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--- category: overview source: claude-code title: Claude Code Overview url: https://code.claude.com/docs --- ##### Getting started - [Overview](/docs/en/overview) - [Quickstart](/docs/en/quickstart) - [Common workflows](/docs/en/common-workflows) - [Claude Code on the web](/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web) On this page - [Get started in 30 seconds](#get-started-in-30-seconds) - [What Claude Code does for you](#what-claude-code-does-for-you) - [Why developers love Claude Code](#why-developers-love-claude-code) - [Next steps](#next-steps) - [Additional resources](#additional-resources) ## [​](#get-started-in-30-seconds) Get started in 30 seconds Prerequisites: - A [Claude.ai](https://claude.ai) (recommended) or [Claude Console](https://console.anthropic.com/) account **Install Claude Code:** - macOS/Linux - Homebrew - Windows - NPM Copy Ask AI ```shiki curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash ``` **Start using Claude Code:** Copy Ask AI ```shiki cd your-project claude ``` You’ll be prompted to log in on first use. That’s it! [Continue with Quickstart (5 mins) →](/docs/en/quickstart) See [advanced setup](/docs/en/setup) for installation options or [troubleshooting](/docs/en/troubleshooting) if you hit issues. **New VS Code Extension (Beta)**: Prefer a graphical interface? Our new [VS Code extension](/docs/en/vs-code) provides an easy-to-use native IDE experience without requiring terminal familiarity. Simply install from the marketplace and start coding with Claude directly in your sidebar. ## [​](#what-claude-code-does-for-you) What Claude Code does for you - **Build features from descriptions**: Tell Claude what you want to build in plain English. It will make a plan, write the code, and ensure it works. - **Debug and fix issues**: Describe a bug or paste an error message. Claude Code will analyze your codebase, identify the problem, and implement a fix. - **Navigate any codebase**: Ask anything about your team’s codebase, and get a thoughtful answer back. Claude Code maintains awareness of your entire project structure, can find up-to-date information from the web, and with [MCP](/docs/en/mcp) can pull from external datasources like Google Drive, Figma, and Slack. - **Automate tedious tasks**: Fix fiddly lint issues, resolve merge conflicts, and write release notes. Do all this in a single command from your developer machines, or automatically in CI. ## [​](#why-developers-love-claude-code) Why developers love Claude Code - **Works in your terminal**: Not another chat window. Not another IDE. Claude Code meets you where you already work, with the tools you already love. - **Takes action**: Claude Code can directly edit files, run commands, and create commits. Need more? [MCP](/docs/en/mcp) lets Claude read your design docs in Google Drive, update your tickets in Jira, or use *your* custom developer tooling. - **Unix philosophy**: Claude Code is composable and scriptable. `tail -f app.log | claude -p "Slack me if you see any anomalies appear in this log stream"` *works*. Your CI can run `claude -p "If there are new text strings, translate them into French and raise a PR for @lang-fr-team to review"`. - **Enterprise-ready**: Use the Claude API, or host on AWS or GCP. Enterprise-grade [security](/docs/en/security), [privacy](/docs/en/data-usage), and [compliance](https://trust.anthropic.com/) is built-in. ## [​](#next-steps) Next steps [## Quickstart See Claude Code in action with practical examples](/docs/en/quickstart)[## Common workflows Step-by-step guides for common workflows](/docs/en/common-workflows)[## Troubleshooting Solutions for common issues with Claude Code](/docs/en/troubleshooting)[## IDE setup Add Claude Code to your IDE](/docs/en/vs-code) ## [​](#additional-resources) Additional resources [## Build with the Agent SDK Create custom AI agents with the Claude Agent SDK](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/agent-sdk/overview)[## Host on AWS or GCP Configure Claude Code with Amazon Bedrock or Google Vertex AI](/docs/en/third-party-integrations)[## Settings Customize Claude Code for your workflow](/docs/en/settings)[## Commands Learn about CLI commands and controls](/docs/en/cli-reference)[## Reference implementation Clone our development container reference implementation](https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/tree/main/.devcontainer)[## Security Discover Claude Code’s safeguards and best practices for safe usage](/docs/en/security)[## Privacy and data usage Understand how Claude Code handles your data](/docs/en/data-usage) [Quickstart](/docs/en/quickstart) ⌘I