Claude Code

Anthropic's agentic CLI coding tool — reads your codebase, writes + commits to git, runs commands, available in terminal, VS Code, desktop, and web.

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About Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic’s agentic CLI coding tool — runs in your terminal, connects to Claude (Opus 4.6 / Sonnet 4.6 / Haiku 4.5), reads your full codebase, writes and edits files, runs commands, and commits to git autonomously. Also available as a VS Code extension, desktop app, and web app. Billed through Claude Pro ($20/mo), Claude Max ($100–$200/mo unlimited Opus + Claude Code), Team Premium ($100/seat, 5-seat min), Enterprise, or API ($1–$25 per million tokens depending on model). The new /cost command (v2.1.92) shows per-model breakdown, cache hit rates, and rate-limit use live.

Key Features

Agentic CLI — reads codebase, edits files, runs commands
Commits to git autonomously
Available as CLI, VS Code extension, desktop, web app
Models: Claude Opus 4.6, Sonnet 4.6, Haiku 4.5
/cost command shows per-model spend + cache hit rates
Pro $20/mo + Max $100–$200/mo unlimited
Team Premium $100/seat (5-seat min) includes Claude Code
Enterprise: VPC, custom compliance

Use Cases

Hand off coding tasks to Claude in the terminal
Edit multi-file refactors autonomously
Auto-commit AI changes to git with clean messages
Use Claude Code in VS Code, desktop, or web
Track spend live with /cost command
Deploy Claude Code at team scale via Team Premium

Pros & Cons

Pros

  • Best-in-class reasoning via Claude Opus 4.6
  • Native git workflow with clean commits
  • Cross-surface availability (CLI / VS Code / desktop / web)
  • Strong autonomous task quality

Cons

  • Not included on basic Claude Pro Team seats
  • Heavy use can climb API + Max costs fast
  • Best on Mac / Linux — Windows experience newer
  • Team Premium 5-seat minimum