Anthropic recently launched a new revamped Claude Code user experience for the Claude desktop application, focusing on refactoring around "parallel sessions" and introducing a new session sidebar, drag-and-drop workspace layout, and multiple developer workflow integration features. The new sidebar can display all currently active and recently used sessions in a single interface. Users can filter by status, project or operating environment, and support group management of sessions by project.
At the same time, the new side chat shortcut key (Command + ;) allows users to temporarily branch out of a question session during task running without feeding additional context back to the main thread, making it easier to troubleshoot, verify ideas, or add additional questions.
In order to bring more development processes directly into the application, Anthropic has added an integrated terminal to the desktop this time for running tests and build tasks, and provides a built-in file editor to quickly modify the code. The in-app diff comparison view has also been rewritten, focusing on optimizing large-scale change sets, and the preview panel has been expanded to allow direct preview of HTML files, PDF documents, and the content of local application servers. All panels support drag-and-drop layout adjustment, allowing users to freely arrange the positions of the terminal, editor, preview and session windows to suit different projects and personal preferences.
In terms of plug-in support, the new version of the desktop application has been consistent with Claude Code's command line tool, and has added SSH sessions in platform support. The remote SSH function can now be used on macOS and Linux. In addition, the desktop version also provides three view modes - Verbose (detailed), Normal (normal) and Summary (summary). Users can decide how many Claude tool calls and internal activity information they want to see, thus striking a balance between debugging transparency and interface simplicity. This update is currently being rolled out gradually to users of Claude Code’s Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise paid plans.
In addition to the revamp of the desktop application, Anthropic also released a new feature called Routines, which is used to run Claude Code automation tasks without maintaining an active session. Each routine packages prompts, code repositories, and related connectors into a single configuration that can be scheduled to execute according to a preset schedule, triggered by an API call, or automatically launched when a specific event occurs on GitHub (such as a new pull request). These automated tasks run on Claude Code's cloud infrastructure instead of local machines. Anthropic also sets a daily running limit for different subscription plans that increases with the gear level to control resource consumption. Routines is currently available as a "research preview" to Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise users who have enabled the Claude Code web function. More technical details can be further viewed on the official Anthropic blog.