Cactus's ink-and-grass mark Improved
Oct 6, 2026 · Cactus branding
The Cactus emblem appears across its website, Messenger launchers, and share cards.
Hand-drawn Cactus mark
The Cactus mark rests on a hand-drawn ink line with grass wherever it appears, from the site header and footer to Messenger launchers and share cards. Its foot is squared beneath the line, while raster favicons and reply-card tiles keep the round foot.
See when a build should finish
Building on Live setup progress, each build card shows an expected finish time based on repository size, set at kickoff and refined twice as the build runs.
Open a ready page without reloading
A ready page opens from the catalog without a reload. If its link isn't in the current list, Cactus checks the catalog again before saying the page doesn't exist.
Light and dark brand colors
Building on product setup finishes after pages publish, Cactus shows your site's brand-color choices as light-and-dark pairs in Product branding and saves both colors when you confirm. A dark color appears only when it has enough contrast against Cactus's dark background.
Lifted cards in dark mode
Dark mode gives the main card its own fill and glow above the near-black sidebar, with a shadow on wider screens.
See how long a build has left
Building on live setup progress, a single line at the bottom of the sidebar shows how long your build has left on every page, then offers a way home when it finishes.
Manage Help Center language packs
Building on Help Center pages in more languages, you can add or remove available language packs under Settings › Languages. Saving the list asks Cactus to check translations, and conversation translation is on by default.
A planted Cactus in the home page hero
On larger screens, the home page pairs its hero message with a still Cactus button that opens Messenger. On non-touch screens, the Messenger launcher waits until the hero scrolls out of view before appearing.
A first-build guide on your home page
Building on A visual guide to How Cactus Works, the home page puts the primer and links to useful settings in front of you while your product's first build runs. The primer explains why Cactus's view of your product is grounded only once the build is running.
Choose support sources in one step
During setup, choose your Help Center and Intercom conversations together in one step. Your Intercom choice stays selected as you continue to connect it.
The planted Cactus mark
The planted Cactus mark follows Kevin’s drawing down to the ink line, with a shorter ground and no pebble. Building on A light-only Cactus website, the artwork appears in the logo, launcher, hero, footer, app icon, and share card.
Clone a public Help Center
You can clone a public Help Center as an Agent Memory Repo, extending Markdown pages for AI agents with its pages, topics, and changelog in one repository.
Use earlier conversations
Building on Product-grounded Messenger answers, Cactus remembers a person's earlier conversations and uses relevant ones to answer their next question. You can turn memory off in Messenger settings. The team owner can review or forget what Cactus remembers in the Inbox.
Improvements
- Conversation resolution the setup step explains what Handoffs are and why you’d choose one, with reply rules on the Handoffs page
- Sidebar the folded Search row shows its magnifier on every computer, with the shortcut in its tooltip
- Setup the final card shows a one-line build message, and the widget uses ink and paper when you skip branding
- Question counts counts customer questions from every channel outside the app, excluding setup and your team's own cursor
Fixes
- Overview the count includes Messenger and Help Center questions, but still excludes setup and your team's own cursor
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