Claude Orbit: Anthropic’s Proactive AI Assistant That Works Without You (2026)
— For years, AI assistants have operated on a simple model: you ask, it answers. You open the app, type a query, and receive a response. Even the most advanced chatbots follow this pattern. But what if your AI assistant didn’t wait for you? That’s the core idea behind Claude Orbit — a new AI capability Anthropic has been developing that operates proactively rather than reactively. Discovered in client code by tech intelligence site testingcatalog earlier this month, Claude Orbit represents a fundamental shift in how humans might interact with AI. Instead of waiting for commands, Claude Orbit continuously monitors,