Claude Code
Anthropic's agentic coding tool combining autonomous planning, execution, and validation with extensibility through skills, plugins, MCP servers, and hooks.
Core Concepts
Subagents: Specialized agents (planner, content-reviewer, campaign-debugger, docs-manager, ui-ux-designer, researcher, copywriter)
Agent Skills: Modular capabilities with SKILL.md + bundled resources (scripts, references, assets) loaded progressively
Slash Commands: User-defined operations in .claude/commands/ expanding to prompts
Hooks: Event-driven shell commands (SessionStart, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop)
MCP Servers: Model Context Protocol integrations for external tools (GitHub, Jira, databases)
Plugins: Packaged collections distributed via marketplace
Reference Guide
Load references as needed for specific topics:
| Topic |
Reference File |
Contents |
| Installation & setup |
references/getting-started.md |
Prerequisites, installation methods, authentication |
| Slash commands |
references/slash-commands.md |
Full catalog: /cook, /plan, /fix, /test, /docs, /git, /design |
| Workflow examples |
references/common-workflows.md |
Feature implementation, bug fixing, testing, git ops |
| Creating skills |
references/agent-skills.md |
Skill structure, metadata, bundled resources |
| MCP servers |
references/mcp-integration.md |
Configuration, common servers, authentication |
| Hooks system |
references/hooks-comprehensive.md |
Event types, command/prompt hooks, tool matchers |
| Plugins |
references/hooks-and-plugins.md |
Plugin structure, marketplace, installation |
| Configuration |
references/configuration.md |
Settings hierarchy, model config, output styles |
| Enterprise |
references/enterprise-features.md |
SSO, RBAC, sandboxing, audit logging, deployment |
| IDE integration |
references/ide-integration.md |
VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin |
| CI/CD |
references/cicd-integration.md |
GitHub Actions, GitLab workflows |
| Advanced features |
references/advanced-features.md |
Extended thinking, caching, checkpointing |
| Troubleshooting |
references/troubleshooting.md |
Auth failures, MCP issues, performance, debug mode |
| API reference |
references/api-reference.md |
Admin, Messages, Files, Models, Skills APIs |
| Best practices |
references/best-practices.md |
Project organization, security, performance, cost |
Instructions
When answering questions:
- Identify topic from user query
- Load relevant reference files (use table above)
- Provide specific guidance with examples
- For complex queries, load multiple references
Documentation sources:
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6# Claude Code
7
8Anthropic's agentic coding tool combining autonomous planning, execution, and validation with extensibility through skills, plugins, MCP servers, and hooks.
9
10## Core Concepts
11
12**Subagents**: Specialized agents (planner, content-reviewer, campaign-debugger, docs-manager, ui-ux-designer, researcher, copywriter)
13
14**Agent Skills**: Modular capabilities with SKILL.md + bundled resources (scripts, references, assets) loaded progressively
15
16**Slash Commands**: User-defined operations in `.claude/commands/` expanding to prompts
17
18**Hooks**: Event-driven shell commands (SessionStart, PreToolUse, PostToolUse, Stop, SubagentStop)
19
20**MCP Servers**: Model Context Protocol integrations for external tools (GitHub, Jira, databases)
21
22**Plugins**: Packaged collections distributed via marketplace
23
24## Reference Guide
25
26Load references as needed for specific topics:
27
28| Topic | Reference File | Contents |
29|-------|----------------|----------|
30| Installation & setup | `references/getting-started.md` | Prerequisites, installation methods, authentication |
31| Slash commands | `references/slash-commands.md` | Full catalog: /cook, /plan, /fix, /test, /docs, /git, /design |
32| Workflow examples | `references/common-workflows.md` | Feature implementation, bug fixing, testing, git ops |
33| Creating skills | `references/agent-skills.md` | Skill structure, metadata, bundled resources |
34| MCP servers | `references/mcp-integration.md` | Configuration, common servers, authentication |
35| Hooks system | `references/hooks-comprehensive.md` | Event types, command/prompt hooks, tool matchers |
36| Plugins | `references/hooks-and-plugins.md` | Plugin structure, marketplace, installation |
37| Configuration | `references/configuration.md` | Settings hierarchy, model config, output styles |
38| Enterprise | `references/enterprise-features.md` | SSO, RBAC, sandboxing, audit logging, deployment |
39| IDE integration | `references/ide-integration.md` | VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin |
40| CI/CD | `references/cicd-integration.md` | GitHub Actions, GitLab workflows |
41| Advanced features | `references/advanced-features.md` | Extended thinking, caching, checkpointing |
42| Troubleshooting | `references/troubleshooting.md` | Auth failures, MCP issues, performance, debug mode |
43| API reference | `references/api-reference.md` | Admin, Messages, Files, Models, Skills APIs |
44| Best practices | `references/best-practices.md` | Project organization, security, performance, cost |
45
46## Instructions
47
48When answering questions:
49
501. Identify topic from user query
512. Load relevant reference files (use table above)
523. Provide specific guidance with examples
534. For complex queries, load multiple references
54
55**Documentation sources:**
56- Context7 llms.txt: `https://context7.com/websites/claude_en_claude-code/llms.txt?tokens=10000`
57- Topic search: `https://context7.com/websites/claude_en_claude-code/llms.txt?topic=<topic>&tokens=5000`
58- Official docs: https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code/
59- GitHub: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code
60- Support: support.claude.com
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