Anthropic has launched Claude Science in beta, an AI workbench designed to integrate fragmented scientific tools into a single research environment. The platform aims to accelerate discovery by providing auditable artifacts, flexible compute scaling, and specialized agents for domains like genomics and structural biology.
- Integrates over 60 curated skills and connectors for fields such as genomics, proteomics, and cheminformatics.
- Generates rich scientific artifacts including 3D protein structures and genome browser tracks with fully reproducible code and history.
- Manages compute resources by drafting plans and submitting jobs to user-owned HPC clusters or Modal accounts on demand.
- Connects natively to NVIDIA’s BioNeMo Agent Toolkit, supporting models like Evo 2, Boltz-2, and OpenFold3.
- Includes a reviewer agent that checks citations, calculations, and figure accuracy, flagging and correcting errors automatically.
The tool allows researchers to conduct end-to-end workflows, from literature analysis to manuscript preparation, while keeping sensitive data on local infrastructure. Early beta users report significant time savings in tasks such as single-cell RNA sequencing analysis and the creation of multi-agent computational review templates.