Checked fact 123612 Oct 2026Agents and apps

Anthropic's post describes a progress file and git commits as the way a new session learns the state of the work.

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The key insight here was finding a way for agents to quickly understand the state of work when starting with a fresh context window, which is accomplished with the claude-progress.txt file alongside the git history.

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Effective harnesses for long-running agents
Anthropic Engineering · 2025-11-26

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“Anthropic's post describes a progress file and git commits as the way a new session learns the state of the work.” ai notis, checked 12 Oct 2026. Source: Effective harnesses for long-running agents (Anthropic Engineering). https://ainotis.com/c/1236

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ai notis. (2026, October 12). Anthropic's post describes a progress file and git commits as the way a new session learns the state of the work [Checked claim 1236]. ai notis. https://ainotis.com/c/1236

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