Claude Code Routines Are Here - Scheduled Agents, GitHub Triggers and API Access on Anthropic's Cloud

Anthropic has launched Routines for Claude Code, introducing templated agents that operate autonomously on the company's cloud infrastructure. These Routines combine a prompt, repositories, and MCP connectors such as Slack, Linear, Google Drive, or GitHub into a single configuration that runs without user intervention. Routines support three trigger types: scheduled execution, GitHub events, and API calls. Scheduled routines can run hourly, nightly, on weekdays, or weekly. GitHub triggers respond to over a dozen event types including pull requests, commits, issue labels, and workflow completions. The API trigger allows external systems to invoke routines via HTTP POST requests to dedicated endpoints. Anthropic reports that Routines have already transformed their internal documentation and backlog maintenance processes, demonstrating real-world application beyond theoretical use cases. The API functionality particularly stands out, as it transforms Claude Code from a developer tool into programmable infrastructure that other systems can invoke when computational work is required. This development represents a significant shift towards Claude Code operating as a background service, potentially changing how developers integrate AI agents into their workflows and systems architecture.