This week in Claude
A weekly digest for Claude Code builders. Model updates, releases, and notable tools. Every Monday morning.
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August 31, 2026
Claude in Chrome opens to everyone, and agents get hands on lab hardware
August 24, 2026
Computer use, Skills API, and Files API go generally available, and Python SDK v1.0 lands with breaking changes
August 17, 2026
Claude now watermarks its text and Sonnet 5 pricing stays at $2/$10
August 10, 2026
Auto mode becomes Claude Code's default, and a CVSS 9.4 GitHub Actions CVE
August 3, 2026
Claude breached three real companies in security evals, and the MCP spec goes final
July 27, 2026
Opus 5 lands at half Fable 5's price, and MCP goes stateless tomorrow
July 20, 2026
Fable 5 becomes standard on Max plans, and /code-review gets an ultra tier
July 13, 2026
Fable 5 on all paid plans through July 19, Cowork goes web and mobile
July 6, 2026
Fable 5 is back worldwide, and Sonnet 5 becomes Claude Code's default
June 29, 2026
Claude Tag brings a multiplayer @Claude to Slack, plus a GPT-5.6 preview
June 22, 2026
Agent SDK billing change paused, Artifacts ship, Opus 4.7 robodog
June 15, 2026
Fable 5 launched, then the US government suspended it
June 8, 2026
Anthropic files for IPO, workflow trigger is now ultracode
June 1, 2026
Opus 4.8, dynamic workflows, and a $65B Series H
May 25, 2026
Karpathy joins Anthropic, Stainless acquired, Glasswing update
May 18, 2026
Doubled Code limits, but with a twist — AWS GA, Agent View, /goal
May 11, 2026
SpaceX deal increases usage limits, AWS MCP GA, TrustFall
May 4, 2026
This week in Claude: Claude Security beta, Adobe MCP, and 50+ Code fixes
April 27, 2026
This week in Claude: postmortem, GPT-5.5, and a Code sandbox escape
April 20, 2026
This week in Claude: Opus 4.7, Claude Design, and an MCP flaw affecting 200k servers