Anthropic's agentic coding assistant that runs in the terminal, IDE, and GitHub with deep codebase understanding.
What is Claude Code?#
Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that brings Claude directly into developer workflows. It runs in the terminal as a CLI, as extensions for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, and in GitHub via issue-to-PR automation. Claude Code understands entire codebases, performs multi-file edits, executes shell commands, and integrates with tests, linters, and version control to ship changes end-to-end.
What can Claude Code do?#
- 01
Terminal-first coding
Run Claude Code in your terminal next to existing dev tools
- 02
IDE integration
Works inside VS Code and JetBrains IDEs
- 03
Desktop app
Manage parallel tasks, visual diffs and PR status on the desktop
- 04
Slack and mobile
Kick off tasks from Slack or iOS, come back to a pull request
- 05
Code onboarding
Agentic search maps and explains a codebase in seconds
- 06
Issue to PR
Reads issues, writes code, runs tests and opens PRs end to end
- 07
Multi-file edits
Makes coordinated edits across files using codebase context
- 08
MCP and CLI integration
Uses command line tools like Git and MCP servers like GitHub
Use Cases#
- Developers — Describe a bug or feature in the terminal and let Claude read, edit and test the code.
- Engineering teams — Turn GitHub or GitLab issues into ready pull requests without leaving the terminal.
- New joiners — Ask Claude Code to explain an unfamiliar codebase and its architecture.
- Mobile users — Kick off a task from the iOS app and return to a finished pull request.
- Enterprise users — Run Claude Code against models in Amazon Bedrock or Google Vertex AI.
Quick facts about Claude Code#
- Pricing
- Pro$20/moMax$100/moTeam$30/moEnterpriseContact salesAPI usage-basedContact salesas of Apr 18, 2026View official pricing
- Platforms
- CLI·macOS·Windows·Linux·Web
Frequently Asked Questions#
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