Anthropic Secretly Testing Conway: An Always-On Agent With Extensions, Webhooks, and Chrome Use
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Leaked code reveals Anthropic is building Conway, a standalone Claude agent environment featuring persistent instances, custom extensions (.cnw.zip packages), webhook-based triggers from external services, and Chrome browser integration. Conway introduces its own UI with Search, Chat, and System panels, plus a Manage area for installing third-party tools and context handlers. The architecture suggests Anthropic is moving toward always-on agents that remain active beyond a single session and respond to external events autonomously — a significant strategic shift from their current chat-first model.