The AI Catchup Newsletter
A weekly roundup of AI tools, practices, and what matters -- curated so you can stay current without the noise. Published every Tuesday.
Past Editions
The AI Catchup -- May 19, 2026
Claude Code 2.1.142 is a deceptively impactful release: the new `claude agents` flag set finally makes background session dispatch configurable per run, fast mode now defaults to Opus 4.7 (with a documented 4.6 override), and a long-standing bug that silently capped remote MCP tool calls at 60 seconds is fixed. If you are running agent dashboards or remote MCP servers, upgrade week.
The AI Catchup -- May 12, 2026
Two back-to-back Codex CLI drops (0.129 and 0.130) turn the app-server into something you can program remotely, while Claude Code 2.1.133 puts worktree base defaults back where they belong and routes the entire MCP OAuth flow through proxy/mTLS. Plus: Google's Gemini Interactions API has a hard May 20 / June 8 sunset that breaks older SDK clients.
The AI Catchup -- May 5, 2026
Two big agent-runtime drops this fortnight: Cursor put its agent into an `npm install`-able SDK, and Codex CLI 0.128.0 added persisted `/goal` workflows for Ralph-style loops that don't stop until done. Plus: Warp open-sourced its client under AGPL with OpenAI as founding sponsor, and Cursor 3.2 made multitasked, multi-root agent work the default flow.
The AI Catchup -- April 15, 2026
This week was Anthropic's coming-out party for orchestrated coding work -- Routines, a rebuilt desktop app, and Thariq's deep dive on managing the 1M context window. Plus: Warp goes universal, Cursor draws you a UI, and Ramp shows what 99 percent AI adoption actually looks like.
The AI Catchup -- March 4, 2026
This week: MCP servers are everywhere, the Cursor vs Claude Code debate heats up, and we share our guide to building your own MCP server from scratch.