What Is Claude Conway? Anthropic’s Always-On AI Agent Explained (2026)

Glowing AI orb in a cloud connected by lines to browser, folder, notification bell, and webhook icons above an idle laptop.

Claude Conway is an always-on AI agent from Anthropic that operates as a persistent, standalone environment inside the Claude app. Unlike traditional chatbots that wait for you to type a prompt, Conway can run in the background, connect to your files and browser, respond to external triggers through webhooks, and accept custom extensions from third-party […]