Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding CLI that understands your codebase
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Overview
Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster through natural language commands. Execute routine tasks, explain complex code, handle Git workflows, and build features by describing what you want. Features headless mode for programmatic integration, tab completion, command history, and slash commands. Available for terminal, IDE integration, and GitHub with @claude mentions. Requires Claude Pro, Max subscription, or API access.
Pricing: Requires Claude Pro ($20/mo) or Max ($100-200/mo)
Minimum macOS: 10.15 (Catalina)
Architecture: Apple Silicon, Intel
Key Features
- Deep codebase understanding with contextual awareness
- Natural language code generation and editing
- Git workflow automation (commits, branches, PRs)
- Headless mode (-p) for programmatic integration
- Tab completion and command history
- Slash commands (/help, /clear, etc.)
- IDE integration via extension
- GitHub integration with @claude mentions
- Auto-updates for latest features and security
- Install via native installer or npm
