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Claude Code

Working with Claude Code, from everyday use through to extending it and adopting it across a team.

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Getting started

  1. What is Claude Code?

    What Anthropic's AI development tool is, how it works on your project, and what tasks it can help you with.

  2. How to write good prompts for Claude Code

    How to phrase clear requests, supply the context that's needed, and define criteria for judging the result.

  3. Essential commands and shortcuts

    Commands and shortcuts for everyday work with Claude Code, plus how to pick a model based on the task.

  4. Getting started with Claude Code in a repository

    A checklist for setting up the project's instructions, permissions, and integrations, and for deciding which configuration to version.

Context and control

  1. Memory and context

    How to organize your project's instructions in CLAUDE.md and scoped rules, so you supply useful context without overloading the session.

  2. Permissions in Claude Code

    How to define which actions the agent can run, which ones need confirmation, and which ones must stay blocked.

  3. Security when working with Claude Code

    What risks come with giving access to files, commands, and credentials, and how to review the security of generated code.

Extension

  1. Skills, subagents, and hooks

    Three ways to extend Claude Code: reusing procedures, delegating tasks, and automating actions. What each one gives you and when to use it.

  2. MCP: connecting external tools

    How to connect Claude Code to tools and data sources through MCP, and what to check when configuring a server.

  3. Plugins: packaging and sharing extensions

    How to gather skills, subagents, hooks, and MCP integrations into a plugin so you can distribute and reuse a configuration.

Teams and workflows

  1. Claude Code in teams and automation

    Five scenarios for integrating Claude Code into team processes and automation beyond an individual session.

  2. Spec-Driven Development

    How to guide development with explicit specifications, and when a framework gives you more than a collection of prompts.

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