Anthropic: Claude Code now runs in the background

Tasks now run in parallel in the cloud without needing an open terminal — Claude Code creator Boris Cherny says he already writes most of his code this way. The update is rolling out gradually.

Author: Michael Kokin ·

Claude's Projects can now be launched straight from the terminal via Claude Code. Just describe the task in plain language — the model breaks it into parallel threads on its own and keeps working in the background, even if you've closed your laptop lid.

What's changed

As Anthropic engineer and Claude Code creator Boris Cherny noted, he already writes most of his code through exactly this flow. The update is being rolled out to users gradually.