Anthropic expands Claude: Claude Code on the Web, Claude Life Sciences, and “Claude Skills”
Anthropic rolled out several major updates to its Claude family of models on October 20, 2025: a web launch of Claude Code, a new Claude Life Sciences offering for research workflows, and a modular Claude Skills system that lets users build reusable task packs for agents.
These moves signal Anthropic’s push into developer tooling and specialized scientific applications. Claude Code aims to make AI-assisted coding accessible via the browser, while Claude Life Sciences targets research workflows in biology and related fields. Claude Skills packages instructions, scripts, and code into reusable modules to speed up complex, repeatable tasks.
- Claude Code on the Web: Browser access to Claude’s code assistance and developer-focused features. (See coverage: mlq.ai.)
- Claude Life Sciences: New offering for life-sciences research using Claude’s models. (See reporting: UPI.)
- Claude Skills: A modular system for creating reusable agent task packs combining instructions, scripts and code — designed to improve efficiency in AI workflows. (Anthropic announcement: Anthropic News.)
By offering coding tools, domain-specific research models, and modular workflows, Anthropic looks to broaden Claude’s use cases — from developer productivity to scientific research. OpenAI had no major daily updates today, although it remains active with partnerships and ongoing infrastructure investments (OpenAI News).
Key takeaways:
- Anthropic is expanding beyond chat into developer tooling and domain-specific AI.
- Modular Skills could lower the friction for building repeatable agent workflows.
- Life-sciences offerings raise possibilities — and questions — about safety, validation and domain expertise when using generative AI in research.
For further reading: Anthropic’s announcement is available at Anthropic News, with additional coverage from MLQ and UPI.
Discussion: Which of these updates — web-based coding, life-sciences focus, or modular Skills — do you think will have the biggest impact on how teams use AI?