Where the term comes fromIn this channel's material, research preview is Anthropic's own framing for the early release of Claude Co-work. Felix from the Anthropic team described the tab as something sprinted in a week and a half and shipped as a deliberately rough research preview — a construction site meant for building in the open and iterating with users[^01a0f15a-b23f-7d11-980f-dc3f7e8fc4b6@2264]. — What the framing signalsThe term tells you how to approach the product: it is not a finished release, but an early, visibly rough build that improves fast. The hosts noted that improvements ship almost daily[^01a0f15a-b23f-7d11-980f-dc3f7e8fc4b6@348], and feedback given live on the stream had already produced a shipped PR[^01a0f15a-b23f-7d11-980f-dc3f7e8fc4b6@5265]. — - Research preview = a deliberately rough early release, shipped openly for iteration with users. - It signals janky but improving fast — expect daily improvements, not polish. - In context, it named the separate Co-work tab inside Claude, alongside chat and code.