Claude Code is an agentic coding tool developed by Anthropic that lives in your terminal to assist developers in writing, testing, and debugging code through natural language commands. It has deep codebase awareness, can map entire projects, and make coordinated multi-file edits, integrating with popular IDEs and common development workflow tools.
Key features
- Direct terminal integration for uninterrupted productivity
- Deep, automatic understanding of entire codebases
- Ability to perform coordinated edits across multiple files simultaneously
- Support for multiple programming languages
- Advanced structured problem-solving capabilities
- Integration with IDEs like VS Code and JetBrains
- Automation of routine tasks such as refactoring, testing, and bug fixing
- Adherence to coding standards and personal conventions
- Security and privacy with limited data retention and protection policies
- Accessible to non-technical users for building simple apps via natural language