Claude Report — 2026-04-14
- Claude for Word launches in beta (Apr 11–13): tracked changes, comment replies, document scanning — Word joins Excel and PowerPoint to complete the Office suite.
- Claude Code v2.1.105 (Apr 13): PreCompact hook blocking, plugin background monitors via `monitors` manifest key, stalled-stream auto-abort at 5 min, 20+ bug fixes.
- Claude Code v2.1.107 (Apr 14): shows thinking hints sooner during long operations.
- Project Epitaxy teased (Apr 13): multi-repo support and Coordinator Mode for Claude Code desktop targeting release ~Apr 20.
🚀 Anthropic Official
Claude for Word — beta launch
Launches in beta for Team and Enterprise subscribers via Microsoft AppSource (Insert → Get Add-ins → "Claude by Anthropic" on Windows, Mac, and Web). Every AI edit lands as a native Word tracked change users can accept or reject in Word's revision pane; comment threads receive inline AI replies; document scanning identifies mismatched terms, broken cross-references, and numbering errors; drafting from templates preserves existing headings, numbering, and styles. Adds cross-app context across Word, Excel, and PowerPoint, completing the full Office suite integration.
Claude Code v2.1.105
Released Apr 13 (21:53 UTC). New features: path parameter on EnterWorktree to switch into an existing worktree without leaving the working directory; PreCompact hook can now block compaction (exit code 2 or {"decision":"block"}); plugin monitors manifest key auto-arms background monitors at session start or skill invoke; /proactive alias for /loop. Key improvements: stalled API streams abort after 5 min and retry non-streaming instead of hanging; network errors show retry message immediately instead of a silent spinner; WebFetch strips <style> and <script> content so CSS-heavy pages no longer exhaust the context budget; skill description cap raised from 250 to 1,536 characters with a startup warning when truncated; /doctor redesigned with status icons and an f-key shortcut to auto-fix reported issues; stale agent worktrees cleaned up when their PR was squash-merged; MCP large-output truncation prompt now gives format-specific recipes (e.g. jq for JSON). Bug fixes (20+): images dropped from queued messages, blank screen on prompt input wrap, leading whitespace trimmed from assistant messages breaking ASCII art, garbled bash output from clickable file links, alt+enter newline regression from v2.1.100, MCP tools missing on the first turn of headless/remote-trigger sessions, AWS Bedrock non-US region persisting invalid model IDs, 429 rate-limit errors showing raw JSON, Ghostty/Kitty/Alacritty/WezTerm SSH color palette regression, and more.
Claude Code v2.1.107
Released Apr 14 (06:11 UTC). Shows thinking hints sooner during long operations.
🔌 Claude Code Plugins
None of the top 10 updated in window.
Unchanged in window: frontend-design, superpowers, context7, code-review, code-simplifier, github, feature-dev, playwright, skill-creator, claude-md-management
🛠️ Skills
None of the top 5 updated in window.
Unchanged in window: superpowers:brainstorming, superpowers:tdd, superpowers:systematic-debugging, superpowers:writing-plans, superpowers:executing-plans
🤖 Agents & Subagents
None of the top 5 updated in window.
Unchanged in window: superpowers:subagent-driven-development, claude-router:orchestrate, ralph-loop, claude-router:fast-executor, claude-mem:do
🔗 MCPs & Integrations
None of the top 5 updated in window.
Unchanged in window: github/github-mcp-server, modelcontextprotocol/servers, microsoft/mcp, context7 mcp, claude-mem mcp-search
💡 Community — Workflows & Ideas
Project Epitaxy: Anthropic testing a Cowork-style Claude Code desktop overhaul
Apr 13 report (Testing Catalog, corroborated by Times of AI and Handyai): Anthropic is privately testing a major Claude Code desktop app redesign codenamed "Epitaxy" — Cowork-style layout with dedicated Plan, Tasks, and Diff panels; multi-repo support (current sessions are single-repo only); Coordinator Mode where Claude acts as orchestrator delegating implementation work to parallel sub-agents; and custom agent creation from within the app without CLI. Both Claude Code and OpenAI's Codex desktop apps are targeting updates for the week of Apr 20.
📰 Quick Mentions
Relevant links that don't warrant a section of their own:
- Artificial Lawyer (Apr 11): Anthropic targets lawyers with Claude for Word — how tracked-changes and document scanning map directly to contract review and legal redlining workflows.
- Thurrott (Apr 11): Claude for Word in beta — broader tech and Microsoft ecosystem perspective on the launch.
- Times of AI (Apr 13): Anthropic Tests Epitaxy for Claude Code — additional detail on Coordinator Mode and the ~Apr 20 release target.