Claude Code

01Overview

Claude Code is Anthropic's official agentic coding tool that runs directly in your terminal. Unlike GUI-based editors, Claude Code gives you a powerful AI pair programmer that can read, write, and execute code across your entire codebase with minimal supervision.

It's designed for developers and technical teams who want the full power of Claude's coding capabilities in a familiar command-line environment, with the ability to run shell commands, manage files, and integrate with external tools through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).

02Quick Summary

Claude Code = agentic AI coding in your terminal. An AI assistant that can understand your entire codebase, execute commands, and build features end-to-end with natural language instructions.

Key Points:

• Technology : Powered by Claude Sonnet 4 (default) or Claude Opus 4 for complex reasoning
• Best For : Full-stack development, refactoring, debugging, code exploration, and automation
• Interface : Terminal-based CLI with support for VS Code, JetBrains, and other editors
• Capabilities : File operations, shell commands, web search, MCP integrations, and multi-file edits

What Makes It Different:

• Agentic Mode : Claude can autonomously plan, execute, and iterate on tasks
• Terminal-Native : Works in your existing workflow, no new IDE to learn
• Full Context : Understands your entire codebase, not just open files
• Tool Use : Can run commands, read files, search the web, and use MCP servers

03Getting Started

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

claude

cd your-project
claude

> Add a dark mode toggle to the settings page

04Tips and Tricks

Watch these walkthroughs on building your own agentic AI Chief of Staff with Claude Code:

05Core Features

Claude Code provides powerful tools for AI-assisted development directly in your terminal.

Interactive Commands

Built-in Tools

Agentic Capabilities

06Advanced Techniques

Power-user methods for getting the most out of Claude Code.

Effective Prompting

Configuration & Customization

CLI Options

07Claude Code for Product Managers

For years, the codebase was a black box for PMs. You could read documentation, ask engineers questions, and review PRs, but actually understanding how things worked required deep technical knowledge or patience from a willing engineer.

Claude Code changes that. You can now ask "How does our checkout flow work?" and get a real answer, with file references, logic explanations, and context about why decisions were made. You can trace a bug report through the actual code to understand root causes before triaging. You can scope features by exploring existing implementations rather than guessing at complexity.

But the real power comes from building. When you can prototype a new feature in an afternoon, you stop waiting for engineering sprints to validate ideas. You can create working demos that communicate intent better than any PRD. You can update documentation and ship it yourself with a PR.

The distance between "product idea" and "working software" shrinks dramatically, and with it, the feedback loops that make great products possible.

> How is the checkout flow implemented? Walk me through the key files.

> What would it take to add Apple Pay support? Give me a rough estimate.

> Create a prototype of a simplified checkout with just credit card.

> Write a technical spec for adding Apple Pay based on how we handle Stripe.

08Claude Code for Designers

The handoff between design and engineering has always been lossy. You create a pixel-perfect mockup, write detailed specs, and then wait to see what comes back, often with subtle (or not so subtle) differences from your intent.

Claude Code lets you close that gap yourself. With the Figma MCP integration, you can import your designs directly and generate production-ready React components. But more importantly, you can iterate on the real thing: adjust that animation timing, fix the responsive breakpoint, tweak the hover state until it feels right.

This isn't about replacing engineering. It's about being able to express your intent in the actual medium. When you can prototype with real interactions, real state, and real data, you discover things that static mockups can't reveal. And when you can submit a PR with your animation fix instead of filing a ticket, everyone moves faster.

> Import my Figma frame "New Dashboard Header" and create a React component.

> Update the button hover state to have a 200ms ease-out transition.

> Show me all places where we use the Card component.

> Add a subtle entrance animation to the modal component.

09Claude Code for Data Scientists

Data science work is often bottlenecked by tooling friction. You need to write SQL to explore the data, Python to analyze it, more code to visualize it, and then figure out how to share findings with stakeholders who don't have your local environment.

Claude Code collapses these steps. You can describe the analysis you want in plain English and get a complete Jupyter notebook with exploration, visualizations, and documentation. Connect to your databases through MCP and iterate on queries conversationally. Build dbt models and data pipelines by describing the transformation logic rather than wrestling with syntax.

The real unlock is building tools for others. When creating a Streamlit dashboard or internal data app takes an afternoon instead of a sprint, you can respond to one-off requests with reusable solutions. The analysis that used to live in a notebook can become a self-service tool that empowers the whole org.

> Create a notebook that analyzes user retention by cohort from our events table.

> Build a dbt model that calculates monthly active users with a 28-day window.

> Create a Streamlit dashboard showing key metrics from our analytics DB.

> Write a Python script to backfill missing data in the conversions table.

10Claude Code for User Researchers

Research insights are only valuable if they reach the people making decisions. But the path from raw interviews to actionable findings is paved with tedious manual work: transcription, coding, synthesis, and endless reformatting for different audiences.

Claude Code can automate the mechanical parts while you focus on the thinking. Build tools that process interview transcripts and extract themes automatically. Create searchable repositories of insights that make past research discoverable. Analyze hundreds of NPS comments or support tickets to surface patterns that would take weeks to find manually.

But perhaps the biggest unlock is prototyping for usability tests. Instead of testing static mockups or waiting for engineering to build something testable, you can create realistic prototypes with actual interactions and data. When participants can use something that feels real, you get feedback that's real too.

> Build a tool that analyzes these 50 interview transcripts and extracts key themes.

> Create a prototype of the new onboarding flow for next week's usability tests.

> Analyze NPS comments from Q4 and categorize by feature area.

> Build a searchable research repository from our Notion research database.

11MCP Integrations

The Model Context Protocol (MCP) extends Claude Code with external tools and data sources.

Popular MCP Servers

// ~/.claude/settings.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "github": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
      "env": {
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "your-token"
      }
    }
  }
}

12Ship with Webflow Cloud

Once you've built your app with Claude Code, deploy it to production with Webflow Cloud, a serverless hosting platform that runs on Cloudflare's global edge network with sub-50ms response times.

What You Get:

• Edge-Powered Performance : Global CDN with Cloudflare Workers for lightning-fast delivery
• Framework Support : Native Next.js and Astro support, with more frameworks coming
• Built-in Storage : SQLite databases, Key Value Store for caching, and Object Storage for media files
• GitHub Integration : Automated CI/CD workflows with environment-based deployments
• Zero Infrastructure : Focus on building, not managing servers