Yes — Claude has a free tier with limited usage. Pro ($20/mo) and Team ($30/mo) plans offer higher limits, priority access, and additional features.

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, capable of understanding your codebase, editing files, and running commands to help you build software faster.

How does Claude compare to ChatGPT?

Claude is known for strong reasoning, nuanced writing, and careful handling of complex instructions. It also supports very long documents and produces fewer hallucinations on factual tasks.

Claude News

Claude Haiku 5.5 launch

October 7, 2026

We just launched Claude Haiku 5.5, the cheapest, fastest, and most capable small model we’ve released, designed for high-volume, cost-sensitive tasks. For more information, see our blog post: Claude Haiku 5.5.

Monthly API credits for Max and Team plans

October 7, 2026

Max and Team plans now include monthly API credits for running your own apps and agents on the Claude Platform. They roll out over a few days. Claim them by linking a Claude Console organization in Settings > Billing (Max) or Organization settings > Billing (Team). Learn more about monthly API credits for Max and Team plans.

Claude Startups expands with a Startup Stack

October 6, 2026

Claude Startups adds a Startup Stack of partner offers. Approved companies can receive $1,000 in API credits and a year of Team for up to five Premium seats if new to Team. Startups founded within five years or funded within two can apply.

Claude works in Google Docs, Sheets and Slides

October 6, 2026

Claude for Google Workspace is in public beta on paid plans. A sidebar edits open Docs, Sheets and Slides files, while new connectors create and edit files from Claude. Changes require approval by default.

Claude Sonnet 5.5 launch

September 28, 2026

We just launched Claude Sonnet 5.5, the second model in our Claude 5.5 family. Sonnet 5.5 is a faster, lower-cost complement to Claude Opus 5.5. For more information, see our blog post: Introducing Claude Sonnet 5.5.

Build plugins for Claude

September 25, 2026

You can now submit plugins to the Claude directory through a new developer portal, track them through review, and see usage analytics once they’re live. For more information, see our blog post: Build plugins for Claude.

Add Claude-Powered AI Features to Lovable Apps

September 24, 2026

via Lovable

You can now add AI features powered by the latest Claude models to apps built with Lovable. Lovable shared an example that pairs Opus for visual identification and deep reasoning with Sonnet for fast web search, retrieval, and synthesis.

GPT-6 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 in MagicPath

September 24, 2026

via MagicPath

GPT-6 Sol and Claude Opus 5.5 are now both available in the MagicPath model selector.

Opus 5.5 and GPT-6 Models in Framer

September 23, 2026

via Framer

Framer added three models to its Agent: Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol, and GPT-6 Luna.

Claude Opus 5.5 in Magica

September 23, 2026

via Magica

Magica now supports Claude Opus 5.5. Describe what you want, and Magica uses the model for deep reasoning while its agent handles research, design, and production through to completion. Magica says Opus 5.5 is faster than Opus 5.

Claude Opus 5.5 Becomes Adam’s Default Model

September 23, 2026

via Adam

Adam has made Claude Opus 5.5 its default model for CAD generation. Adam says it outperforms GPT-6 Sol and approaches GPT-6 Astra performance at about 20% of the cost per task.

250+ AI-Native Video Tools in Tesseract

September 23, 2026

via Captions

Mirage added more than 250 free video tools to Tesseract for AI agents. Agents using Astra or Claude Opus 5.5 can now handle editing operations such as keyframes, adjustment layers, time remapping, and compositions from plain-language direction. Mirage also offers a free ChatGPT plugin for Tesseract.

Claude Marketplace Launches

September 23, 2026

Claude Marketplace brings together connectors and plugins, Claude-powered agents and products, and service partners. Browse integrations such as Slack and Notion, products from partners including Cursor and CrowdStrike, and implementation services from firms such as Accenture and Deloitte. Builders can also apply to list their tools, agents, or services.

Claude Code Cloud Sessions Leave Research Preview

September 23, 2026

via Claude Code

Claude Code cloud sessions are now generally available and keep working on Anthropic-hosted infrastructure after your laptop closes. Start one at claude.ai/code, in the Claude mobile or desktop app, or with claude --cloud in the CLI. Existing subscribers receive one automatic cloud-only trial credit per account: $100 on Pro or $250 on Max. The credit is separate from regular usage limits.

Claude Opus 5.5 Now Builds in Lovable

September 22, 2026

via Lovable

Lovable now builds with Claude Opus 5.5. In Lovable’s internal tests, it matched Opus 5 on new app builds and iterative code fixes while using up to 48% fewer steps. Lovable also reports 4–6% higher verification-discipline scores with up to 57% fewer steps.

Claude Opus 5.5 launch

September 22, 2026

We just launched Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in our new Claude 5.5 family. It performs at the level of Claude Fable 5.1 on most work and costs 40% less to run than Opus 5. For more information, see our blog post: Introducing Claude Opus 5.5.

