Anthropic has launched a /loop command for Claude Code, enabling cron-style scheduling that turns the AI coding assistant into an autonomous background worker.

Claude Code Agent Loops currently has a 3-day expiry and active-session requirement, which limits long-term scheduling use. Learn how ...

Called Automations, the new system gives users a way to automatically launch agents within their coding environment, triggered by a new addition to the codebase, a Slack message, or a simple timer.