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BUILDING A C COMPILER WITH A TEAM OF PARALLEL CLAUDES

anthropic.com13 min read

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Multiple Claude instances worked in parallel to build a Rust-based C compiler capable of compiling the Linux 6.9 kernel. This approach reduced human supervision and explored autonomous LLM agent capabilities via stress tests and a $20,000, 2,000-session effort. The compiler, while functional, has limitations like inefficient code and reliance on GCC for some features.