Anthropic Puts Inline Data Loss Prevention Inside Claude Enterprise

Anthropic launched inference hooks on August 5, 2026, a beta feature for Claude Enterprise that routes every employee prompt through the organization's own security server for an allow-or-deny verdict before the model ever sees it. The system extends the kind of inline data loss prevention that security teams already run on email and web traffic to chat, Claude Code, and Claude Cowork sessions, with a single organization-level configuration. Inference hooks moves the checkpoint onto Anthropic's servers, after a request leaves the client and before inference runs, so one control covers every governed surface with nothing installed on user devices. When a user on a governed surface submits a prompt, Anthropic sends the conversation transcript to the organization's security server over a signed connection and waits for a verdict. On an allow, inference proceeds. On a deny, the request never reaches the model, and the user sees a blocked-by-policy message built from the reason the security server returned plus a standing notice the organization's administrators configure. The same inspection runs on tool calls, including tools connected through MCP connectors, skills, and plugins. Inference hooks is available in beta to Claude Enterprise organizations, with configuration gated behind the organization's admin roles.