Claude Code
Anthropic's official terminal-based coding agent, with MCP support and a plugin ecosystem.
Definition
Claude Code is Anthropic's official CLI coding agent. It runs in your terminal (or VS Code/JetBrains), reads and edits files, runs shell commands, uses MCP servers for tool access, and supports custom skills and hooks. It's the reference implementation of an agent built on the Claude API.
When to use
Use Claude Code when you want agentic coding assistance with full file-system and shell access, MCP tooling, and the ability to define your own skills and hooks.
See also
- MCP — Anthropic's open standard for connecting LLMs to external tools and data sources over JSON-RPC.
- agent — An LLM-driven program that plans, calls tools, observes results, and loops until it reaches a goal.
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