Guides
11 guides available in the Claude directory
getting-startedGetting Started with Claude Code in the Terminal: Installation, Setup, and First Steps
Learn how to install, authenticate, and use Claude Code in your terminal. This guide covers setup, first sessions, essential commands, advanced features, and community tools.
Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding
Claude Code is a command line tool for agentic coding. This post covers tips and tricks that have proven effective for using Claude Code across various codebases, languages, and environments.
Claude: A Step-by-Step Beginner’s Guide
How to use Claude beginner version
Best practices for agentic coding
Claude Code is a command line tool for agentic coding. This post covers tips and tricks that have proven effective for using Claude Code across various codebases, languages, and environments.
Integrating MCP Servers for Web Search with Claude Code
Overview: The Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard that connects AI assistants with external tools and data sources in a uniform way. In essence, MCP acts like a “USB-C port” for AI applications, allowing models like Anthropicʼs Claude to plug into various services (databases, file systems, web APIs, etc.) through MCP servers. Claude Code – Anthropicʼs agentic coding assistant that runs in your terminal – can function as an MCP client, connecting to multiple MCP servers to extend its capabilities beyond code generation. By configuring MCP servers in Claude Code, you enable Claude to perform actions such as searching the internet, browsing files, querying databases, and more, all via a standardized interface. Claude Code supports both streaming HTTP (Server-Sent Events) and local process (stdio) MCP connections for real-time data flow, and includes user safeguards (e.g. requiring confirmation before file changes) when using these powerful tools.
Building winning AI with Claude on Vertex AI
A guide to starting, scaling, and succeeding based on real-world examples from Anthropic and Google Cloud
Claude for Edu - tips to get started
Claude for Edu is designed to integrate AI assistance seamlessly into your daily workflow and empower every team with trusted AI. Below is a clear overview of its key components: • Projects Dedicated workspaces where you can upload important documents and chat with Claude in a focused, context-rich environment. • Chats Conversational interfaces within each project that let you interact with Claude while using the project’s knowledge base for deeper, more accurate responses. • Artifacts Outputs generated from your conversations with Claude, including documents, code snippets, and diagrams, which you can easily modify, reuse, and reference.
How Anthropic teams use Claude Code How Anthropic tea
Anthropic’s internal teams are transforming their workflows with Claude Code, enabling developers and non-technical staff to tackle complex projects, automate tasks, and bridge skill gaps that previously limited their productivity.
Claude Code Shortcuts Mac & Windows
Keyboard shortcuts for Claude Code
Using Claude Code for Research and Business Tasks
This guide demonstrates how to use Claude Code as an AI agent for research and business tasks beyond traditional coding—including market research, document analysis, and competitive intelligence.
Claude Sonner 4.5 System Card
This system card provides a detailed set of results from our evaluations of the model's safety-related characteristics.