Claude Code's Agent View, /goal Command, and Background Sessions: A Practical Guide

Anthropic shipped a significant Claude Code update in May 2026 that fundamentally changes how developers manage AI-assisted work: Agent View, the /goal command, and background sessions. Together, these three features move Claude Code from a single-session coding assistant to a genuine multi-agent orchestration platform. Agent View gives you a real-time visual display of all active agents and their current tasks. The /goal command lets you describe a high-level objective and have Claude Code automatically decompose it into subtasks and execute them in sequence. Background sessions let you launch agents that run independently while you work on other things — you get notified when they complete. For most Claude Code users, the day-to-day workflow changes substantially with these features. You're no longer limited to one thing at a time. You can set a goal, let Claude Code decompose and execute it, and simultaneously work on a different feature in a separate session — with both running in parallel. This post is a practical guide to each feature: what it does, when to use it, and how to integrate it into your vibe coding workflow for maximum leverage.