Introduction to Claude AI

Claude is an AI assistant created by Anthropic designed to be helpful, harmless, and honest. This guide will help you get started with Claude AI and Claude Code, Anthropic's official CLI tool.

What is Claude?

Claude is a family of large language models developed by Anthropic. It excels at a wide variety of tasks including:

• •Writing and editing code across multiple languages
• •Analyzing and explaining complex topics
• •Creative writing and brainstorming
• •Research and data analysis
• •Task automation and workflow optimization

What is Claude Code?

Claude Code is Anthropic's official command-line interface (CLI) for interacting with Claude. It provides:

• •Direct terminal access to Claude AI
• •File system integration for code editing
• •Project-aware context with CLAUDE.md files
• •Extensibility through MCP servers and custom hooks
• •IDE integrations for VS Code, JetBrains, and more

Next Steps

Ready to get started? Follow these guides to set up Claude: