What is Claude Code?
Claude Code is a coding tool from Anthropic. It reads a project's code, edits files and runs commands on a developer's behalf. It works in a terminal, in code editors, in a desktop app and in a web browser.
Anthropic describes Claude Code as an agentic coding tool, meaning it can plan and carry out several steps on its own. It can write code across many files, fix bugs and work with git to create commits and pull requests. It can connect to other tools through the Model Context Protocol, and several copies can work on different parts of a task at the same time.
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- Claude Code overview · Anthropic