Claude Code
Anthropic's command-line agentic coding tool that reads, writes and edits code across an entire repository.
In detail
Claude Code is Anthropic's official agentic coding tool, run from a terminal inside a project directory. It plans tasks, makes multi-file changes, runs tests, reviews diffs and iterates until the agreed goal is met. It supports custom subagents, hooks, slash commands and MCP servers for connecting to external systems. Compared to IDE-based assistants, Claude Code is designed for longer autonomous sessions where the human reviews completed work rather than each suggestion.
Why it matters for Australian business
We use Claude Code as our primary development tool. For Australian SMBs the relevance is that engineers using Claude Code can ship applications in a fraction of the traditional timeline, which directly affects the cost of getting an MVP or internal tool live. The catch is that unsupervised agentic coding produces sprawling codebases with security gaps. Senior engineer review on every change is the difference between speed that compounds and technical debt that compounds.