Introducing Claude Opus 5.5

September 22, 2026

Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 5.5, the first model in the Claude 5.5 family. It targets agentic coding and knowledge work, with performance near Claude Fable 5.1 on most tasks. Anthropic says typical workloads cost 40% less than Opus 5 and output is generated over 30% faster. The model is available in Claude and through the Claude API.

Claude Opus 5.5 Now Available in Cursor

September 22, 2026

via Cursor

Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in Cursor. Cursor says it leads CursorBench at 57.8% in Max mode and costs 40% less per task than Opus 5.

Claude Opus 5.5 Now Available in Viktor

September 22, 2026

via Viktor

Viktor now supports Claude Opus 5.5. On ViktorBench, which uses real tasks submitted in Slack and Teams, Viktor says it scores higher on usefulness than Opus 5 while costing less per task.

Claude Opus 5.5 Available in Base44

September 22, 2026

via Base44

Base44 added Claude Opus 5.5 as a model option. At launch on September 22, Base44 offered a two-hour window to compare it with other models for free.

Claude Opus 5.5 on Higgsfield

September 22, 2026

via Higgsfield

Claude Opus 5.5 is now available in Higgsfield Supercomputer and through the Higgsfield MCP in Claude. Pair the model’s reasoning with Higgsfield’s creative tools to build complete products. Higgsfield says Opus 5.5 is 40% cheaper and over 30% faster than Opus 5.

Projects in Claude Code Enter Beta

September 17, 2026

via Claude Code

Claude Code is rolling out Projects on desktop and web. Start with one conversation and Claude splits work into threads, runs them as parallel cloud sessions, shares context between them, and keeps going when your computer is offline. The initial beta is for select Pro and Max users who already use cloud sessions and have not used Claude Projects before; existing Projects users will be included later. Local workflow support is planned, and users can join the waitlist for earlier access.

Claude Cowork comes to every conversation

September 16, 2026

We're rolling out a new Claude experience that makes everything Claude Cowork does available from any conversation. Ask a quick question or hand Claude a bigger task, like a report, spreadsheet, or presentation, without choosing a mode first. Your chats, Cowork tasks, projects, connectors, and skills carry over. The new experience is rolling out gradually to Pro and Max plans on web, desktop, and mobile. Learn more in Claude Cowork and chat are one Claude.

Create designs, decks, and docs in any conversation

September 16, 2026

You can now ask for a design, deck, or document in any conversation with Claude, including in Claude Code and the Artifacts tab, and edit it with Claude or directly as you work. Claude Design works inside your conversations with all of its features, including on-canvas editing and importing your design system. Claude Slides gives presentations their own starting point, and Claude Docs is a new way to write living documents with Claude and your team. Artifacts, including Claude Design, Claude Slides, and Claude Docs, are available on every plan, including Free. On Enterprise plans, Claude Design, Claude Slides, and Claude Docs are in beta and off by default until an owner turns them on. Learn more in What are artifacts and how do I use them? and Get started with Claude Docs.

Claude Cowork and Chat Merge Into One Claude

September 16, 2026

Claude Cowork and chat are merging into one Claude. Ask a quick question or hand over a report, and Claude takes it from there, even after you close your laptop. If something is unclear, Claude asks and you keep the final say. You can also now make decks, docs, and designs in your conversation: draft a one-pager in Claude Docs, turn it into a deck with Claude Slides, and mock up a matching visual in Claude Design, all from one place. Fix a line in the doc yourself, leave a comment for Claude on a slide, or select an element and move it. When it is ready, present the deck straight from Claude, export the doc in the format you already use, or share everything at one link. Rolling out to Pro and Max over the next few weeks.

Launching Salesforce in Claude (beta)

September 15, 2026

We've launched Salesforce in Claude, a plugin that brings a seller’s accounts, opportunities, and pipeline into Claude with 37 pre-built sales skills. Prep a call, review a deal, create a pipeline dashboard, and send your forecast all from Claude. It’s now available in beta on all paid plans for organizations Salesforce approves through its beta sign-up. For more information, see our blog post: Bringing Salesforce into Claude.

Smart reports (beta)

September 10, 2026

We’ve launched smart reports, which analyze how a team uses Claude and report on the work getting done, what it costs, where sessions run into friction, and which repeated patterns are worth packaging as shared skills. Smart reports are available in beta on Claude Enterprise plans. Learn more in Get started with smart reports.

Claude Marketplace Adds Enterprise Listings

September 9, 2026

Claude Marketplace now includes CrowdStrike, Cursor, Factory, Gamma, and Vercel. Enterprises can use their Anthropic spend commitment to buy more Claude-powered products and agents.

Claude Commerce Agents Go Open Source

September 2, 2026

Anthropic is open-sourcing Claude Commerce Agents: a blueprint for building shopping and merchant agents, with reference implementations across retail, travel, telecom and entertainment.

Claude Uses Your Computer in the Background

September 2, 2026

via Claude Uses Your Computer in the Background

Claude can now use your computer in the background in Claude Cowork and Claude Code. Give it something to do on your desktop and it clicks, types and opens apps just like you would, while you work on something else.

Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1 launch

September 1, 2026

We just launched Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, the world’s most advanced models for coding and knowledge work. For more information, see our blog post: Claude Fable 5.1 and Mythos 5.1.

Introducing Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1

September 1, 2026

Anthropic released Claude Fable 5.1 and Claude Mythos 5.1, which it calls the world's most advanced models for coding and knowledge work. They are the same underlying model with different safeguards: Fable 5.1 is generally available, while Mythos 5.1 is limited to vetted professionals in cybersecurity and life sciences through Anthropic's access programs. Both carry a 1M-token context window, 128k max output and always-on adaptive thinking at $10 / $50 per million tokens, the same as Fable 5, with cache reads cut to $0.25 per million, about 25% cheaper in practice.

Weekly Limits in Claude Code Rise 25%

August 29, 2026

From 14 September, standard weekly limits in Claude Code go up 25% permanently for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise plans. The temporary 50% increase stays in place until then, so measured against today the change works out to a 17% reduction. Anthropic says further changes are coming to give more visibility and control over usage.

Resume Terminal Sessions in the Desktop App

August 28, 2026

A session started in the Claude Code CLI can be picked up in the desktop app. Type /resume, choose the session, and it continues with the full conversation and context intact.

Managed Agents Cookbook for the Vercel Chat SDK

August 27, 2026

A new cookbook connects a Claude Managed Agent to Vercel's Chat SDK, giving an agent a universal chat layer to sit behind. The code is in the anthropics/claude-quickstarts repository under managed-agents/chat-sdk.

Claude Team Plan for Scientists

August 27, 2026

Anthropic opened a Claude Team plan for scientists to 10,000 researchers across every field. Standard seats are free; premium seats with 5x usage limits are $15 a month for a year, an 80% discount. Principal investigators at academic and nonprofit research institutions sign up and add their group. It follows Claude Science in June and the AI for Science credit programme, and Anthropic plans to extend it well past the initial 10,000 seats.

Claude in Chrome Generally Available

August 26, 2026

Claude in Chrome is out of preview and generally available.

Memory in Claude Cowork, editable topics, and a sensitive topics setting

August 25, 2026

Memory now works across chat and Cowork in the cloud. Everything Claude remembers is listed under Topics in Settings > Memory, where you can edit or delete any item. Topics such as health or beliefs stay out of memory unless you turn on Include sensitive topics in memory. Memory is on by default for Free, Pro, and Max plans and off by default for Team and Enterprise organizations. See Use Claude's chat search and memory to build on previous context.

The ElevenLabs MCP in Claude

August 17, 2026

via ElevenLabs

The ElevenLabs MCP is now available in Claude, so teams can manage voice and chat agents where they already work: review recent performance, create new agents, update configurations, and estimate LLM costs before changes go live.

The /design Skill in Claude Code

August 17, 2026

Claude Code can design now. The new /design skill, a research preview, brings Claude Design's artboard workflow into the CLI and Desktop, built on artifacts. Run /design to get editable artboards for your UI — pick one, tweak it, then have Claude implement it.

How Claude's Text Watermark Works

August 14, 2026

Anthropic explained the text watermark coming to future Claude models, added to meet EU AI Act requirements. When several word choices are equally valid, the model biases that pick using a hidden pattern that Anthropic can later detect, so Claude's involvement can be verified without changing output quality or spending extra tokens.

Auto-Continue After Usage Limits in Claude Code Desktop

August 13, 2026

Claude Code desktop now has an auto-continue checkbox for usage limits. Turn it on and it picks up where you left off automatically once your limit resets.

Granola Connects to More Apps via MCP

August 11, 2026

via Granola

With MCP, what you talked about in meetings can inform the work you're doing in other apps. Granola now connects via MCP to Sauna, PromptQL, Deelan, Blomma, Rezonant, and Mira — as well as all your favorite AI apps, like Claude, ChatGPT, and Cursor.

Weave Tools, Now via MCP

August 11, 2026

via Figma Weave

Connect ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor, or any AI agent to the Figma MCP server and run your favorite Weave tools right from the chat. Give your instructions, and get the creative back without leaving the conversation.

Improved Biology Safeguards in Claude Fable 5

August 7, 2026

Anthropic updated Claude Fable 5's biology safeguards, cutting biology-related fallbacks by about 85% across product surfaces. That means fewer legitimate requests, like everyday health questions, educational biology content, and clinical tasks for healthcare professionals, get redirected to the less capable Opus 5 model. Fable 5 still blocks requests in dual-use research areas such as virology, toxicology, and molecular design.

Session Budgets in Claude Managed Agents

August 7, 2026

You can now set a budget for Claude Managed Agents sessions to keep spend predictable. Sessions that hit the limit pause with a budget_reached event, and you can raise the budget to resume. One of four Managed Agents updates Anthropic shipped this week.

