1. What it is
Claude Code
Anthropic's terminal-native AI coding assistant with deep codebase understanding, multi-file editing, test generation, and Git integration.
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1. What it is
Anthropic's terminal-native AI coding assistant with deep codebase understanding, multi-file editing, test generation, and Git integration.
Suggested path: understand → fit → start → compare → news
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