Anthropic has added an in-app browser to Claude Code on desktop, allowing the tool to read, click through, and interact with websites and docs similarly to local dev servers. Concurrently, reports indicate that Cursor is developing a general-purpose AI agent designed to handle emails, texts, spreadsheets, and engineering tasks.
- Claude Code's new in-app browser is sandboxed, configurable, and allows users to choose whether sessions persist.
- The feature enables interaction with external sites just as it does with local development environments.
- Cursor's general agent aims to autonomously manage communication and organizational workflows alongside engineering duties.
These updates reflect ongoing efforts to expand the utility of AI coding assistants beyond code generation into broader operational contexts.