Claude Code's 'Tasks' update lets agents work longer and coordinate across sessions

One of the biggest constraints currently facing AI builders who want to deploy agents in service of their individual or enterprise goals is the "working memory" required to manage complex, multi-stage engineering projects.

Typically, when a AI agent operates purely on a stream of text or voice-based conversation, it lacks the structural permanence to handle dependencies. It knows what to do, but it often forgets why it is doing it, or in what order.

With the release of Tasks for Claude Code (introduced in v2.1.16) last week, Anthropic has introduced a solution that is less about "AI magic" and more about sound software engineering principles.

By moving from ephemeral "To-dos" to persistent "Tasks," the company is fundamentally re-architecting how the model interacts with time, complexity, and system resources.

This update transforms the tool from a reactive coding assistant into a state-aware project manager, creating the infrastructure necessary to ...