Auto Mode Becomes the Default, Self-Hosted Runners Arrive

Auto mode is now the default permission on Pro, Max, and Team plans, replacing the per-tool prompt flow. Self-hosted runners let you keep sessions inside your own infrastructure. Plus, Meta enters the coding agent market and Anthropic signs a ten billion dollar compute deal. In this episode: (00:00) Introduction (00:45) Claude Code Updates (02:48) Under the Hood (04:13) In the News Further reading: Auto mode is now the default in Claude Code for Pro, Max, and Team plans (Anthropic Engineering) Running auto mode in production (Anthropic Engineering) Run Claude Code sessions on your own compute (Anthropic Engineering) How Firms Like Coinbase Are Building Coding Agents to Complement Anthropic's Claude Code (The Information) Meta Releases Coding Agent to Compete With OpenAI and Anthropic (Wall Street Journal) Anthropic Inks $10 Billion Computing Deal With New Cloud Startup (Bloomberg) Anthropic to build in-house chip design team for Claude, hire engineers (Reuters) Claude Notes Brief is a weekly podcast covering Claude Code updates and Anthropic news. Subscribe at claudenotes.co.