Changelog

Kotei

What changed in Kotei: updates, fixes, and improvements to the theme.

11 releases

Contents
  1. October 19, 2026
  2. September 3, 2026
  3. August 15, 2026
  4. August 10, 2026
  5. February 1, 2026
  6. December 30, 2025
  7. June 23, 2026
  8. June 11, 2026
  9. March 29, 2026
  10. March 10, 2025
  11. September 12, 2025

October 19, 2026 — Redesign

  • Kotei is rebuilt from scratch as a growth agency theme. A light ledger of huge titles, dark rules and big numbers for agencies that sell on results, with a new look, new code and new copy.
  • New pages: home with an ink shader hero, about with the team, pricing with a plan picker over a 12 week timeline and a plan comparison, a free audit form, contact with routes to the right person and a new 404.
  • New collections: services with a line drawing, headline metric, approach and deliverables; case studies with channel filters, results and client quotes; team profiles; a blog with drawn covers and legal pages.
  • A lime and grey WebGL ink shader in the hero and footer, a dark side panel menu, a footer that reveals from under the page, GSAP scroll reveals and count-up numbers, and Lenis smooth scroll.
  • Rewritten README.md, AGENTS.md, Cursor rules and design skill (.cursor/skills/kotei-design/) for the new system.
  • The work, store and studio pages, dark mode and AOS are gone.

September 3, 2026 — Update

  • Expanded the design system skill at .cursor/skills/kotei-design/SKILL.md: typography, color usage, spacing rhythm, component conventions, and do/don’t rules extracted from the theme’s own code, so AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) build UI that matches the theme.
  • AGENTS.md links the design rules in every variant.

August 15, 2026 — Update

  • Refreshed Astro + Tailwind CSS dependencies to latest stable releases.
  • Refreshed Astro + Sanity CMS variant dependencies (astro@7.2.2, Tailwind v4.3.3, Sanity v6.9.x, and related packages).
  • Updated integrations and related packages (@lexingtonthemes/seo, @astrojs/*, Tailwind).
  • Refreshed Astro + EmDash CMS variant dependencies (astro@7.2.2, Tailwind v4.3.3, EmDash v0.33.x, and related packages).

August 10, 2026 — Update

  • Added a new Astro + EmDash CMS variant: built-in admin at /_emdash/admin, three collections (work, store, posts), LiveSearch across all collections, and Cloudflare Workers deploy (D1 + R2).
  • Includes buyer docs (STARTING-UP.md, SEO.md, AGENTS.md), route audit script, and a local SQLite + npm run setup workflow.
  • The Astro + Tailwind CSS and Astro + Sanity CMS variants are unchanged in this release.

February 1, 2026 — Update

  • Added a new variant with Sanity CMS integration with a ready-to-use Sanity Studio and full Astro front-end support.
  • Introduced CMS-powered content types for editorial workflows.
  • Now available as part of the new Full Access and Agency tiers.

December 30, 2025 — Update

  • General improvements and internal refinements.
  • The Button component now handles link behavior via the isLink prop.
  • The Button component now supports configurable icon sizing.
  • Removed unused icons.
  • Removed the Link component.

June 23, 2026 — Update

  • Upgraded to Astro v7 stable (7.0.0) — no longer on beta.
  • The Astro + Sanity CMS variant front-end has also been updated to Astro v7 stable.
  • Refreshed integrations and dependencies (@lexingtonthemes/seo, @astrojs/*, Tailwind).

June 11, 2026 — Update

  • Upgraded to Astro v7 and Tailwind CSS v4.
  • The Astro + Sanity CMS variant has been upgraded to Astro v7, Tailwind CSS v4, and Sanity v6.
  • Updated integrations and dependencies for v7 compatibility.

March 29, 2026 — Update

  • Added AGENTS.md and Cursor rules (.cursor/rules) for AI-assisted development, on both the Astro + Tailwind CSS and Astro + Sanity CMS versions, each adapted to its repo layout.

March 10, 2025 — Reset

  • Complete rebuild of the theme from scratch.
  • New UI, layout, and component architecture.
  • Added client-side search using Fuse.js.
  • Introduced a reusable component system.
  • Documentation: Components

This release replaces all previous versions and establishes a new baseline.

September 12, 2025 — Release

  • Initial release