Anthropic Announces New Features and Cookbook for Claude Code
Anthropic's Claude Developers team has announced new features for Claude Code, providing a dedicated cookbook and updated release notes. Users can also query Claude Code directly about these updates using the built-in "claude-api" skill. As an agentic coding tool that operates directly in the terminal or IDE, updates to Claude Code enhance its ability to edit files, run commands, and streamline developer workflows. Providing a cookbook and built-in API query skills helps developers quickly adopt these new capabilities into their daily programming routines. The announcement highlights the use of the "claude-api" skill, which is part of Claude Code's extensible skills system designed to run custom commands and integrate external capabilities. Detailed documentation and examples are hosted in Anthropic's official cookbook and release notes.
## BACKGROUND
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool developed by Anthropic that runs as a command-line interface (CLI) or desktop application to help developers understand codebases, edit files, and execute commands. It supports a skills system that allows developers to extend its capabilities with custom commands, creative applications, or enterprise workflows.