Claude Code Adds Cloud Scheduled Tasks

Anthropic rolled out cloud scheduled tasks for Claude Code, letting users set up recurring autonomous runs - PR reviews, CI failure analysis, dependency audits, doc syncing - on Anthropic-managed infrastructure that works even when your machine is off. Tasks clone GitHub repos fresh each run, push to claude/-prefixed branches by default, and can connect to external services like Slack and Linear through MCP connectors. Three scheduling tiers now exist: cloud for reliability without local machines, desktop for local file access, and /loop for quick session-scoped polling. The minimum interval is one hour for cloud tasks. This is Anthropic turning Claude Code from a reactive coding assistant into a background automation layer, which is a meaningful shift in how developer tools compete for always-on workflows that used to live in CI pipelines and cron jobs.