May 26, 2026

Claude Code gets smarter, remembers more for coding projects

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Claude Code received a major capability upgrade, making it smarter and more reliable for coding.

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Anthropic released a new version of Claude Code, called Opus 4.5, which can handle more complicated programming tasks.

This new version can remember much more information, making it better for longer projects.

You can now run Claude Code for many hours without it losing its train of thought.

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