Anthropic rebuilds Claude Code Projects so one chat dispatches separate cloud jobs

single source· 1 articles · confidence: medium · first seen 2026-09-17 20:45 UTC

What this means for you

If you use Claude Code, Projects now coordinates rather than stores: you describe work, Claude splits it, and each piece runs server-side in its own session, so shutting the laptop no longer ends it. It is beta with no published price or limits, so nothing to re-plan yet.

Anthropic has redesigned Projects in Claude Code, its coding agent that runs in a terminal. The old Projects was a folder of files plus one chat. The new version, in beta, is a single ongoing conversation in which Claude acts as coordinator: you describe the work and Claude decides which parts become threads. Each thread runs as a full Claude Code session in Anthropic's cloud, on its own branch, and keeps going after you close your laptop. No price, seat limits or availability date were given, and the source account is truncated.

Key facts

  • ·Anthropic released a redesign of Projects in Claude Code as a beta, reported 17 September 2026. source
  • ·The previous Projects was a folder of files plus a single chat. source
  • ·In the new design a single ongoing conversation acts as coordinator, and Claude decides which parts of the work become separate threads. source
  • ·Each thread is a full Claude Code session running in the cloud on its own branch, and continues after the user closes their laptop. source
  • ·The source gives no pricing, seat limits or general-availability date for the beta. source

What the sources say

  • MarkTechPostSets out the redesign's mechanics, but adds no pricing, limits or availability detail.

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