Anthropic released its inaugural account of how Claude Code was built and launched, linking the project directly to the company's safety-research efforts. The short history (published 2026-07-06) features stories from the engineers and early users who shaped the product, includes a video, and frames the work as just beginning ('1% done').
Anthropic published a first public history of Claude Code on 2026-07-06, tracing its origins to Anthropic's safety research and describing the project as '1% done.'
This is our first time telling the story of how we first built and launched Claude Code, starting with its origins in Anthropic safety research.
So much more to do. We are 1% done.
Claude (@claudeai)
We've put together a short history of how Claude Code came to be, told by the people who built it and the early users who helped make it what it is today.
anthropic.com/features/makin…
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— https://nitter.net/claudeai/status/2074244664199115201#m