Claude Code Redesigned for Parallel Agent Workflows

Anthropic overhauled the Claude Code desktop app (April 14) around multi-session execution. A new sidebar lets you manage, filter, and group active sessions by project — alongside an integrated terminal, in-app file editor, and improved diff viewer. The new Side Chat feature lets you ask clarifying questions without polluting the main task's context window. Available now on Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise plans.

Also shipping: Amazon Bio Discovery (AWS, April 15) — an agentic platform with 40+ AI biology models for antibody drug design, wired directly to wet-lab partners like Twist Bioscience and Ginkgo Bioworks. Scientists can design candidates, ship to physical labs, and get results back in a closed loop. Early trials with Memorial Sloan Kettering generated ~300,000 antibody candidates in weeks — work that historically takes up to a year.

Google rounded out the week with Skills in Chrome — reusable prompt shortcuts for Gemini, accessible directly from the browser's address bar.

Why it matters: parallel agentic execution is becoming the baseline — not just in dev tooling, but across biology, research, and everyday browsing.