Claude Code

Guides to Anthropic’s Claude Code in the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, the desktop app and the web. Each page is written from Anthropic’s own documentation and pricing pages and states the Claude Code version or docs date it reflects.

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Claude Code · Oct 14

Claude Code compact: context checks and continuation

Use /context and focused /compact prompts, then verify the saved work and source details before continuing.

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Claude Code · Oct 12

Claude Code sandbox: files, network and strict mode

Claude Code sandbox limits for files and networks, strict mode, retries and the tools outside its boundary.

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Claude Code · Oct 11

Where Claude Code stores sessions, settings and memory

Claude Code keeps sessions in ~/.claude/projects/ for 30 days, settings in settings.json files and memory per repo.

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Claude Code · Oct 6

Global CLAUDE.md: personal instructions across projects

Global CLAUDE.md: file location, personal preferences, project scope and checks for loaded instructions.

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Claude Code · Oct 2

Claude Code hooks: events, matchers, JSON and exit codes

Claude Code hooks run commands, HTTP calls or prompts at events like PreToolUse and Stop, set in .claude/settings.json.

Claude Code · Oct 2

Claude Code features: surfaces, subagents, skills, hooks, MCP

Claude Code features: terminal, IDE, desktop, web and mobile surfaces, plus CLAUDE.md, skills, subagents, hooks and MCP.

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Claude Code · Oct 2

Claude Code MCP: add, configure and manage servers

Claude Code MCP: add a server with claude mcp add --transport http <name> <url>, then check it with /mcp.

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Claude Code · Oct 2

claude --dangerously-skip-permissions: risks and safer modes

claude --dangerously-skip-permissions starts Claude Code in bypassPermissions mode with no prompts.

The section covers installing and signing in, CLAUDE.md project instructions, MCP servers and the claude mcp add command, hooks, skills, subagents, permission modes and the risks of skipping permission prompts. Plan guides explain how Claude Code usage is shared with Claude chat on Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise, and how API billing works. See the plans tracker, the MCP directory and the skills directory for listings.