Agent Identity shifts access control from user-based to agent- and channel-based, enabling administrators to centrally define which tools, APIs, and data an agent may use in which context.
The Claude apps gateway eliminates manual credential management per developer for CTOs and enables centralized access control, spending limits, and telemetry for Claude Code on Bedrock and Google Cloud.
The Claude Gateway enables enterprises to manage identity via OIDC, enforce centralized policies, and track per-user costs without administrative overhead per developer.
Skill Engineering defines design commands like “bolder” or “quieter” for agents through concrete operational parameters instead of vague instructions to increase quality and consistency.
Sonnet 5 significantly closes the performance gap to the more expensive Opus 4.8 in autonomous agent workloads while addressing existing weaknesses of its predecessor.
Anthropic offers Claude Science, a specialized research environment with 60+ databases, and provides Claude Sonnet 5 as a cost-effective model with autonomous agent capabilities.