Claude Code Sessions Can Message Each Other

August 7, 2026

Your Claude Code sessions can now message each other. Instead of re-explaining yourself in another session, tell Claude to do it: it sends a summary (not your history or files), and the other session picks it up mid-task.

Auto Mode Becomes the Claude Code Default

August 7, 2026

Starting August 14, auto mode will be the default permission mode in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team users. Auto mode reviews shell commands and actions with a separate classifier: in testing it caught 89% of dangerous commands, while manual approval caught 14%.

Introducing Video Skills

August 6, 2026

via Capsule

Capsule introduced Video Skills: make a video in Claude or ChatGPT that follows your exact video workflow, uses your assets and motion systems, and stays fully editable. Not slop.

Skill and plugin security scanning (beta)

August 6, 2026

Enterprise plans can now turn on skill and plugin security scanning to automatically check third-party skills and plugins for malicious content when someone uploads or edits them. For more information, see Get started with skill and plugin scanning.

Artlist MCP Is Now on Claude

July 27, 2026

via Artlist

Artlist MCP is now on Claude. Generate images and videos right inside your conversation, with everything saved directly to your Artlist account. No prompt engineering, no tab switching.

Claude Opus 5 in Lovable

July 24, 2026

via Lovable

Claude Opus 5 is now available in Lovable. Lovable pushed it hardest on what builders care about most, shipping complete, working apps. It's the top performer in its family, up 22% over Claude Opus 4.7 on Lovable's most demanding coding tasks, with the highest finished-app quality they've measured and noticeably less variance run to run.

Claude Opus 5 in v0

July 24, 2026

via v0

You can now use Claude Opus 5 in v0. Try it at v0.app/?opus5.

Claude Opus 5 launch

July 24, 2026

We launched Claude Opus 5, a thoughtful and proactive model that comes close to the frontier intelligence of Claude Fable 5 at half the price. For more information, see our blog post: Claude Opus 5.

Introducing Claude Opus 5

July 24, 2026

Anthropic introduced Claude Opus 5, a thoughtful, proactive model with near-frontier performance at about half the cost of Claude Fable 5. It sets the state of the art on coding benchmarks, doubles Opus 4.8's Frontier-Bench score, beats everything but Fable 5 on OSWorld 2.0 at a third of the cost, and produces the strongest visual output of any Opus yet. Pricing stays at $5/$25 per million tokens. It's the new default on Claude Max, the strongest model on Pro, and available in the API, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork, with Fast mode support.

Managed Agents Gets New Features

July 24, 2026

Anthropic added several features to Claude Managed Agents: configure effort levels per agent, seed sessions with events, add up to 500 skills per session, use webhooks for environments and memory stores, and stream events for sub-agents.

Claude Opus 5 in Cursor

July 24, 2026

via Cursor

Claude Opus 5 is now available in Cursor. It matches Fable 5 on CursorBench (66.7 vs 66.5 at default effort) at half the price, and unlike Fable it's also compatible with Zero Data Retention.

Claude Opus 5 in Rork

July 24, 2026

via Rork

Claude Opus 5 is now live in Rork: state of the art on coding benchmarks, stronger visual output than any previous Opus, and near Fable 5 intelligence at half the price.

Claude Opus 5 in Notion

July 24, 2026

via Notion

A new model today: Claude Opus 5 is now available in Notion.

Claude Opus 5 on Base44

July 24, 2026

via Base44

Claude Opus 5 is now available on Base44.

Claude Opus 5 in Perplexity + Computer

July 24, 2026

via Perplexity

Claude Opus 5 is now available in Perplexity and Perplexity Computer. Perplexity evaluated it against six other models on WANDR. It outperformed all but Fable 5, while being 57% cheaper.

Upgraded Voice Mode

July 23, 2026

Claude's voice mode now runs on Claude's more capable models and can reach the tools you've connected mid-conversation. Talk through the hard problems out loud, in many more languages.

Run Creative Production From Your Agent

July 23, 2026

via OpenArt

Your AI agent can now run your creative production with OpenArt MCP. Upload one product photo and your agent generates banners, social creatives, product images, and video ads, all inside Claude, with no tool switching and no API keys. Just tell it what you need. Check it out at openart.ai/mcp.

Claude Security Plugin for Claude Code (Beta)

July 22, 2026

The Claude Security plugin for Claude Code is now in beta. Scan your changes for vulnerabilities before you commit, or run a full scan across your codebase, all from your terminal on the Claude inference you already run.

Economic Index Connector

July 22, 2026

Anthropic launched a connector that lets you query the Anthropic Economic Index directly in Claude. Ask natural-language questions about how AI is used across occupations, regions, and tasks (like which jobs use AI most, or what teachers use Claude for) and get answers grounded in real Index data with citations. It works across all Claude models, takes about a minute to enable from the connectors menu, and the full datasets stay free on Anthropic's site.

Cap for Agents

July 21, 2026

via Cap

Cap for Agents is here. Your agent can search your entire library, understand recordings, pull out action items, reply to comments, and even record and share your screen for you. Works with Codex, Claude Code, Cursor, and more.

