A longtime Claude Code user announced they are retiring the tool as their main coding harness in favor of Pi, citing accumulated frustrations with the product. The author noted that Anthropic added support for AGENTS.md files shortly after the switch decision was made, but said the change came too late to reverse their choice. Specific complaints included incompatibility between CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md formats and a VSCode IDE integration limitation allowing only one connected session at a time.
caleb.software
· 2026-11-08
Athenahealth, which serves over 20% of the US population, has released an MCP-compatible server called AthenaPatient MCP that lets Anthropic's Claude access patient health records after users sign in with their account credentials. The feature is limited to subscribers of Claude Pro ($20/month) and Claude Max ($100/month), and patients can choose which data to share and revoke access at any time. Claude can draw on lab results, vitals, medications, allergies, immunizations and other records to answer questions, but Athenahealth says the tool does not provide medical advice.
zdnet.com
· 2026-11-02
A writer using Claude Pro tried to design a tooth-themed logo and signage for his wife's dental practice after their human designer became unavailable. Claude initially produced four workable concepts from a wordmark file and rough sketch, and after about an hour of iteration the writer's wife was reportedly impressed with the result, though the overall process ultimately proved frustrating by the writer's own account.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-10-07
Anthropic has opened Claude Code's cloud sessions—previously a research preview—to eligible Pro and Max subscribers, letting them run coding tasks on Anthropic's servers instead of their own machines. To encourage adoption, Pro users get $100 and Max users get $250 in promotional credits, claimable via Claude's website by October 7, with unused balances expiring November 4.
bleepingcomputer.com
· 2026-09-25
Anthropic released Claude Opus 5.5, which it says outperforms its predecessor Opus 5 while responding over 30% faster and costing about 40% less to run. The company also says it improved the model's communication style and added new safety safeguards, and it is raising usage limits for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise subscribers.
androidauthority.com
· 2026-09-22
Anthropic has rebuilt the 'projects' concept inside Claude Code, giving cloud-based sessions persistent threads, shared memory, and the ability for Claude to coordinate multiple parallel work streams on its own. The upgrade is initially limited to select Pro and Max subscribers using cloud sessions who have no existing projects, while local, terminal-based workflows are excluded from the new system entirely.
zdnet.com
· 2026-09-17
A group of Claude users filed a class-action lawsuit against Anthropic on September 8, alleging the company misled subscribers about usage limits on its $100 and $200 Max plans. The suit contends Anthropic advertised 5x and 20x more usage than the Pro tier without disclosing that weekly caps, added months after Max launched in April 2025, sharply reduce the real benefit compared to the marketed multiplier.
engadget.com
· 2026-09-09
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