Claude Code

by Anthropic

Anthropic's coding agent that reads your project, edits files and runs commands from your terminal.

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What it does

Understands a whole repository and chains multi-file edits
Extensible with MCP servers, skills, hooks and subagents
Works in the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains and the desktop app

Install it

Requirements: A Claude account (Pro, Max, Team) or an Anthropic API key.

Install (macOS / Linux)

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

Install (Windows PowerShell)

irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

Run it in your project

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The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Help me get started with Claude Code (https://claude.com/product/claude-code).
1. Summarize what the tool can do for me: Anthropic's coding agent that reads your project, edits files and runs commands from your terminal.
2. Explain how to create an account and check current pricing on the official site.
3. Suggest a first concrete use case, step by step.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.