Record a Skill in Claude Cowork

July 21, 2026

New in Claude Cowork: teach Claude a skill by recording your screen while you do a task and talking through it as you go. Claude turns the recording into a skill it can run again. Find it under 'Record a skill' in the + menu of the Claude desktop app. Available on Pro, Max, and Team plans.

Bolt Slides Is Now Open Source

July 16, 2026

via Bolt

Bolt open sourced Bolt Slides, the building blocks any agent (Claude Code, Codex, Bolt) can use to compose presentations. Every deck is a real web app with responsive slides, presenter mode, annotations, and 20+ layout components, and each slide is a plain React component. A bundled skill teaches the agent how to theme, compose, and write the deck from a single prompt.

Use Lovable Apps Inside ChatGPT and Claude

July 15, 2026

via Lovable

Lovable apps can now be used directly within ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI tools. Enable agent integrations on a published app and Lovable reads its logic, generates an MCP server listing its actions, and hosts it for you, protected by OAuth by default with security checks at publish time. Your assistant can then run the app's actions in conversation.

HIPAA configuration for your Claude organizations is now self-serve

July 14, 2026

You can now manage HIPAA readiness for your Claude organizations yourself. This applies to both Claude Enterprise and the Claude Platform (API). In each product, an eligible admin can review the Business Associate Agreement (BAA), download the implementation guide, and enable the HIPAA configuration in a single flow. For more information, refer to HIPAA-ready Enterprise plans and HIPAA readiness for Claude API.

Claude for Teachers

July 14, 2026

Anthropic launched Claude for Teachers, a free AI tool for K-12 educators that automates planning and admin so teachers can focus on evidence-based practices like differentiation and mastery-based learning. It maps lesson plans to state standards, builds differentiated materials, analyzes class data, and connects to trusted curricula (OpenSciEd, Illustrative Mathematics) and nine edtech partners including Canva Education, MagicSchool, and Diffit. Free for verified US K-12 educators with full access through June 30, 2027.

After Effects Plugin Upgraded (Fable 5)

July 14, 2026

via Higgsfield

Higgsfield's MCP/Plugin for After Effects got a major upgrade, powered by Claude Fable 5. Build your own AE plugins, drop in a reference and have it decomposed into editable vector layers you can animate, get an AI assistant that answers or does the work for you, and localize a project seamlessly.

Updated memory for Claude

July 10, 2026

Memory on Claude now works as a set of individual, categorized entries that Claude reads and updates during your conversations, replacing the previous daily memory summary. See Use Claude’s chat search and memory to build on previous context.

Claude Code In-App Browser

July 10, 2026

Claude Code on desktop now has an in-app browser — Claude can pull up docs, designs, or any other site and read, click through, and interact the same way it does with your local dev servers. It is sandboxed and configurable, so you choose whether sessions persist.

A new way to reflect with Claude

July 9, 2026

Your monthly recap is a new feature at Settings > Reflect that shows you the topics you spent time on, your most active day and peak hour, and observations about how you work with Claude. It's in beta on Free, Pro, and Max plans on the web and Claude Desktop, and requires memory to be on. Alongside it, Settings > Time and focus lets you set optional break reminders and quiet hours. For more information, refer to See your monthly recap and Set break reminders and quiet hours.

Write tools for the Microsoft 365 connector

July 7, 2026

The Microsoft 365 connector now goes beyond search. With write tools enabled, Claude can draft, send, and organize email, manage calendar events, update mailbox settings, and create and update files in OneDrive and SharePoint. Read and search tools work as before, and Teams remains read-only. Before members can use write tools, a Microsoft Entra administrator needs to consent to the updated permission set and an admin needs to enable them for the organization. For more information, see Set up the Microsoft 365 connector and Connect to Microsoft 365.

Claude Cowork on web and mobile

July 7, 2026

Claude Cowork is now available on web and mobile in addition to desktop. We are rolling this capability out over the next several weeks starting with the Max plan, with more plans to follow. Cowork runs your sessions remotely (in beta), so your sessions and files are saved to your Claude account and go where you go, on any device. Work continues when you close your laptop, and scheduled tasks run with no device online. Chat and Cowork also share one home now, with one place for your projects and artifacts across both. For more information, see Use Claude Cowork on web, desktop, and mobile.

Claude for Open Source Expands

July 7, 2026

Anthropic is expanding Claude for Open Source to more of the community — offering 6 months of Claude Max 20x free. Maintainers, core contributors, people landing PRs across the ecosystem, and those keeping critical packages alive can apply today.

Claude Cowork on Mobile and Web

July 7, 2026

Claude Cowork is coming to mobile and web — hand Claude a task at your desk and pick up the finished work from your phone. Close the laptop and Claude keeps going. The beta rolls out over the next several weeks, starting with the Max plan and more plans to follow.

