diff --git a/.agents/skills/curate-whats-new/SKILL.md b/.agents/skills/curate-whats-new/SKILL.md
index 446416c9b0b..fb9bd323906 100644
--- a/.agents/skills/curate-whats-new/SKILL.md
+++ b/.agents/skills/curate-whats-new/SKILL.md
@@ -53,9 +53,13 @@ status only when the relative importance of the candidate set changes.
 
 1. Read `data/whats-new.json`.
 2. Determine the review mode from the request:
+   - If the request does not specify a publication window, end it on the
+     previous UTC day and start it 29 days earlier.
    - For an incremental review, list PRs merged from the day after the supplied
      checkpoint through the end of the publication window. Retain existing
      items inside the publication window without re-reviewing their source PRs.
+     If the request does not supply a checkpoint, use the existing
+     `period_end` from `data/whats-new.json`.
    - For a full review, inspect every PR merged in the supplied publication
      window.
 3. List PRs in the range that applies to the review mode:
@@ -74,8 +78,19 @@ status only when the relative importance of the candidate set changes.
    merely because they were not part of the incremental candidate range.
 7. Replace `period_start`, `period_end`, and `items` in
    `data/whats-new.json`. Sort items by `published` date, newest first.
-8. Write `.pr-body.md` with the publication period, selected highlights and
-   source PRs, plus concise reasons for plausible exclusions.
+8. Report the curation outcome in the response:
+   - Enumerate every newly selected entry by product, title, and source PRs.
+   - Summarize retained and expired entries by count. Identify any retained
+     entry whose content or sources changed.
+   - Explain only the most relevant plausible exclusions. Do not enumerate
+     routine maintenance PRs that were never credible candidates.
+
+If the request includes creating a pull request, use the same report in the PR
+body with `## Summary`, `## Selected entries`, and `## Curation notes`
+sections. Put each selected entry on one Markdown bullet and reference PRs as
+`#NNNN` rather than full same-repository links. Do not hard-wrap bullets. Do
+not create `.pr-body.md` or another handoff file unless the request explicitly
+asks for one.
 
 Each item must contain `product`, `title`, `description`, `url`, `published`,
 `source_prs`, and `featured`. Use the canonical product name, a published
diff --git a/.github/agents/whats-new.yaml b/.github/agents/whats-new.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 73f6894f274..00000000000
--- a/.github/agents/whats-new.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/docker-agent/refs/heads/main/agent-schema.json
-models:
-  claude-sonnet-5:
-    provider: anthropic
-    model: claude-sonnet-5
-    max_tokens: 4096
-
-agents:
-  root:
-    model: claude-sonnet-5
-    description: Curates user-facing Docker launches from recently published documentation
-    instruction: |
-      Use the curate-whats-new skill for every request.
-    skills:
-      - curate-whats-new
-
-    toolsets:
-      - type: filesystem
-        tools:
-          - read_file
-          - read_multiple_files
-          - write_file
-          - list_directory
-          - directory_tree
-      - type: shell
-
-permissions:
-  allow:
-    - shell:cmd=gh pr list --*
-    - shell:cmd=gh pr view --*
-    - shell:cmd=gh pr diff --*
-    - shell:cmd=git diff --*
-    - shell:cmd=git log --*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-whats-new.yml b/.github/workflows/update-whats-new.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 112ce7066f9..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-whats-new.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,210 +0,0 @@
-name: Update What's New
-
-on:
-  schedule:
-    # Review new merges and expire old highlights every day at 06:00 UTC.
-    - cron: "0 6 * * *"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      dry-run:
-        description: "Propose highlights without opening a pull request"
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-      full-rescan:
-        description: "Re-evaluate every pull request in the 30-day window"
-        type: boolean
-        default: false
-
-permissions:
-  contents: write
-  pull-requests: write
-  id-token: write
-
-concurrency:
-  group: update-whats-new
-  cancel-in-progress: false
-
-env:
-  BRANCH_NAME: bot/update-whats-new
-
-jobs:
-  update:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    timeout-minutes: 30
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@93cb6efe18208431cddfb8368fd83d5badbf9bfd # v5
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set publication period
-        id: period
-        run: |
-          PERIOD_END=$(date -u -d 'yesterday' +%F)
-          echo "start=$(date -u -d "$PERIOD_END - 29 days" +%F)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          echo "end=$PERIOD_END" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Restore curator state
-        uses: actions/cache/restore@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/whats-new-state.json
-          key: whats-new-state-${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.run_id }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            whats-new-state-${{ github.repository }}-
-
-      - name: Configure AWS credentials
-        id: aws-credentials
-        continue-on-error: true
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@d979d5b3a71173a29b74b5b88418bfda9437d885 # v6.1.1
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::710015040892:role/docker-agent-action-20260409141318957000000001
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-
-      - name: Fetch bot token
-        if: steps.aws-credentials.outcome == 'success'
-        run: |
-          PAT=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value \
-            --secret-id docker-agent-action/github-app \
-            --query SecretString \
-            --output text | jq -r '.pat')
-          echo "::add-mask::$PAT"
