If you have been using Claude Code interactively, you already know what it can do in a session. Routines take that further: you define a prompt once, wire up a trigger, and Claude Code runs autonomously on Anthropic-managed cloud infrastructure whenever that trigger fires. Your laptop can be off. The job still runs. This article walks through what routines are, how to set them up, and where the rough edges are during the current research preview. What Is a Routine? A routine is a saved Claude Code configuration. It packages three things: A prompt (the instructions Claude runs each time) One or more GitHub repositories to work in A set of connectors (MCP servers for external services like Slack, Linear, etc.) You attach one or more triggers to it.…