Weekly Digest
Your weekly roundup of Claude Code news and tips
Week 7, 2026
Feb 9 - Feb 15, 2026
Summary
Anthropic secured $30B funding while shipping Claude Opus 4.6 and major Claude Code updates for Web, Windows, and Slack.
Quick Tip
Run terminal commands instantly
Type '!' before your prompt to execute shell commands without switching windows.
Insights
- 1Start prompts with '!' to run terminal commands immediately inside Claude Code.
- 2Windows users can now enable Cowork mode for full desktop context.
- 3Use Plan Mode in Slack to force Claude to ask clarifying questions before coding.
- 4Leverage Opus 4.6 to one-shot complex UI components with higher accuracy.
- 5Install official plugins to add functionality like linter hooks and custom skills.
- 6Review the new 32-page Anthropic guide to master building custom Claude skills.
- 7Use slash commands in the Web interface for faster multi-repo navigation.
Featured Tweets
AnthropicAI
We’ve raised $30B in funding at a $380B post-money valuation. This investment will help us deepen our research, continue to innovate in products, and ensure we have the resources to power our infrastructure expansion as we make Claude available everywhere our customers are.
AnthropicAI
We're committing to cover electricity price increases from our data centers. To ensure ratepayers aren’t picking up the tab, we'll pay 100% of grid upgrade costs, work to bring new power online, and invest in systems to reduce grid strain. Read more: https://t.co/avOFlvRNpa
bcherny
A huge part of this raise is Claude Code. Weekly active users doubled since January. People who've never written a line of code are building with it. Humbled to work on this every day with our team.