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Anthropic Launches 'Reflect' Feature: Your AI Assistant's Self-Review Tool

Anthropic has officially launched the test version of its 'Reflect' feature, transforming Claude into a personal mirror that helps users review and reflect on their AI usage habits. This feature is now available to free, Pro, and Max plan users who have enabled the memory function, accessible through the settings page on web and desktop applications.

Users can choose to review chat activities from the past 1, 3, 6, or 12 months. The system then automatically generates a personalized usage summary, covering key topic distribution, frequent usage patterns, common task types, as well as the user's most active time periods and corresponding work content. Anthropic also revealed that future updates will include a visual timeline of usage duration, support for setting silent periods, and reminders about usage duration.

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Four Dimensions of 'Checkup': From Using AI to Mastering AI

The core design of Reflect is to comprehensively evaluate users' AI collaboration habits across four dimensions: task delegation, goal description, result identification, and responsible caution. Each dimension provides specific collaboration examples and targeted improvement suggestions. This is equivalent to providing each user with an 'AI usage health check report,' telling you which tasks were assigned correctly, which instructions were unclear, and which results should be carefully reviewed before being trusted.

Anthropic's intention is clear: improving AI capabilities is not just about the model itself; users' own 'questioning literacy' also determines the final outcome. While most people focus on what AI can do, Anthropic chooses to look inward and examine how well users are doing, which is a rare 'internal perspective' in today's AI industry.

Clear Privacy Boundaries, Health Data Completely Excluded

In terms of privacy protection, Anthropic has clearly defined boundaries. Reflect will not read incognito chat content, nor will it extract underlying files from connected tools. For example, when a user asks Claude to summarize their inbox, the report may mention the behavior pattern of 'users frequently summarize emails,' but it will never include the original email content. Additionally, all dialogues related to health integration tools are completely excluded from the analysis scope.

Key Points

  • Feature Availability: Reflect is in test version, available to free, Pro, and Max plan users with memory enabled.
  • Review Periods: Users can select from 1, 3, 6, or 12 months of chat history.
  • Report Content: Includes topic distribution, usage patterns, task types, and active time periods.
  • Four Dimensions: Task delegation, goal description, result identification, and responsible caution.
  • Privacy: Incognito chats and health data are excluded; no original content from connected tools is accessed.