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Claude Code Desktop: Automated Preview, Review, and Merge for PRs
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Hello, fellow developers! Get ready to supercharge your workflow because Claude Code on desktop just got some seriously powerful upgrades. We're talking automated app previews, intelligent code reviews, and even auto-fixing and merging your pull requests – all without leaving your editor. These updates are designed to help you close the entire development loop, from writing that first line of code to seeing your changes merged, all in one seamless experience.
What It Does
These new features bring a new level of automation and insight directly to your desktop environment.
- Live App Previews with AI Feedback: Imagine writing code and seeing your application run live, directly within Claude Code's desktop interface. Claude now views your web app's UI, reads console logs, and even catches errors as they happen. The coolest part? You can select visual elements in the preview to provide direct feedback to Claude, allowing for incredibly fast, visual iteration. No more switching to a browser and manually explaining issues!
- Smart Code Reviews: Once your changes are looking good, a new "Review code" button lets Claude examine your local diffs. It leaves inline comments directly in your desktop diff view, pointing out bugs, suggesting improvements, and spotting potential issues before you even think about pushing. It's like having an extra pair of expert eyes on your code, always ready to help.
- Automated PR Monitoring, Fixing, and Merging: For those of you working with code hosted on GitHub, Claude Code can now monitor your pull request (PR) status directly in the desktop app. It tracks CI check passes and failures using the GitHub CLI behind the scenes. You can even enable auto-fix for Claude to automatically attempt to resolve any detected CI failures. And for the ultimate automation, auto-merge will take care of merging your PRs as soon as all checks pass. Talk about reducing toil!
Why It Matters
These updates dramatically streamline your development process, cutting down on context switching and allowing you to focus on building, not managing. Developers can move from writing code to merging PRs within a single, integrated environment.
Plus, your work sessions are now truly mobile. You can start a session with Claude Code in the CLI, then use /desktop to bring the full context into your desktop app. Or, if you're on your desktop, you can push sessions to the cloud using the "Continue with Claude Code on the web" button or pick them up on the Claude mobile app – ensuring you can pick up exactly where you left off, no matter where you are. This flexibility is a game-changer for modern development workflows.
How to Try It
The best news? These powerful new capabilities are available now to all users! Simply update or download Claude Code on desktop to get started. If you want to dive deeper into the technical details and best practices, be sure to explore the Claude Developer docs. For information on different plans and features, check out Claude Pricing. Existing users can quickly log in via the Claude Console.
Try it: https://claude.com/blog/preview-review-and-merge-with-claude-code and experience the future of AI-assisted development today!