Meet your AI developer.
Claude Code is an agent that works inside a real project folder. It runs in the terminal, VS Code or the desktop app, and it does four things.
Reads
Understands
Explores your folder and learns how the project fits together.
Ask it to explain before you ask it to change.
Plans
Proposes
Plan mode lays out the steps before any file is touched.
You agree the plan, then it builds.
Acts
Does The Work
Edits files, runs commands, installs packages.
Asks your permission for anything risky.
Remembers
Claude.Md
A file of project rules it reads at the start of every session.
Your standards, written down once.
Source: Anthropic Claude Code Docs ↗
Treat it like a sharp new hire: fast, capable, needs supervision.