Claude Code Documentation

Welcome to the Claude Code Documentation Center! Here you'll find comprehensive Claude Code documentation, guides, tutorials, and best practices to help you maximize the power of AI-assisted programming.

What is Claude Code?

Claude Code is Anthropic's official CLI for AI-assisted coding. It's a terminal-based development tool with file management, code analysis, multi-model support, and MCP server integration.

Key Features

• Code Analysis: Deep understanding of project structure and code logic
• Feature Development: Create new features from scratch
• Code Refactoring: Optimize existing code structure
• Debugging Support: Quickly locate and fix issues
• Test Writing: Generate comprehensive test cases
• Documentation Generation: Automatically create technical documentation
• Multi-language Support: Works with virtually any programming language and framework

Quick Start

Install Claude Code

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

System Requirements:

• Node.js 18.0+
• Claude Pro subscription or API key
• WSL2 for Windows users

Getting Started

1. Navigate to your project directory

   cd your-project

2. Start Claude Code

   claude

3. Ask about your project

   explain what this repo is about

Core Features

AI-Assisted Development

Claude Code helps you complete various development tasks through natural language interaction:

• Code Explanation: Understand complex code logic
• Feature Implementation: From requirements to complete implementation
• Problem Diagnosis: Quickly locate and solve technical issues
• Best Practices: Follow industry standards and best practices

Multi-file Operations

Claude Code can handle multiple files simultaneously, understanding the overall project structure:

• Cross-file Analysis: Understand dependencies between files
• Batch Modifications: Update multiple related files simultaneously
• Refactoring Support: Safely refactor code structure

Terminal Integration

Fully integrated into your development workflow:

• Seamless Integration: Perfect compatibility with existing development tools
• Version Control: Direct interaction with Git
• Build Tools: Integration with npm, yarn, and other build tools

Use Cases

Beginner Friendly

• Use natural language commands without complex configuration
• Start with simple requests: explain this code or create a hello world file
• Learn by doing, understanding programming concepts through practice

Professional Development

• Handle complex multi-file projects
• Advanced code analysis and refactoring
• Automated testing and documentation generation
• Team collaboration and code review

Learning Programming

• Understand programming concepts through AI assistance
• Get real-time programming advice and best practices
• Learn from mistakes with detailed explanations

Pricing Plans

Claude Code offers various pricing options:

• Claude Pro: $20/month
• Claude Max 5x: $100/month
• Claude Max 20x: $200/month
• API Pay-per-use: $0.25-75 per million tokens

Platform Support

Windows

• Runs through WSL2
• Perfect integration with Visual Studio Code
• Full Linux development environment support

macOS

• Native support with excellent performance
• Simple npm installation
• No additional configuration required

Linux

• Best performance
• Direct system access
• Complete terminal integration

Community Resources

Official Resources

• Official Claude Code Documentation

Community Support

• r/ClaudeAI Reddit Community
• ClaudeLog Community Documentation
• Awesome Claude Code

Next Steps

Claude Code is developed by Anthropic and is a leading tool in AI-assisted programming. Through natural language interaction and powerful context understanding capabilities, Claude Code is redefining how software development works.