Anthropic outlines always-on agent architecture for Claude

The author outlines the core architectural primitives needed to build stateful and proactive always-on AI agents. The framework centers around five key components: an event inbox for handling diverse triggers, durable timers for scheduling, persistent memory for maintaining cross-session continuity, a permission system with credentials and auto modes, and an outbox for managing outbound communications. These primitives combine to let agents operate autonomously in the background while safely interacting with users. Open article →