Think you have been becoming too reliant on Claude? Anthropic has introduced a tool that reveals all about your usage.
Anthropic is pitching what it calls its reflection dashboard as a tool to help users consider exactly what they use the model for, and it highlights that it has worked with well-being experts to develop it. However, the tool also offers suggestions that appear designed to keep users engaged, just in a different way.
The dashboard is now available in beta for Free, Pro and Max users with the memory function turned on. Anthropic designed the feature to address some of the anxieties users have about AI, such as how to use it most effectively, when AI is suited to a task, and when it is better left to a human.
The tool, which can be found in settings for the web or desktop app, can be optimized to cover chat activity for the past one, three, six or 12 months and reveals when Claude was used and the topics the user covered.
Anthropic said another tool to monitor time spent with the model is coming soon.
In an apparent acknowledgment of the potentially addictive nature of AI chatbots, Anthropic said in a statement: “Your reflection also invites you to step back and examine the role Claude plays in your life. It will periodically surface questions like: ‘What’s one thing you want to keep doing yourself, even if Claude could do it faster?”
However, one remedy Anthropic is offering is to “talk it through with Claude” — meaning even more time chatting with a bot — although there is also the option to schedule breaks from Claude or set quiet hours.
The tool comes with safety assurances. It doesn’t include data from incognito chats or pull in files from connected tools and excludes all conversations related to health. A version for Claude Cowork is also coming soon, according to Anthropic.
