Anthropic shipped Agent View for Claude Code on May 11, 2026, as a Research Preview. It adds a unified session list to the terminal: a single view showing every active, waiting, and completed Claude Code session, with enough per-row detail to act without opening each one.

Three commands to know

claude agents — opens the session list from any terminal. Each row shows: session ID, whether Claude is waiting for your input, the last assistant message, and the timestamp of the last interaction.

/bg — backgrounds the current session without closing it. Claude continues working; you return to your shell.

claude --bg "task description" — starts a new session directly in the background. No foreground window opens. The session appears in the agent list as soon as it’s created.

Which plans have access

Agent View is available on Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise, and Claude API plans. It is not available on the free tier.

Why it matters

Before Agent View, running multiple Claude Code sessions required multiple terminal tabs or a tmux layout. There was no consolidated view of what each session was doing or which ones needed attention. Developers would switch tabs to check progress, often interrupting sessions that were still working.

Agent View replaces that workflow. You start sessions in the background, check the list when convenient, and only open a session when it’s waiting for you.

For a step-by-step guide to running parallel sessions with Agent View, see Running parallel coding sessions with Claude Code Agent View.