Claude Developer Platform Release Notes

• We've launched Agent Skills (skills-2025-10-02 beta), a new way to extend Claude's capabilities. Skills are organized folders of instructions, scripts, and resources that Claude loads dynamically to perform specialized tasks. The initial release includes:
  • Anthropic-managed Skills: Pre-built Skills for working with PowerPoint (.pptx), Excel (.xlsx), Word (.docx), and PDF files
  • Custom Skills: Upload your own Skills via the Skills API (/v1/skills endpoints) to package domain expertise and organizational workflows
  • Skills require the code execution tool to be enabled
  • Learn more in our Agent Skills documentation and API reference

• We've launched Claude Sonnet 4.5, our best model for complex agents and coding, with the highest intelligence across most tasks. Learn more in What's new in Claude 4.5.

• We've introduced global endpoint pricing for AWS Bedrock and Google Vertex AI. The Claude API (1P) pricing is unaffected.

• We've introduced a new stop reason model_context_window_exceeded that allows you to request the maximum possible tokens without calculating input size. Learn more in our handling stop reasons documentation.

• We've launched the memory tool in beta, enabling Claude to store and consult information across conversations. Learn more in our memory tool documentation.

• We've launched context editing in beta, providing strategies to automatically manage conversation context. The initial release supports clearing older tool results and calls when approaching token limits. Learn more in our context editing documentation.

Claude Brand Unification

We've unified our developer offerings under the Claude brand. You should see updated naming and URLs across our platform and documentation, but our developer interfaces will remain the same. Here are some notable changes:

• Anthropic Console (console.anthropic.com) Claude Console (platform.claude.com). The console will be available at both URLs until December 16, 2025. After that date, console.anthrop ic.com will automatically redirect to platform.claude.com.
• Anthropic Docs (docs.claude.com) Claude Docs (docs.claude.com)
• Anthropic Help Center (support.claude.com) Claude Help Center (support.claude.com)
• API endpoints, headers, environment variables, and SDKs remain the same. Your existing integrations will continue working without any changes.

• We've launched the web fetch tool in beta, allowing Claude to retrieve full content from specified web pages and PDF documents. Learn more in our web fetch tool documentation.

• We've launched the Claude Code Analytics API, enabling organizations to programmatically access daily aggregated usage metrics for Claude Code, including productivity metrics, tool usage statistics, and cost data.