Higgsfield Apps

July 7, 2026

via Higgsfield

Higgsfield launched Higgsfield Apps — its biggest release yet. Generate apps with any Higgsfield image or video model built in, with Fable 5 engineering every app like a top engineer. Build aesthetic websites of any complexity and ship browser extensions, plugins, and desktop and mobile apps, then deploy when done. Available on Supercomputer and on Claude via Higgsfield MCP.

Fable 5 in Framer

July 4, 2026

via Framer

Claude Fable 5 is now available in Framer, bringing proactive setups, tasteful details, and stronger shaders, animations, and visual consistency.

Sonnet 5 in Shipper

July 3, 2026

via Shipper

Claude Sonnet 5 is now live in Shipper — available for your builds, faster and sharper on smaller tasks. Shipper reaches for it when you want quick, precise edits without the wait.

Gemini Omni Flash on Arcads

July 3, 2026

via Arcads

Gemini Omni Flash is live on Arcads — infinite world knowledge, top-tier editing, real motion design, and text that stays crisp across every frame. Also available on Claude via the Arcads MCP.

Fable 5 in Magica

July 2, 2026

via Magica

Claude Fable 5 is back and now in Magica — one prompt in, a full campaign out. Content pipelines, deep analysis, and agent-run marketing with no human bottleneck. Not a smarter chatbot, but an agent that takes the task to completion autonomously.

Artifacts in Claude Code on Pro & Max

July 2, 2026

Artifacts in Claude Code are now available on Pro and Max plans. Ask for an artifact and Claude writes the code, publishes it live to claude.ai, and updates it in real time while it keeps working. Pages are private to your account and fully self-contained.

Higher Claude API Rate Limits

July 2, 2026

Anthropic raised Claude Platform API rate limits for all users and simplified the tiers, which are no longer based on API spend. The latest Sonnet and Haiku models now provide 5x higher rate limits at the highest tier.

Higgsfield Explainer

July 2, 2026

via Higgsfield

Higgsfield introduced Explainer, powered by Claude Fable 5 and Gemini Omni Flash — faceless documentaries at scale. It auto-researches your topic, narrates in any language, and renders up to 10 minutes in one run. Available on Higgsfield, MCP, and Supercomputer.

Higgsfield MCP Now Free

July 2, 2026

via Higgsfield

Higgsfield MCP is now free — every new user gets 100 free credits to generate content with Fable 5 driving Higgsfield MCP on Claude. Grab the free trial plan for full MCP access for 3 days. Limited offer.

Claude for Figma

July 2, 2026

via Shipper

Shipper introduced Claude for Figma — paste your Figma URL and Claude Fable 5 will code, design, launch, and translate an app that perfectly mirrors the original Figma. A verified tool you can use today.

Claude × Arcads in Slack

July 2, 2026

via Arcads

Arcads introduced Claude × Arcads in Slack — get viral ads right in your Slack DMs. Available today for all Arcads users.

Sonnet 5 in Framer

July 1, 2026

via Framer

Claude Sonnet 5 is now available in Framer — a stronger partner for original design work than Sonnet 4.6, especially for layout, visual direction, and editing alongside you. In Framer evals, accuracy improved from 72% to 90% while using 0.6× the credits of GPT 5.5.

Claude Fable 5 in v0

July 1, 2026

via v0

Claude Fable 5 is back in v0.

Sonnet 5 + Nano Banana Lite in Magica

July 1, 2026

via Magica

Magica now runs Claude Sonnet 5 alongside Nano Banana Lite inside one AI agent — Nano Banana Lite delivers near-flagship image quality in seconds at a fraction of the cost, while Claude Sonnet 5 plans and runs the entire task on its own, no prompting skills needed.

Magic Layers with AI Assistants

July 1, 2026

via Canva

Canva Magic Layers now pairs with AI assistants — whether you come from Gemini, Claude, ChatGPT, or Microsoft Copilot, you can unlock every visual element as a separate, editable layer to remix, refine, and make your own.

Claude Fable 5 in Adam

July 1, 2026

via Adam

Claude Fable 5 is back live in Adam.

Sonnet 5 in Rive Agent

July 1, 2026

via Rive

Claude Sonnet 5 is now in the Rive Agent.

Claude Fable 5 in Cursor

July 1, 2026

via Cursor

Claude Fable 5 is available again in Cursor — it leads all models on CursorBench, but is the most expensive per task.

Claude Fable 5 on Base44

July 1, 2026

via Base44

Claude Fable 5 is live again on Base44 — back from timeout and ready to build.

Sonnet 5 on Higgsfield

July 1, 2026

via Higgsfield

Claude Sonnet 5 is live on Higgsfield — it plans and runs marketing asset pipelines on its own via the Higgsfield MCP, at a level that used to need bigger, costlier models, and makes agentic pipelines more efficient on Higgsfield Supercomputer.

Claude Fable 5 as Orchestrator

July 1, 2026

via Perplexity

Claude Fable 5 is once again available in Perplexity as an orchestrator model.

