Anthropic shipped ten ready-to-run agent templates for financial services.
Anthropic shipped ten ready-to-run agent templates for financial services. Not a preview- these are reference architectures you can install today. (Catching up on this one from last week, worth a second look)
The Ten: Research & coverage- Pitch builder. Meeting preparer. Earnings reviewer. Model builder. Market researcher. Finance & ops- Valuation reviewer. GL reconciler. Month-end closer. Statement auditor. KYC screener.
Each runs as a plugin alongside the analyst, or as a Managed Agent running autonomously with full audit logs.
Three things stood out:
1. Packaging is the product. Skills + connectors + subagents, pre-stitched. Days, not months.
2. Context travels across M365. Excel → PowerPoint → Word → Outlook, no re-explaining.
3. Data layer is the moat. New connectors- Dun & Bradstreet, Guidepoint, Third Bridge, Verisk, IBISWorld, plus a Moody's MCP app on 600M+ companies - on top of FactSet, S&P Capital IQ, PitchBook, Morningstar.
Opus 4.7 leads Vals AI's Finance Agent benchmark at 64.37%. Walleye Capital reports 100% Claude Code adoption across 400 employees.
If you run a finance or coverage function- pick one agent (Pitch builder or Month-end closer), point it at one real workflow this week.
Announcement: https://lnkd.in/gAtRiTRE