README

Claude Code

Claude Code is an agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal, understands your codebase, and helps you code faster by executing routine tasks, explaining complex code, and handling git workflows -- all through natural language commands. Use it in your terminal, IDE, or tag @claude on Github.

Learn more in the official documentation.

Get started

[!NOTE] Installation via npm is deprecated. Use one of the recommended methods below.

For more installation options, uninstall steps, and troubleshooting, see the setup documentation.

Install Claude Code:

MacOS/Linux (Recommended):

curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

Homebrew (MacOS/Linux):

brew install --cask claude-code

Windows (Recommended):

irm https://claude.ai/install.ps1 | iex

WinGet (Windows):

winget install Anthropic.ClaudeCode

NPM (Deprecated):

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

Navigate to your project directory and run claude.

Plugins

This repository includes several Claude Code plugins that extend functionality with custom commands and agents. See the plugins directory for detailed documentation on available plugins.

Reporting Bugs

We welcome your feedback. Use the /bug command to report issues directly within Claude Code, or file a GitHub issue.

Connect on Discord

Join the Claude Developers Discord to connect with other developers using Claude Code. Get help, share feedback, and discuss your projects with the community.

Data collection, usage, and retention

When you use Claude Code, we collect feedback, which includes usage data (such as code acceptance or rejections), associated conversation data, and user feedback submitted via the /bug command.

How we use your data

See our data usage policies.

Privacy safeguards

We have implemented several safeguards to protect your data, including limited retention periods for sensitive information, restricted access to user session data, and clear policies against using feedback for model training.

For full details, please review our Commercial Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Rendered live from anthropics/claude-code's GitHub README — not stored, always reflects the source repo.

13 Plugins

Name	Description	Category	Source
agent-sdk-dev	Development kit for working with the Claude Agent SDK	development	./plugins/agent-sdk-dev
claude-opus-4-5-migration	Migrate your code and prompts from Sonnet 4.x and Opus 4.1 to Opus 4.5.	development	./plugins/claude-opus-4-5-migration
code-review	Automated code review for pull requests using multiple specialized agents with confidence-based scoring to filter false positives	productivity	./plugins/code-review
commit-commands	Commands for git commit workflows including commit, push, and PR creation	productivity	./plugins/commit-commands
explanatory-output-style	Adds educational insights about implementation choices and codebase patterns (mimics the deprecated Explanatory output style)	learning	./plugins/explanatory-output-style
feature-dev	Comprehensive feature development workflow with specialized agents for codebase exploration, architecture design, and quality review	development	./plugins/feature-dev
frontend-design	Create distinctive, production-grade frontend interfaces with high design quality. Generates creative, polished code that avoids generic AI aesthetics.	development	./plugins/frontend-design
hookify	Easily create custom hooks to prevent unwanted behaviors by analyzing conversation patterns or from explicit instructions. Define rules via simple markdown files.	productivity	./plugins/hookify
learning-output-style	Interactive learning mode that requests meaningful code contributions at decision points (mimics the unshipped Learning output style)	learning	./plugins/learning-output-style
plugin-dev	Comprehensive toolkit for developing Claude Code plugins. Includes 7 expert skills covering hooks, MCP integration, commands, agents, and best practices. AI-assisted plugin creation and validation.	development	./plugins/plugin-dev
pr-review-toolkit	Comprehensive PR review agents specializing in comments, tests, error handling, type design, code quality, and code simplification	productivity	./plugins/pr-review-toolkit
ralph-wiggum	Interactive self-referential AI loops for iterative development. Claude works on the same task repeatedly, seeing its previous work, until completion.	development	./plugins/ralph-wiggum
security-guidance	Security reminder hook that warns about potential security issues when editing files, including command injection, XSS, and unsafe code patterns	security	./plugins/security-guidance

claude-code

Install to Claude Code