Sonnet 5 in Lovable

June 30, 2026

via Lovable

Lovable now supports Claude Sonnet 5 — benchmarks show it gets more done for less and excels at catching risky requests, with improved security capabilities over the previous Sonnet model.

Claude Sonnet 5

June 30, 2026

Anthropic introduced Claude Sonnet 5 — its most agentic Sonnet yet. It makes plans, uses tools like browsers and terminals, and runs autonomously at a level that until recently required larger, more expensive models.

Claude Desktop on Linux

June 30, 2026

Claude Desktop is now available on Linux (Ubuntu and Debian) in beta — alongside the browser and terminal, you get a first-class desktop experience with Claude Code, Claude Cowork, and chat on all paid plans.

Sonnet 5 in Bolt

June 30, 2026

via Bolt

Claude Sonnet 5 is now part of Bolt's agent, with rollout to users beginning shortly.

Claude in Microsoft Foundry

June 29, 2026

You can now run Claude models in Microsoft Foundry, hosted on Azure. Claude Opus 4.8 and Claude Haiku 4.5 are available through the Messages API with capabilities like prompt caching, thinking, and more.

Audio Generation in Claude via Higgsfield MCP

June 27, 2026

via Higgsfield

Claude can now generate audio via the Higgsfield MCP — voiceovers, voice cloning, and dubbing in 50+ languages, powered by Seed Audio 1.0 and ElevenLabs v3, all inside Claude.

External Agents: Claude + Cursor

June 24, 2026

via Notion

Introducing External Agents in Notion — your favorite agents collaborate like teammates. Assign Claude and Cursor tasks from a board shared with your whole team, @-mention them, and watch them run.

Introducing Claude Tag

June 23, 2026

Claude comes to Slack as a collaborative teammate — tag @Claude in a channel to delegate tasks. It can access selected tools and data, learn from channel context over time, and work autonomously while your team focuses elsewhere.

Artifacts in Claude Code

June 21, 2026

Claude Code now supports Artifacts — interactive pages built from your full session, like a PR walkthrough or a living project dashboard, shared with your team at a private link. Available in beta on Team and Enterprise plans.

Two-Way Sync: Claude Code ↔ Claude Design

June 21, 2026

Claude Code and Claude Design now sync both ways. Run /design-sync to pull your design system into your repo and build against your real components, or push what you've built back into Claude Design and keep editing on the canvas.

Claude Design Updates

June 21, 2026

New in Claude Design: it stays on brand with your design system across projects, lets you edit directly on the canvas, syncs with Claude Code, and connects to more of the tools you already use.

Claude Fable 5 in Underlord

June 12, 2026

via Descript

Descript added Claude Fable 5 to Underlord — it sees your footage and understands it: it zooms the moving thing in your screen share, perfects on-screen text overlays, and frames the person talking, automatically.

Claude Fable 5 in Notion

June 9, 2026

via Notion

Claude Fable 5 is now in Notion — the model to put behind your most complex custom agents and workers, setting new highs on Notion internal benchmarks for the hardest multi-step work. Available on Business and Enterprise plans.

Dynamic Workflows

June 6, 2026

New in Claude Code (research preview): dynamic workflows — Claude writes an orchestration script on the fly and spins up a large fleet of coordinated subagents in parallel.

/fork Update

June 6, 2026

/fork in Claude Code now runs a background agent with your exact context and prompt cache; the old /fork behavior is now /branch.

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8

June 6, 2026

Introducing Claude Opus 4.8 — sharper judgment, more honesty about its own progress, and the ability to work independently for longer. Available at the same price.

Claude Marketplace: Five New Partners

May 28, 2026

Augment Code, Bolt, CodeRabbit, Hebbia, and Legora join the Claude Marketplace. Apply your existing Anthropic spend commitment toward their Claude-powered products.

Security-Guidance Plugin for Claude Code

May 27, 2026

A security-guidance plugin for Claude Code is now available — helps identify and fix vulnerabilities as you write code. Available for all Claude Code users via the plugin marketplace (/plugins).

Self-Hosted Sandboxes + MCP Tunnels for Managed Agents

May 20, 2026

We've added two security improvements to Claude Managed Agents.

Self-hosted sandboxes keep the agent's execution environment in your infrastructure or with a managed sandbox provider.

MCP tunnels let the agent connect to services inside your security perimeter.

"Extra Usage" Renamed to "Usage Credits"

May 18, 2026

Anthropic renamed 'extra usage' to 'usage credits' across Claude. Spending limits, auto-reload settings, and previously purchased credits carry over exactly as they were.

Why Usage Credits Now

May 18, 2026

Why the rename? 'Extra usage' originally meant paying when you hit a plan limit. Usage credits now power more — including features like Fast Mode directly.

Claude Design Token Limits Doubled

May 17, 2026

You can now create more with Claude Design. Token limits have been doubled across every plan.

Prompt Cache Diagnostics in Claude Console

May 17, 2026

Prompt cache diagnostics are now in Claude Console. When a request misses the cache, you can see exactly which part of your prompt changed and how many tokens it cost you.

