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Anthropic turns Claude Code into an always-on AI agent with new channels feature

THE DECODER / 3/21/2026

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Key Points

  • Anthropic released a channels feature for Claude Code that streams external events (such as CI results and chat messages) directly into an active session.
  • The feature lets Claude keep working without someone at the terminal, turning Claude Code into an always-on AI agent.
  • By piping events into the session, teams can automate workflows and reduce manual context switching during development.
  • The update was reported by The Decoder as a new capability for Claude Code.

Anthropic's new channels feature for Claude Code lets external events like CI results or chat messages flow directly into an active session, so Claude can keep working without anyone at the terminal.

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