-          echo "GITHUB_APP_TOKEN=$PAT" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
-
-      - name: Restore open proposal
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN || github.token }}
-        run: |
-          EXISTING_PR=$(gh pr list --state open --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --json number --jq '.[0].number // empty')
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING_PR" ]; then
-            git fetch origin "$BRANCH_NAME:refs/remotes/origin/$BRANCH_NAME"
-            git show "origin/$BRANCH_NAME:data/whats-new.json" > data/whats-new.json
-          fi
-
-      - name: Set review mode and checkpoint
-        id: review
-        env:
-          FULL_RESCAN: ${{ inputs.full-rescan == true }}
-          PERIOD_END: ${{ steps.period.outputs.end }}
-          STATE_FILE: ${{ runner.temp }}/whats-new-state.json
-        run: |
-          REVIEWED_THROUGH=$(jq -r '.reviewed_through // empty' "$STATE_FILE" 2>/dev/null || true)
-          if ! [[ "$REVIEWED_THROUGH" =~ ^[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}$ ]]; then
-            REVIEWED_THROUGH=$(jq -r '.period_end' data/whats-new.json)
-          fi
-          DATA_PERIOD_END=$(jq -r '.period_end' data/whats-new.json)
-          if [[ "$DATA_PERIOD_END" > "$REVIEWED_THROUGH" ]]; then
-            REVIEWED_THROUGH=$DATA_PERIOD_END
-          fi
-
-          if [ "$FULL_RESCAN" = "true" ]; then
-            MODE=full
-          else
-            MODE=incremental
-          fi
-
-          jq -n --arg reviewed_through "$PERIOD_END" \
-            '{reviewed_through: $reviewed_through}' > "$STATE_FILE"
-
-          {
-            echo "mode=$MODE"
-            echo "reviewed-through=$REVIEWED_THROUGH"
-          } >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-
-      - name: Curate highlights
-        uses: docker/docker-agent-action@e96a4bb40cac114f64358621e1d08346c8eadc8c # v2.0.1
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN || github.token }}
-        with:
-          agent: ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/agents/whats-new.yaml
-          prompt: >-
-            Use the curate-whats-new skill in ${{ steps.review.outputs.mode }} mode.
-            The publication window is ${{ steps.period.outputs.start }} through
-            ${{ steps.period.outputs.end }}, inclusive. The last successful incremental
-            review covered through ${{ steps.review.outputs.reviewed-through }}.
-          anthropic-api-key: ${{ secrets.ANTHROPIC_API_KEY }}
-          github-token: ${{ env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN || github.token }}
-          timeout: 1200
-
-      - name: Verify agent changes
-        env:
-          PERIOD_START: ${{ steps.period.outputs.start }}
-          PERIOD_END: ${{ steps.period.outputs.end }}
-        run: |
-          CHANGED=$(git status --short | awk '$2 != "data/whats-new.json" && $2 != ".pr-body.md" { print }')
-          if [ -n "$CHANGED" ]; then
-            echo "::error::Agent changed files outside its allowed scope"
-            echo "$CHANGED"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          test -f .pr-body.md
-          npx prettier --check data/whats-new.json
-          node hack/validate-whats-new.mjs data/whats-new.json "$PERIOD_START" "$PERIOD_END"
-
-      - name: Show proposal
-        if: inputs.dry-run == true
-        run: |
-          git diff -- data/whats-new.json
-          cat .pr-body.md
-
-      - name: Detect changes
-        id: changes
-        if: inputs.dry-run != true
-        run: |
-          if cmp -s \
-            <(git show HEAD:data/whats-new.json | jq -S '.items') \
-            <(jq -S '.items' data/whats-new.json); then
-            echo "changed=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          else
-            echo "changed=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Close obsolete pull request
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'false'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN || github.token }}
-        run: |
-          EXISTING_PR=$(gh pr list --state open --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --json url --jq '.[0].url // empty')
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING_PR" ]; then
-            gh pr close "$EXISTING_PR" \
-              --comment "The latest sliding-window review no longer proposes changes to the published highlights."
-          fi
-
-      - name: Commit changes
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        env:
-          PERIOD_END: ${{ steps.period.outputs.end }}
-        run: |
-          git checkout -B "$BRANCH_NAME"
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add data/whats-new.json
-          git commit -m "docs: update what's new for $PERIOD_END"
-
-      - name: Create or update pull request
-        if: steps.changes.outputs.changed == 'true'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ env.GITHUB_APP_TOKEN || github.token }}
-        run: |
-          gh auth setup-git
-          EXISTING_PR=$(gh pr list --state open --head "$BRANCH_NAME" --json url --jq '.[0].url // empty')
-
-          if [ -n "$EXISTING_PR" ]; then
-            git push --force --set-upstream origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
-            gh pr edit "$EXISTING_PR" \
-              --title "docs: update what's new" \
-              --body-file .pr-body.md
-          else
-            git push --force --set-upstream origin "$BRANCH_NAME"
-            gh pr create \
-              --title "docs: update what's new" \
-              --body-file .pr-body.md \
-              --base main \
-              --head "$BRANCH_NAME"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Save curator state
-        if: success() && inputs.dry-run != true && steps.changes.outputs.changed != 'true'
-        uses: actions/cache/save@668228422ae6a00e4ad889ee87cd7109ec5666a7 # v5.0.4
-        with:
-          path: ${{ runner.temp }}/whats-new-state.json
-          key: whats-new-state-${{ github.repository }}-${{ github.run_id }}