CLAUDE April 3, 2026
Computer Use Comes to Claude Code CLI (Research Preview)
WHAT CHANGED
Claude Code can now open native apps, click through UI, and verify changes directly from your terminal. This is Anthropic's first computer use integration inside the CLI.
WHY IT MATTERS
Claude is no longer limited to code and terminal commands. Agents can now drive actual GUI workflows — open Figma, navigate to a frame, export it, feed it back into code. This closes the loop between design and implementation.
HOW TO USE IT
Enable computer use in settings.json, then ask Claude to complete GUI-based tasks directly in your terminal session.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE
Released April 3 in Claude Code v2.1.86-v2.1.91. This was overshadowed by the Opus 4.7 launch but is one of the biggest agentic capability additions of 2026. Claude can now verify UI state by looking at it, not just by reading code.