Anthropic adds routines to redesigned Claude Code, here’s how it works

Zac Hall | Apr 14 2026 - 10:13 am PT

Anthropic’s Claude Code has a new repeatable routines feature that works even when your Mac is offline. Claude Code, part of the Claude app for Mac, has also been redesigned with new features.

Claude Code routines run on Anthropic’s web infrastructure

Claude Code routines are automations that you schedule and repeat. They run on Claude Code’s web infrastructure, so your Mac doesn’t need to be online for each task.

Anthropic says the new feature arrives today as a research preview.

Developers already use Claude Code to automate the software development cycle, but until now, they’ve managed cron jobs, infrastructure, and additional tooling like MCP servers themselves. Routines ship with access to your repos and your connectors, so you can package up automations and set them to run on a schedule or trigger.

Example use cases include scheduled tasks, API workflows, and GitHub routines.

Claude Code routine limits based on plan

Claude Code routines are available for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise users with these limits:

Pro supports running 5 routines per day
Max supports running 15 routines per day
Team/Enterprise support running 25 routines per day

Learn more about Claude Code routines here.

Separately, Anthropic gave developers another new way to use Claude Code last month with auto mode. Meanwhile, Claude Cowork recently graduated from research preview with the addition of new enterprise features.

Claude Code for Mac redesigned with new features, including parallel sessions

Additionally, Anthropic has released a redesigned version of the Claude Code experience. Claude Code, Cowork, and Chat are all part of the Claude app.

“You can now run multiple Claude sessions side by side from one window, with a new sidebar to manage them all,” according to Anthropic. “The redesign also adds an integrated terminal, file editing, HTML and PDF preview, and a faster diff viewer, all in a drag-and-drop layout you can arrange to your preference.”