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Anthropic moves computer use, browser use, Files API, and Agent Skills to GA on t…

On August 19, 2026, Anthropic shipped a broad Claude Developer Platform update: the computer use tool (computer_toolset_20260801) and a new browser use tool for driving hosted browsers, general availability for the Files API, Agent Skills and the Skills API (/v1/skills), and GA for Admin API user-management endpoints for Claude Enterprise. Managed Agents also gained domain restrictions for web search/fetch, and sessions can now attach memory stores in self-hosted sandboxes.

Published Aug 19, 2026 Updated Aug 22, 2026 2 sources

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Impact: high
Confidence: 85%
Change type: platform expansion
First seen: Aug 19, 2026
Last updated: Aug 22, 2026
Audience: developersenterprise
Status: Ready

Summary

What changed

Anthropic promoted computer use, a new browser use tool, the Files API, Agent Skills/Skills API, and Enterprise Admin API user management to general availability, added domain restrictions to Managed Agents web tools, and enabled memory stores in self-hosted sandboxes.

Why it matters

Taking computer use, browser control, skills, and file handling to GA turns the Claude platform into production-ready plumbing for autonomous agents that act across apps and the web. Domain restrictions and self-hosted memory stores answer enterprise governance and data-residency concerns that gate real deployment.

Evidence excerpt

August 19, 2026: Computer use tool now generally available as computer_toolset_20260801; Browser use tool (browser_toolset_20260801) launched for driving hosted browsers; Files API reaches GA; Agent Skills and Skills API (/v1/skills) move to general availability; Admin API user-management endpoints for Claude Enterprise become GA.