A practical guide to what dynamic workflows are, how a Claude Code agent uses them, and where they actually help. Written for teammates who already use Claude Code but haven't dug into this feature yet.
Status: research preview, Claude Code v2.1.154+. On Pro you turn it on in
/config("Dynamic workflows"). Available on all paid plans plus Anthropic API, Bedrock, Vertex AI, and Foundry.
How to read the source labels. This guide mixes three kinds of claims, and they're tagged inline so you can weigh them:
- [DOCS] - stated in Anthropic's official documentation. Take as authoritative.
- [OBSERVED] - discovered by having a Claude Code agent inspect its own tooling (the
Workflowtool's built-in description and the shippeddeep-researchworkflow). The official docs deliberately don't publish the scripting API, so these details came from the agent examining what it actually has access to. High confidence, but not officially documented - could