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Cyrus is in Slack: ask anything, ship anything, right where you work
Pegah Vaezi·Mar 05, 2026

Cyrus is in Slack: ask anything, ship anything, right where you work

You're in a Slack thread. You type @cyrus. It answers. Instantly. In the thread. Because it's already connected to your Linear, your GitHub, your repos. No new tools. No new workflows. It just plugs in.

Instant PR reviews: Cyrus comes to GitHub
Pegah Vaezi·Mar 04, 2026

Instant PR reviews: Cyrus comes to GitHub

Your PRs shouldn't sit for days waiting for a review. You can now @mention Cyrus directly on any GitHub pull request and get an instant, thorough code review — edge cases caught, architectural trade-offs questioned, concrete improvement suggestions.

Cyrus now supports Cursor and OpenAI models
Pegah Vaezi·Mar 03, 2026

Cyrus now supports Cursor and OpenAI models

That feature that was going to wait till next week? It ships before lunch. Cyrus now runs Cursor Composer (250 tokens/sec) and OpenAI Codex (77.3% Terminal-Bench accuracy) — giving you the speed and flexibility to choose the right model for each task.

Agent Skills: How markdown files are turning Claude Code into a platform
Connor Turland·Feb 18, 2026

Agent Skills: How markdown files are turning Claude Code into a platform

Your AI coding agent can write code. But can it generate a PowerPoint deck, follow your team's conventions, or debug systematically? Skills are markdown files that teach Claude Code new capabilities - and the Skills Marketplace makes discovering them effortless.

Opus 4.6 is now available on Cyrus
Pegah Vaezi·Feb 10, 2026

Opus 4.6 is now available on Cyrus

Anthropic's most capable coding model is here. Opus 4.6 brings a 1M token context window, agent teams, and adaptive thinking - and it's now the default for every Cyrus agent. Here's what it means for your team.

What is the Claude Code Swarm feature? Agent Teams, explained
Connor Turland·Feb 03, 2026

What is the Claude Code Swarm feature? Agent Teams, explained

Anthropic just announced swarm mode alongside Opus 4.6 - turning Claude Code from a single AI coder into a team lead that spawns agent teams of specialists. Here's everything you need to know about Claude Code agent teams and the multi-agent feature that changes how we build software.

What is MCP Tool Search? The Claude Code feature that fixes context pollution
Connor Turland·Jan 15, 2026

What is MCP Tool Search? The Claude Code feature that fixes context pollution

MCP tool definitions were consuming 66,000+ tokens before you typed anything. Tool Search fixes this by loading tools on-demand, reducing token overhead by 85%. Here's everything you need to know about the feature that makes large MCP setups finally practical.

What is Claude Code's Code-Simplifier Agent? The official plugin for cleaner code
Connor Turland·Jan 10, 2026

What is Claude Code's Code-Simplifier Agent? The official plugin for cleaner code

Claude Code tends to produce verbose, over-engineered code. The code-simplifier agent is an official Anthropic plugin that cleans up AI-generated code automatically - preserving functionality while eliminating unnecessary complexity. Here's how to use it.

Cyrus achieves SOC 2 Type I compliance
Connor Turland·Jan 09, 2026

Cyrus achieves SOC 2 Type I compliance

Security has always been foundational to how we build Cyrus. Today, we're proud to announce SOC 2 Type I compliance, independently verified by Prescient Security. Here's what this means for our users.

The Ralph Wiggum technique: Run Claude Code autonomously for hours
Connor Turland·Jan 01, 2026

The Ralph Wiggum technique: Run Claude Code autonomously for hours

What if Claude just kept going? The Ralph Wiggum technique creates autonomous development loops where Claude iterates on its own work until the task is genuinely finished. Here's everything you need to know about the plugin developers can't stop talking about.

Claude Code vs Cursor: The honest comparison every developer needs for 2026
Connor Turland·Dec 31, 2025

Claude Code vs Cursor: The honest comparison every developer needs for 2026

You're refactoring your authentication system. Cursor forgets context halfway through. Claude Code handles the entire codebase. Here's why developers are switching - and when you shouldn't.

What is Claude Code's AskUserQuestion tool? How to use it for spec-based development
Connor Turland·Dec 29, 2025

What is Claude Code's AskUserQuestion tool? How to use it for spec-based development

The AskUserQuestion tool is transforming how developers work with Claude Code. Instead of making assumptions, Claude interviews you to build a spec before executing. Here's how to use it - and how Cyrus brings this capability directly into Linear.

AI orchestrating AI: how we refactored a complex system in 3.5 hours using agent coordination
Connor Turland·Oct 28, 2025

AI orchestrating AI: how we refactored a complex system in 3.5 hours using agent coordination

A complex refactor that would take a senior engineer 3 weeks completed in 3.5 hours - zero human intervention. Watch how an orchestrator agent coordinated six specialized agents, verified their work, and delivered a complete refactor. This is orchestration.

From manual clicks to automated UI development: how playwright MCP changes everything
Connor Turland·Aug 19, 2025

From manual clicks to automated UI development: how playwright MCP changes everything

You're building a dropdown menu. You test it manually. It breaks on mobile. You fix it. Repeat. What if AI could do all of that - navigate, test, screenshot, and fix issues automatically? Here's how Playwright MCP transforms UI development from repetitive manual work into intelligent automation.

Linear + Claude Code: ship 20x faster by turning issues into pull requests automatically
Connor Turland·Aug 13, 2025

Linear + Claude Code: ship 20x faster by turning issues into pull requests automatically

A coffee break. That's all it took. While I sipped my espresso, Cyrus resolved a customer's feature request, opened a PR, and updated Linear. Here's how we closed 38 issues in 3 weeks with almost zero intervention.