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Cloud Code mods primarily alter the agent loop in the harness, with UI changes as an additional capability, while artifacts provide high-level, highly interactive views with broader affordances.
Thariq Shihipar · Claude Code’s Next Era — Thariq Shihipar, Anthropic · 29 Sept 2026
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“slightly orthogonal or not orthogonal they compose with each other in different ways like mods are like a little bit more like in your cloud code harness uh changing the agent loop you know and like the ui is like an added benefit um and then artifacts are just like you want to you know see things at a high level very interact highly interactive you know like the affordances can be a lot bigger than”
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