The weekly dev digest highlights the features most likely to change how you work. Each entry includes runnable code, a short demo, and a link to the full docs. For every bug fix and minor improvement, see the changelog.Documentation Index
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Plugins load from
.zip archives and URLs: --plugin-dir now accepts .zip files, and --plugin-url fetches a plugin archive for the current session.Also this week: worktree.baseRef chooses whether new worktrees branch from the remote default or local HEAD; auto mode hard deny rules block actions unconditionally regardless of allow exceptions; and hooks see the active effort level via effort.level and $CLAUDE_EFFORT.Read the Week 19 digest →Windows without Git Bash: Git for Windows is no longer required, and Claude Code uses PowerShell as the shell tool when Bash is absent.Also this week:
claude ultrareview brings cloud code review to CI and scripts; claude project purge cleans up local state for a project; and pasting a PR URL into /resume finds the session that created it.Read the Week 18 digest →/ultrareview opens as a public research preview: a fleet of bug-hunting agents runs in the cloud and findings land back in your CLI or Desktop automatically.Also this week: session recap shows you what happened while a terminal was unfocused; custom themes let you build and ship color palettes from /theme or a plugin; and Claude Code on the web gets a redesign with a new sessions sidebar and drag-and-drop layout.Read the Week 17 digest →Claude Opus 4.7 lands as the new default on Max and Team Premium, with a new
xhigh effort level that’s the recommended setting for most coding work and an interactive /effort slider to dial it in.Also this week: Routines on Claude Code on the web fire templated cloud agents from a schedule, GitHub event, or API call; mobile push notifications ping your phone when a long task finishes or Claude needs you; /usage shows what’s driving your limits; and the CLI moves to native binaries.Read the Week 16 digest →Ultraplan enters early preview: draft a plan in the cloud from your CLI, review and comment on it in a web editor, then run it remotely or pull it back local. The first run now auto-creates a cloud environment for you.Also this week: the Monitor tool streams background events into the conversation so Claude can tail logs and react live,
/loop self-paces when you omit the interval, /team-onboarding packages your setup into a replayable guide, and /autofix-pr turns on PR auto-fix from your terminal.Read the Week 15 digest →Computer use comes to the CLI in research preview: Claude can open native apps, click through UI, and verify changes from your terminal. Best for closing the loop on things only a GUI can verify.Also this week:
/powerup interactive lessons, flicker-free alt-screen rendering, a per-tool MCP result-size override up to 500K, and plugin executables on the Bash tool’s PATH.Read the Week 14 digest →Auto mode lands in research preview: a classifier handles your permission prompts so safe actions run without interruption and risky ones get blocked. The middle ground between approving everything and
--dangerously-skip-permissions.Also this week: computer use in the Desktop app, PR auto-fix on Web, transcript search with /, a native PowerShell tool for Windows, and conditional if hooks.Read the Week 13 digest →