Caroline Bishop
Jan 29, 2026 21:35
Claude Code now tracks GitHub PRs and commits with AI help. Anthropic stories 67% enhance in PRs merged per engineer internally.
Anthropic launched contribution metrics for Claude Code on Thursday, giving engineering groups a method to measure how a lot the AI coding assistant truly impacts their output. The characteristic, now in public beta, integrates immediately with GitHub to trace pull requests and commits made with Claude Code’s assist.
The numbers from Anthropic’s inside utilization inform an attention-grabbing story. Since ramping up Claude Code adoption, the corporate says its engineers now merge 67% extra PRs per day. Much more putting: 70-90% of code throughout groups is now written with Claude Code help.
What the metrics truly present
The GitHub integration surfaces three most important information factors: PRs merged (break up between assisted and unassisted), strains of code dedicated with and with out Claude Code, and per-user contribution patterns throughout groups.
Anthropic is being cautious about attribution right here. The system solely counts code as “assisted” when there’s excessive confidence Claude Code was concerned, matching session exercise with GitHub commits. Workspace admins can entry the whole lot by means of the present Claude Code analytics dashboard—no further tooling required.
The productiveness measurement downside
Pull requests aren’t an ideal proxy for developer productiveness, and Anthropic acknowledges this immediately. However they argue PRs correlate carefully with what engineering groups truly care about: delivery options, squashing bugs, and getting updates to customers sooner.
The corporate positions these metrics as complementary to present engineering KPIs moderately than a alternative. Groups can layer them alongside DORA metrics or dash velocity to identify directional adjustments after adopting Claude Code.
Accessible now for paid tiers
Contribution metrics are rolling out to Claude Group and Enterprise prospects. Setup requires putting in the Claude GitHub App, toggling on GitHub Analytics in admin settings, and authenticating to your group’s GitHub account. Metrics populate robotically as groups use the instrument.
This launch follows Anthropic’s January 2026 launch of Claude Code 2.1 and Claude Cowork. The agentic coding instrument, which operates immediately in builders’ terminals, can deal with the whole lot from constructing options to resolving merge conflicts autonomously. It maintains challenge consciousness and pulls from exterior sources like Google Drive and Figma by way of MCP integration.
For groups evaluating AI coding instruments, having concrete productiveness information may assist justify the funding—or reveal whether or not the hype matches actuality.
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