Introduction

We're excited to announce version 25.09 of the Max.ai Analytics Agent, a release that introduces groundbreaking capabilities in research automation, skill orchestration, and interoperability with external platforms, alongside key quality-of-life improvements and API enhancements.

Key Improvements

Research Agent

Max can now dig deeper into your data using the new Researcher capability. With a structured research plan, Max autonomously runs analysis, produces a final report, and cites its findings.

Autonomous Analysis: Allow Max to run extended investigations on your behalf Final Reports: Receive well-structured summaries of key insights Traceability: All results include citations to support your decision-making

Multi-Skill Orchestration

Max can now call multiple skills in sequence to answer a single question, enabling richer, more accurate responses that combine insights across domains.

Smarter Responses: Blend results from multiple skills into one answer Adaptive Execution: Dynamically choose the right set of skills for the question Broader Coverage: Tackle complex queries that span multiple data sources

MCP Integration

Max now supports the Model Context Protocol (MCP), allowing it to act as an MCP Server or connect to external MCP Servers.

Seamless Interoperability: Use Max inside 3rd-party chatbots Extended Tooling: Enable Max to take advantage of 3rd-party tools via MCP Future-Proofing: Unlock a wider ecosystem of integrations

Quality of Life Enhancements

Dataset Creation: Users can now create datasets directly from the Connections page
Keyboard Shortcut: Use CMD-SHIFT-R to instantly rerun the last question
Resource Uploads: Multi-select support when uploading resource files to a connection

API Improvements

We’ve made several powerful enhancements to the Max API:

Preview Links: Generate preview links to report results, complete with a report previewer
SQL-Only Flag: run_max_sql_gen() now supports returning SQL only, without execution
Grounding Support: run_skill now grounds on the parameters used at runtime
External Grounding: New get_grounded_values endpoint lets skill writers use Max’s grounding independently, enabling custom pipelines with Max assistance

Additional Note for Self-Hosted Customers

This release does not introduce additional upgrade requirements beyond standard processes. As always, we recommend running backups before upgrades as a best practice.

To download Max from our container registry use the following tag: v25.09.3.1

Tested Models

AnswerRocket SDK version: 0.2.81

OpenAI:

Chat: gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
Narrative: gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
Evaluations: gpt-4.1-2025-04-14
SQL: o4-mini-2025-04-16
Researcher: o4-mini-2025-04-16
Embedding: text-embedding-3-small

Gemini:

Chat: gemini-2.5-pro
Narrative: gemini-2.5-pro
Evaluations: gemini-2.5-pro
Embedding: models/embedding-001

Anthropic:

Chat: claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022
Narrative: claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022
Evaluations: claude-3-5-sonnet-20241022
Embedding: Not Applicable