Anthropic Shifts Code Review to Continuous AI-Assisted Process

Addy Osmani and colleagues revealed how Anthropic uses Claude for continuous, real-time code review as code is being written. This approach replaces the traditional practice of treating code review solely as a manual gate at the end of a pull request. This shift redefines modern software engineering workflows by automating routine error checking early in the development cycle. Consequently, human reviewers can redirect their focus and attention toward higher-level design questions and architectural scrutiny. According to the team, most changes undergo review and automated fixing by Claude at least once before a human developer is asked to examine them. The workflow functions similarly to a real-time spellcheck operating directly within the development environment.