<![CDATA[What's new]]> https://code.claude.com/docs Mintlify Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:50:46 GMT https://code.claude.com/docs <![CDATA[Week 22]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-22 80a578c9ca240508 Sat, 30 May 2026 18:06:14 GMT Claude Opus 4.8: the new default model for Max, Team Premium, Enterprise pay-as-you-go, and Anthropic API accounts, with high effort by default and /effort xhigh for the hardest tasks.

Also this week: dynamic workflows orchestrate dozens to hundreds of subagents from a script Claude writes; the security-guidance plugin reviews Claude's changes for vulnerabilities as it works; and fast mode runs on Opus 4.8 at $10/$50 per MTok.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 21]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-21 6ed9d6af987d0755 Sat, 30 May 2026 18:06:14 GMT Auto mode on the Pro plan: auto mode now runs on Pro accounts and supports Sonnet 4.6 alongside Opus, replacing permission prompts with background safety checks.

Also this week: /usage breaks down what drives your plan limits by skill, subagent, plugin, and MCP server; the new /code-review command reports correctness bugs; and background sessions appear in /resume and stay alive when pinned.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 20]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-20 07f4e94ebb86a377 Tue, 19 May 2026 14:08:42 GMT Agent view: claude agents opens one screen for every Claude Code session, showing what's running, what's blocked on you, and what's done.

Also this week: /goal keeps Claude working across turns until a completion condition holds; fast mode now runs on Opus 4.7 by default; and the Rewind menu can compress earlier context with "Summarize up to here".

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 19]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-19 2f9e72f35dcf5dae Sat, 09 May 2026 02:56:31 GMT Plugins load from .zip archives and URLs: --plugin-dir now accepts .zip files, and --plugin-url fetches a plugin archive for the current session.

Also this week: worktree.baseRef chooses whether new worktrees branch from the remote default or local HEAD; auto mode hard deny rules block actions unconditionally regardless of allow exceptions; and hooks see the active effort level via effort.level and $CLAUDE_EFFORT.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 18]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-18 87049ed95fc733bf Sat, 09 May 2026 02:56:31 GMT Windows without Git Bash: Git for Windows is no longer required, and Claude Code uses PowerShell as the shell tool when Bash is absent.

Also this week: claude ultrareview brings cloud code review to CI and scripts; claude project purge cleans up local state for a project; and pasting a PR URL into /resume finds the session that created it.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 17]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-17 8c610e99575a4b76 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:26:40 GMT /ultrareview opens as a public research preview: a fleet of bug-hunting agents runs in the cloud and findings land back in your CLI or Desktop automatically.

Also this week: session recap shows you what happened while a terminal was unfocused; custom themes let you build and ship color palettes from /theme or a plugin; and Claude Code on the web gets a redesign with a new sessions sidebar and drag-and-drop layout.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 16]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-16 232418f4c2e609f2 Mon, 27 Apr 2026 20:26:40 GMT Claude Opus 4.7 lands as the new default on Max and Team Premium, with a new xhigh effort level that's the recommended setting for most coding work and an interactive /effort slider to dial it in.

Also this week: Routines on Claude Code on the web fire templated cloud agents from a schedule, GitHub event, or API call; mobile push notifications ping your phone when a long task finishes or Claude needs you; /usage shows what's driving your limits; and the CLI moves to native binaries.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 15]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-15 9945bbd00c7c7f0d Mon, 13 Apr 2026 20:07:55 GMT Ultraplan enters early preview: draft a plan in the cloud from your CLI, review and comment on it in a web editor, then run it remotely or pull it back local. The first run now auto-creates a cloud environment for you.

Also this week: the Monitor tool streams background events into the conversation so Claude can tail logs and react live, /loop self-paces when you omit the interval, /team-onboarding packages your setup into a replayable guide, and /autofix-pr turns on PR auto-fix from your terminal.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 14]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-14 b594c291fe7f9498 Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:22:37 GMT Computer use comes to the CLI in research preview: Claude can open native apps, click through UI, and verify changes from your terminal. Best for closing the loop on things only a GUI can verify.

Also this week: /powerup interactive lessons, flicker-free alt-screen rendering, a per-tool MCP result-size override up to 500K, and plugin executables on the Bash tool's PATH.

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]]> <![CDATA[Week 13]]> https://code.claude.com/docs/en/whats-new#week-13 e1938b4dabd9a25a Sat, 04 Apr 2026 03:22:37 GMT Auto mode lands in research preview: a classifier handles your permission prompts so safe actions run without interruption and risky ones get blocked. The middle ground between approving everything and --dangerously-skip-permissions.

Also this week: computer use in the Desktop app, PR auto-fix on Web, transcript search with /, a native PowerShell tool for Windows, and conditional if hooks.

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