Anthropic keeps pushing Claude Code toward autonomous coding with new parallel agent workflows
Anthropic rebuilt Claude Code's Projects feature to split goals across parallel cloud agent threads that can open pull requests and run tests.
Anthropic's updated Claude Code Projects feature uses a coordinator that splits a user's goal into parallel threads, each running as its own cloud session, with shared memory and a library of uploaded files and results. Threads can open pull requests and run tests, and progress is trackable in the main chat or per thread, including on mobile. The beta is open to select Pro and Max subscribers, with Team and Enterprise access and local execution to follow. The update follows Anthropic making autopilot mode the default in Claude Code.
- Coordinator splits goals into parallel cloud agent threads
- Threads can open pull requests and run tests independently
- Shared memory and file library built across threads
- Beta limited to select Pro and Max subscribers
- Commentary links autonomy to increased token consumption
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Sep 17, 2026
Anthropic has rebuilt the Projects feature in Claude Code. Users now describe a goal and a coordinator splits the work across parallel "threads," each running as its own cloud session. Progress is trackable in the main chat or per thread, including on mobile. Each thread can open pull requests and run tests. Claude builds a shared memory across threads over time, and a library collects all uploaded files and results.
The beta is open to select Pro and Max subscribers using cloud sessions in Claude Code. Team and Enterprise access comes later, and local execution is coming soon. The waitlist is here.
The update is another step toward code automation. Anthropic recently made autopilot mode the default in Claude Code, claiming it outperformed human developers on safety tasks. It's also great for the IPO pitch: more autonomous agents likely mean more burned tokens, and control over how many tokens get burned shifts from users to the company selling them, like letting gas companies control the throttle in your car.
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