Claude Code

by Anthropic

Agentic coding tool from Anthropic that works in your terminal

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that runs in the terminal and IDEs. It reads your codebase, edits files, runs commands, and can be extended with MCP servers and custom commands.

Key features

  • Terminal-first agentic workflow
  • Reads and edits across your repo
  • Runs shell commands and tests
  • Extensible with MCP servers

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