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Claude Code

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Anthropic's agentic coding CLI that lives in your terminal. Understands entire codebases, creates multi-file changes, and runs commands autonomously.

Pros

  • + Most capable agentic coder
  • + Works in any terminal/IDE
  • + Excellent at large refactors
  • + No vendor lock-in on editor

Cons

  • - API costs can add up
  • - Requires terminal comfort
  • - Learning curve for prompting
  • - No free tier