Claude Report — 2026-05-06
- Anthropic ships 10 finance agent templates for Claude Cowork and Claude Code.
- Claude for Excel, PowerPoint, Word add-ins go GA; Outlook coming.
- Claude Code 2.1.131 lands with VS Code Windows fix and Mantle auth fix.
- Claude Code 2.1.129 makes gateway model discovery opt-in, tightens plugin manifests.
- claude-plugins-official adds cwc-makers (Cardputer) and speakai plugins.
🚀 Anthropic Official
Agents for financial services and insurance
Releases 10 ready-to-run agent templates (Pitch builder, KYC screener, Month-end closer, Earnings reviewer, Valuation reviewer, etc.) shipping as Claude Cowork and Claude Code plugins, plus Managed Agents cookbooks. Adds GA Microsoft 365 add-ins for Excel, PowerPoint, Word (Outlook soon) and connectors for FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, MSCI, PitchBook, Moody's, Daloopa, Dun & Bradstreet, Fiscal AI. (May 5)
Enterprise AI services JV with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman, Goldman Sachs
Announces partnership to stand up a new venture delivering enterprise-grade AI services to large organizations, building on Claude's deployment footprint. (May 4)
🔌 Claude Code Plugins
cwc-makers — new plugin
Adds /maker-setup onboarding for the Code-with-Claude Cardputer kit: clones the build repo, detects the device, flashes UIFlow 2.0, and installs apps for MicroPython iteration paired with Claude Desktop over BLE. Follow-up commit (#1731) adds curl+tar fallback when git is missing. (May 6)
speakai — new plugin
Adds the speakai plugin to the official Anthropic-managed directory via PR #1687. (May 4)
Unchanged in window (top 10 tracked): frontend-design, superpowers, context7, code-review, code-simplifier, github, skill-creator, playwright, feature-dev, 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
Moody's MCP app + financial connectors
Adds Moody's MCP plus connectors to FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, MSCI, PitchBook, Morningstar, Chronograph, LSEG and Daloopa, all bundled with the finance agents launch. (May 5)
Unchanged in window: modelcontextprotocol/servers, github-mcp-server, filesystem MCP, claude-mem, context7.
🛠️ Claude Code Releases
Claude Code 2.1.131
Fixes VS Code extension failing to activate on Windows due to a hardcoded build path in the bundled SDK (createRequire polyfill bug). Fixes Mantle endpoint authentication failing with missing x-api-key header. (Published npm May 6)
Claude Code 2.1.129
Adds --plugin-url flag to fetch plugin .zip archives over HTTP, makes gateway /v1/models discovery opt-in via CLAUDE_CODE_ENABLE_GATEWAY_MODEL_DISCOVERY=1, moves plugin themes/monitors under experimental, restores Ctrl+R cross-project history default, fixes /context ASCII grid leaking ~1.6k tokens, and resolves OAuth refresh race after wake-from-sleep. (Published npm May 5)
Claude Code 2.1.128
Ships May 4 alongside the finance agents launch; notes folded into 2.1.129 publish.
💡 Community — Workflows & Ideas
The Register: "Anthropic unleashes finance agents for Claude"
Frames the 10-agent drop as Anthropic's first vertical-specific bundle, noting Cookbook delivery for Managed Agents lets firms self-host without hitting Cowork limits. (May 5)
Yahoo Finance: "Anthropic launches 10 AI agents for banks and insurers"
Highlights bank/insurer adoption angle and connector breadth (FactSet, S&P, MSCI, PitchBook). (May 5)
📰 Quick Mentions
- Anthropic adds Claude finance agents to Microsoft 365 — recaps M365 add-in GA for Excel/PowerPoint/Word.
- PYMNTS: Anthropic targets financial services with new AI agents — payments-industry framing of the May 5 launch.
- Investing.com: Claude launches insurance and financial services agent templates — confirms insurance vertical coverage.