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Neural Concept launched MCP Bridge for its customers, allowing agents to operate CATIA, NX, ANSA, HyperMesh and Abaqus. Built on MCP, it connects CAD, meshing and simulation workflows across Windows workstations and Linux clusters.
MiniMax M3.1 Flash is available through the MiniMax API, M Plan and MiniMax Code, with model weights to follow. Listed prices per million tokens are $0.15 for input, $0.60 for output and $0.015 for cached input.
Claude Code v2.1.304 adds guided auto-mode setup using the project and recent sessions. It also adds a command that compares Managed Agents settings with Anthropic's security guide without changing them.
Factbird's MCP connection lets compatible AI assistants query live manufacturing data after Factbird enables it on the account. Users authenticate with their own Factbird accounts and existing permissions; the connection cannot change production data, settings or line configuration.
Cursor cloud agents can now create interactive canvases that users can share by link. The update also introduces a beta Environments API for creating and managing cloud environments, which now support up to 300 repositories.
Claude Code v2.1.302 enables fork subagents by default in the Agent SDK, desktop app and VS Code. It also fixes MCP 2026-07-28 tool failures when resultType, ttlMs or cacheScope is omitted, and reduces filesystem calls when loading plugins.
For organizations using organization-wide sign-in, Speakeasy v1.43.2 provides one MCP gateway URL for authorized servers across projects. Access changes take effect on the next request, while each server retains its own sign-in.
GitHub's Slack and Teams assistant can now work across multiple repositories in one conversation, including issue creation, code changes and bug investigations. Shared Slack messages and threads can also provide context.
GitHub made agentic autofix generally available for default-branch alerts to Code Security and Advanced Security customers on Enterprise Cloud; it reruns CodeQL to check fixes before opening draft pull requests. Access requires enterprise policy approval, organization or repository enablement and a Copilot billing method.
Codex 0.163.0 lets follow-up messages steer an active response immediately and can run independent read-only tool calls in parallel. It also adds searchable preferences through the /config interface.