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Anthropic Gives Claude Code a Fresh Groove: Meet the Sidebar and GitHub Groove

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Amer Altaf
Sep 01, 2025
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Anthropic just dropped a slick makeover for Claude Code—your AI pair‑programmer—by shifting key controls into a chic sidebar and fusing it with GitHub. It’s less clutter, more coding mojo.

A Savvier Layout

Gone is the old cramped setup. Now the prompt composer and session navigator slide neatly into a sidebar, freeing up the main workspace for more of wha…

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