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Claude Code CLI

Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic CLI tool. It operates in your terminal with full file system access, git integration, and the ability to run commands.

# Installation
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

# Start a session
claude

# Or pipe a prompt directly
echo "Explain this codebase" | claude -p

Advanced Controls

# Using checkpoints
claude --checkpoint save "pre-refactor"
# ... make changes ...
claude --checkpoint load "pre-refactor"  # Rollback if needed

Ecosystem Extensions: MCP Servers

Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers extend Claude's capabilities with custom tools.

// MCP server configuration in claude.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "jira": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["mcp-jira-server.js"],
      "env": { "JIRA_TOKEN": "${JIRA_TOKEN}" }
    },
    "github": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["mcp-github-server.js"]
    }
  }
}

Professional Integrations

• Jira — Create and update tickets from Claude
• GitHub — PR review, issue management, code review
• Custom Skills — Reusable prompt templates for common tasks

Production SaaS Project

Build a legal document generator SaaS with:

• claude.md project context file
• Custom skills for legal document generation
• Jira integration for feature tracking
• FastAPI backend with user authentication
• Automated deployment pipeline

# claude.md — Project context file
# Project: LegalDoc Generator
# Stack: FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Jinja2 templates
# Conventions: Black formatting, pytest, async views
# Key files: /app/main.py, /app/models/, /app/templates/