Cache Diagnostics Docs + Dashboard

May 17, 2026

Check prompt cache diagnostics in the Claude Console usage dashboard and read the cache diagnostics docs for more on optimizing for cache hits.

Fast Mode Now Defaults to Opus 4.7 in Claude Code

May 17, 2026

Fast mode now defaults to Opus 4.7 in Claude Code. Try it with /fast.

How Fast Mode Works

May 17, 2026

Fast mode is identical Opus quality at ~2.5× the response speed, billed at a higher per-token rate. Use it when latency matters more than cost: rapid iteration, live debugging, time-sensitive work.

Claude for Small Business

May 13, 2026

Anthropic launches Claude for Small Business — 15 agentic workflows across finance, ops, sales, marketing, HR, and customer service. Integrates with QuickBooks, PayPal, HubSpot, Canva, Docusign, Google Workspace, and Microsoft 365. Plans payroll, closes books, tracks metrics, runs campaigns, chases invoices, and analyzes margins. Free "AI Fluency for Small Business" course with PayPal + a multi-city SMB Tour.

Claude Code Weekly Limits +50%

May 13, 2026

Claude Code weekly limits are increasing 50%, now through July 13. Live for all Pro, Max, Team, and seat-based Enterprise users. Applies everywhere you use Claude Code — CLI, IDE extensions, desktop, and web. Nothing to opt into. Stacks with last week's 2× increase to 5-hour limits.

Dedicated Monthly Credit for Programmatic Usage

May 13, 2026

Starting June 15, paid Claude plans get a dedicated monthly credit for programmatic usage — Claude Agent SDK, `claude -p`, Claude Code GitHub Actions, and third-party apps built on the Agent SDK. SDK and `claude -p` usage no longer share your subscription rate limits — interactive use gets its own budget.

Credits by plan:
• Pro: $20
• Max 5×: $100
• Max 20×: $200
• Team Standard: $20/seat
• Team Premium: $100/seat
• Enterprise: varies by seat type

Resets each billing cycle, no rollover. Third-party tools like Conductor and OpenClaw work with your Claude plan and draw from this credit too.

/goal in Claude Code

May 12, 2026

How do you keep Claude working until the job is done? Claude Code helps with this in a few ways, including one shipped recently: the /goal command — set a clear goal and let Claude work until it's met.

Fast Mode for Claude Opus 4.7

May 12, 2026

Fast mode for Claude Opus 4.7 is now in research preview on the API and in Claude Code. ~2.5× faster output token speeds while keeping Opus-level intelligence.

Claude Code Skills + Dispatch

May 11, 2026

Turn common workflows into Claude Code skills and dispatch many at once. Claude pushes ahead until your skill says stop and ask. Peek and reply to unblock; open the transcript only when you need it. Run `claude agents` to get started.

Agent View in Claude Code

May 11, 2026

Claude Code added Agent View — a single screen listing every Claude Code session you have running, blocked on you, or done. Research preview, requires Claude Code v2.1.139+.

Claude Code /radio

May 9, 2026

Claude Code now has a /radio command — opens Claude FM, a lo-fi radio station in your browser for long coding sessions.

Claude for Microsoft 365 GA

May 8, 2026

Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, and Word are now GA on all paid plans; Claude for Outlook joins in public beta. Context carries across all four apps — start in your inbox and finish with a deck without copy-pasting between tools.

Anthropic × SpaceX

May 6, 2026

Anthropic and SpaceX announced a partnership bringing Claude to SpaceX engineering teams.

Agent Templates for Financial Services

May 6, 2026

Claude released agent templates for financial services — pitches, valuations, month-end close, and more.

Claude Security Public Beta

May 1, 2026

Anthropic opened the public beta for Claude Security — a Claude product purpose-built for security teams. Available to try now.

Claude for Creative Work

April 28, 2026

A new suite of connectors brings Claude into creative software like Blender, Adobe, Autodesk, and Ableton — accelerating ideation, automating repetitive tasks, and extending what you can do inside the apps you already use.

Live Artifacts in Cowork

April 20, 2026

In Cowork, Claude can now build live artifacts — dashboards and trackers connected to your apps and files that refresh with current data every time you open them.

Claude Design by Anthropic Labs

April 18, 2026

Introducing Claude Design: make prototypes, slides, and one-pagers by talking to Claude. Powered by Opus 4.7. Export to Canva, PDF, PPTX, or hand off to Claude Code.

Introducing Claude Design

April 17, 2026

Make prototypes, slides, and one-pagers by talking to Claude. Powered by Claude Opus 4.7, the most capable vision model. Available in research preview on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.

Claude Code Routines Are Here

April 14, 2026

Now in research preview: routines in Claude Code. Configure a routine once — a prompt, a repo, and your connectors — and it can run on a schedule, from an API call, or in response to a GitHub event. Routines run on Anthropic's web infrastructure, so you don't have to keep your laptop open.