Claude Code
Anthropic's CLI tool that lets Claude work directly in your terminal — reading, writing, and running code.
The Full Picture
Claude Code is a command-line AI agent that operates in your actual development environment. Unlike chat-based tools, it can read your files, run terminal commands, make git commits, and execute multi-step coding tasks autonomously. It understands your full project context and can handle complex refactors, bug fixes, and feature implementations.
It's the closest thing to having a senior dev pair programming with you in the terminal.
Related Terms
An AI-powered code editor built on VS Code that lets you write code through natural language prompts.
GitHub's AI pair programmer that suggests code completions as you type in your editor.
The maximum amount of text (code, conversation, files) an AI model can process at once.
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