Claude Code
Claude Code is Anthropic's official coding agent: it understands your entire repository and runs development tasks end to end (refactors, tests, debugging, git workflows) from the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, or its desktop app, just by describing what you want in plain language.
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Quick guide
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent that runs from the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, or a desktop app, and carries out development tasks end to end instead of only suggesting code line by line.
Delegate complete programming tasks (refactors, bug fixes, writing tests, exploring a large repository) by describing what you want in natural language, while the agent plans, edits multiple files, runs commands, and iterates until it verifies the result.
When you prefer to work from the terminal (or your usual IDE) and want an agent that understands the whole repository and acts autonomously, instead of an editor built around line-by-line autocomplete.
- Install Claude Code from code.claude.com (CLI) or as a VS Code/JetBrains extension
- Sign in with your Anthropic account (Free, Pro, or Max plan)
- Open the terminal in your project folder and run the Claude Code command
- Describe the task you want to delegate in natural language (e.g. 'add tests to this module')
- Review the plan and the proposed changes before the agent runs them
Free with limits; Pro from $20/month; Max from $100-$200/month depending on tier; team plans from ~$20-$25/user/month.
Alternatives to Claude Code
If you're looking for options similar to Claude Code, these are the closest alternatives in Code:
- OpenAI Codex
- Cursor
- Devin