Claude Coded: Sonnet 4.5, Claude Code 2.0, and more.

ℹ️ EPISODE INFO

Released

October 6, 2025

Duration

4m

Channel

Anthropic

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📝 EPISODE DESCRIPTION

We're covering everything new with Claude for developers, including the launch of Claude Sonnet 4.5, major updates to Claude Code, powerful new API capabilities, and exciting features in the Claude app. Join the Claude Developer Discord - https://anthropic.com/discord Check out the Claude Code Docs - https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/overview Check out the Memory Cookbook - https://github.com/anthropics/claude-cookbooks/blob/main/tool_use/memory_cookbook.ipynb 00:06 Claude Sonnet 4.5 - Leading on SWE-bench and can focus for 30+ hours on complex tasks 01:03 Claude Code VS Code Extension - Now available in beta on the VS Code Marketplace 01:30 Claude Code 2.0 - Refreshed terminal UI 01:45 Claude Code Checkpoints - Roll back to previous states with /rewind 02:23 Usage Tracking - Monitor your usage in real-time with /usage command 02:35 Claude API - Context editing and memory tools for building sophisticated agents 03:37 Claude Agent SDK - Build your own agents with the tools that power Claude Code 03:59 Claude File Creation - Generate Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and PDF files in the Claude app

🧾 EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Anthropic, Claude Coded: Sonnet 4.5, Claude Code 2.0, and more. explores Anthropic updates: Sonnet 4.5, Claude Code 2.0, agent tools Claude Sonnet 4.5 is positioned as Anthropic’s top coding model, leading SWE-bench Verified at 77.2% and showing long-horizon task focus beyond 30 hours.

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