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