# Appendix Lets Patients Get Prescriptions from Claude Without Ever Speaking to a Doctor

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> Published: 2026-06-04 07:56:35+00:00

Benjamin Jack, MD (@bjackmd), an emergency room physician, said in a three post thread on X that he has built Appendix, a service meant to turn Claude Code or another AI agent into the front end for a prescription visit. https://x.com/bjackmd/status/2062200039775023489 Jack described the workflow as an intake system, not an autonomous prescribing bot: a patient tells an AI agent what is going on, the agent writes up the encounter and submits it through Appendix's API, and a board certified ph...