Claude Report — 2026-04-16
- Claude Code launches Routines (research preview): cloud-run automations triggered by schedule, API call, or GitHub event — no laptop required.
- Claude Code desktop app rebuilt around parallel sessions: multi-session sidebar, drag-and-drop panes, integrated terminal, in-app editor, side-chat.
- Claude Code v2.1.110: `/tui` fullscreen mode, push notifications for Remote Control, improved plugin tab.
- Claude Code v2.1.105: `PreCompact` hook, background plugin monitors, worktree path switching.
- Claude.ai / API / Claude Code down ~3 hours on Apr 15; root cause not disclosed.
🚀 Anthropic Official
Claude Code Routines — Research Preview
Released Apr 14. Routines package a Claude Code configuration — prompt, repos, and connectors — and run it automatically on Anthropic's cloud infrastructure so your machine can be off. Three trigger types: scheduled (hourly/nightly/weekly), API call (each routine gets a dedicated endpoint + auth token), and GitHub webhook (one session per matching PR, with ongoing updates). Plan limits: Pro 5/day, Max 15/day, Team & Enterprise 25/day; overages charged against usage.
Claude Code Desktop Redesign — Parallel Agents
Released Apr 14. Rebuilds the macOS/Windows desktop app around simultaneous sessions: new sidebar lists all active and recent sessions with status/project filtering, every pane is drag-and-drop (terminal, diff viewer, preview, chat). New additions include an in-app file editor, a faster diff viewer rebuilt for large changesets, an expanded preview pane that opens HTML files, PDFs, and local dev servers, and a side-chat that branches off the main thread without polluting it.
Claude Code v2.1.110
Released Apr 15. Adds /tui command (flicker-free fullscreen via alt-screen renderer with autoScrollEnabled config); push notification tool for Remote Control with "Push when Claude decides" option; option to show Claude's last response as commented context in external editor (Ctrl+G); /plugin Installed tab now surfaces attention items and favorites at top; /doctor warns when MCP servers appear in multiple config scopes; --resume/--continue resurrects unexpired scheduled tasks; Remote Control clients gain /autocompact, /context, /exit, /reload-plugins. Fixes MCP tool call hangs, streaming fallback retries, high CPU in fullscreen, and subagent transcript directory cleanup.
Claude Code v2.1.105 + v2.1.107
Released Apr 13–14. v2.1.105 adds path parameter to EnterWorktree for switching to an existing worktree; introduces PreCompact hook (exit code 2 blocks compaction); background plugin monitors via monitors manifest key; /proactive as alias for /loop; streams abort after 5-minute stall; critical fixes for dropped queued-message images, blank screen on multi-line input wrap, leading whitespace trimming, and garbled bash output with clickable links. v2.1.107 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
No new MCP releases in window (all prior updates covered in the Apr 15 report).
Unchanged in window: github/github-mcp-server, microsoft/mcp (Azure + Fabric), modelcontextprotocol/servers, context7 mcp, claude-mem mcp-search
💡 Community — Workflows & Ideas
Claude Code Routines — HN discussion (Apr 14)
Community quickly surfaced the key engineering questions: token consumption control, idempotency under repeated webhook triggers, and lock-in risk vs. multi-agent frameworks; early adopters report scheduling routines for PR review, issue triage, and post-deploy smoke testing.
Claude.ai / API / Claude Code outage — Apr 15
~3-hour outage (10:53 AM–1:42 PM ET) hit all Claude services simultaneously: login failures, auth errors, erratic rate-limit tracking, 5,100+ Down Detector reports at peak; Anthropic restored service gradually but did not disclose root cause.
📰 Quick Mentions
Relevant links that don't warrant a section of their own:
- anthropics/claude-plugins-official (Apr 13–14) — Five new external plugins added to the official marketplace directory: shopify, shopify-ai-toolkit, dataverse, azure-skills, bigdata-com.
- code.claude.com/docs/en/routines — Official Routines documentation with trigger types, connector config, and plan limits.
- The Register (Apr 14) — Characterizes Routines as "mildly clever cron jobs"; covers the lock-in and debugging concerns raised by enterprise developers.
- 9to5Mac (Apr 14) — Hands-on walkthrough of setting up a Routine from the CLI, web editor, and Desktop app.