- Dark theme background contrast was adjusted.
- Recaptcha cookie solving gained better logging.
- Task logs became clearer around browser and extraction failures.
Related SCM guides and product history
Full developer changelog
The summary above is written for users. The original 19-item developer changelog is preserved below for exact release detail.
May 29, 2025
- fix: Google search set to use default 10 results per page so that captchas can be auto solved.
May 28, 2025
- fix: google maps calc all stars
May 27, 2025
- feat: Update anthropic API to use newest model
- feat: Google maps, count number of review stars
- style: Slightly darker background dark theme
May 22, 2025
- fix: Add better logging for recaptcha solving cookies
May 20, 2025
- feat: Add file counter to article creator use existing articles folder selector
May 17, 2025
- feat: Global UI app zoom added
May 16, 2025
- fix: Trim proxy strings to avoid auth errors when using proxies
- feat: Allow google test to use proxies
May 15, 2025
- fix: Search engine label correctly shows default search selection
- fix: Google scraper opening same first page twice
- fix: standardized log window font size
- style: default app font is 13px
May 9, 2025
- feat: AI csv allow cap max rows
- feat: All AI templates use %title% macro for consistency
- style: Add divider for ai prompt template controls
May 8, 2025
- other: Article creator RAG AI writer, if not enough source articles it will issue a warning but no longer stop in an error. Allows you to create as many articles as you want regardless of how many source articles you give it (scm will re-use articles)
May 3, 2025
- feat: Add openrouter ai
See all monthly updates in the SCM changelog archive. New users can also try SCM from the trial signup page.