MEASURING AI AGENT AUTONOMY IN PRACTICE

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Anthropic's research analyzed millions of human-AI agent interactions across Claude Code and its public API to understand how agents are used in real-world contexts. It found that agents like Claude Code operate autonomously for longer periods, and experienced users grant them more independence (auto-approving more). Claude Code also proactively pauses for clarification more often than humans interrupt it on complex tasks.