Releasesby GlyphClaude Managed Agents sessions load skills from GitHub repositories
When a session mounts a repository, skills in its root .claude/skills directory are discovered automatically at session start and available to the agent.
Also shipped Aug 7, 2026Anthropic in August 2026 →
DCM Projects (General availability)
DCM Projects are now generally available and are no longer in Preview . DCM Projects enable a declarative approach to managing Snowflake objects as code. You define the desired target state of your databases, tables, tasks, and other Snowflake objects in definition files, and Snowflake determines and applies the necessary changes to reach that state.
Snowflake Native Apps: Cortex Agents and MCP servers (General availability)
Cortex Agents and MCP servers in Snowflake Native Apps are now generally available. Providers can create the following objects in an app’s setup script: Apps can also use inter-app communication so that one app’s agent calls another app’s agent or MCP server.
Tag automations (Beta)
Tag automations are now in Beta . A tag automation assigns or removes governed tags on the Unity Catalog tables or volumes that match conditions you define, so tags stay accurate as your data and metadata change.
Change data feed on materialized views (Beta)
You can now read a change data feed from a materialized view created in a Lakeflow pipeline or in Databricks SQL, using Databricks Runtime 18 LTS or above. Use this to replicate materialized view changes to destinations outside Databricks, or to keep a history of materialized view changes for auditing and reporting.
ai_search function (Beta)
The ai_search() SQL function retrieves information from one or more AI Search indexes configured as knowledge sources. Given a natural-language query, the function generates optimized search queries, retrieves and deduplicates results across sources, reranks them by relevance, and returns the most relevant documents.
AlloyDB can sync BigQuery tables in preview
BigQuery tables can be synced into AlloyDB once or on a periodic schedule, giving operational analytics low-latency transactional access to data lake data.
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Claude Managed Agents sessions support hard spend budgets
A session budget caps spend at public list rates; when reached, the session pauses with the budget_reached stop reason instead of starting new model requests. Deployments can apply the same budget to every session they start.
Claude Managed Agents sessions can consult an advisor model
An advisor entry in the agent's multiagent roster names a model at least as capable as the agent's own that the primary thread can consult mid-turn for strategic guidance.
Claude Managed Agents adds inference_geo to control where inference runs
Set inference_geo in the model object when creating an agent, or override it per session, to control data residency for model inference.
Inference hooks
are now in beta for Claude Enterprise organizations. Point Claude at your organization's AI security server, and each governed prompt across claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code is held for the server's allow or deny verdict before inference proceeds.
Claude Opus 4.1 is retired on the Claude API
All requests to claude-opus-4-1-20250805 now return an error. Anthropic recommends upgrading to Claude Opus 5; researchers can request continued access through the External Researcher Access Program.
Claude Sonnet 5 introductory pricing of $2 / $10 per MTok becomes permanent
The introductory Claude Sonnet 5 price is now standard, and the scheduled increase to $3 / $15 per MTok on September 1, 2026 will not happen.
Claude API adds the anthropic-workspace-id response header
Responses now carry the wrkspc_-prefixed ID of the workspace the API key or access token resolved to, including the Default Workspace, making it easier to attribute traffic to workspaces.
Compliance API returns cloud Cowork session transcripts in beta
New /v1/compliance/apps/sessions/remote endpoints list Cowork sessions started on claude.ai web or mobile and return their transcripts for Claude Enterprise organizations.