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+    <h3>Serena v1.1: Hooks and New Release Mechanism</h3>
+    <p class="date">April 9, 2026</p>
+    <p>
+        <b>Installation.</b> Serena has matured and we are switching to a PyPI-based release and installation mechanism. 
+        The recommended uv-tool-based installation decreases startup times and facilitates CLI usage.
+        See <a href="https://oraios.github.io/serena/02-usage/010_installation.html">updated installation instructions</a> 
+        for more details.
+    </p>
+    <p>
+        <b>Improving Tool Usage via Hooks.</b> To address issues with agents not using Serena's tools (agent drift), we now provide the `serena-hooks` commands and a recommended
+        setup for Claude Code and VSCode.
+        Please read the <a href="https://oraios.github.io/serena/02-usage/030_clients.html">updated documentation</a> for more details.
+        We <i>strongly recommend using the hooks</i>, since recent updates in Claude Code and VSCode resulted in
+        reduced performance, which our hook commands compensate for.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        <b>Community.</b> We opened a <a href="https://discord.com/invite/cVUNQmnV4r">Discord server</a> for our community.
+    </p>
+
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