On June 30, 2026, Anthropic released Claude Science, an AI workbench for scientists, in public beta. Featuring connections to more than 60 scientific databases and the generation of reproducible outputs, the product was developed under the name "Operon."
June 30, 2026 · Anthropic · Public Beta
Claude Science: One Workbench for the Whole Research Bench
Anthropic's new flagship consolidates papers, databases, code, and compute into a single reproducible environment — betting on workflow orchestration, not a new model , to win over scientists.
60+
scientific databases connected (UniProt, PDB, ClinVar…)
100s
of on-demand GPUs, scaled from laptop to cluster
20+
custom skills in a multi-agent review template
Reported time savings in the field
Tasks that used to take a scientist far longer — drawn to scale (normal effort vs. Claude Science).
Literature review prep10+ reviews, 100+ pages each
Glioma variant analysisin one-tenth the usual time
Collapsing the scattered workflow into one environment
PubMed
+
Jupyter / R
+
Cluster terminals
+
60+ databases
→
Claude Science
The bet
No new model — it runs on existing Claude (Sonnet 5). Differentiation lives in the workflow and orchestration layer.
Artifacts fully traced to code, environments & message history — reproducible & auditable.
Large datasets stay local; only necessary context is transmitted.
Native 3D protein structures, genome tracks & BioNeMo models (Evo 2, Boltz-2, OpenFold3).
Well received
Code-traced, reproducible artifacts
60+ database connections in one place
On-demand compute & environment management
Beta caveats
No Windows support (macOS / Linux only)
Team / Enterprise need admin activation
Specifications may change in updates
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