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Description: Tips and patterns for getting the most out of Claude Code, from configuring your environment to scaling across parallel sessions.

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Give Claude a way to verify its workhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#give-claude-a-way-to-verify-its-work
Explore first, then plan, then codehttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#explore-first-then-plan-then-code
Provide specific context in your promptshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#provide-specific-context-in-your-prompts
Provide rich contenthttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#provide-rich-content
Configure your environmenthttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#configure-your-environment
Write an effective CLAUDE.mdhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#write-an-effective-claude-md
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Connect MCP servershttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#connect-mcp-servers
Set up hookshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#set-up-hooks
Create skillshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#create-skills
Create custom subagentshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#create-custom-subagents
Install pluginshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#install-plugins
Communicate effectivelyhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#communicate-effectively
Ask codebase questionshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#ask-codebase-questions
Let Claude interview youhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#let-claude-interview-you
Manage your sessionhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#manage-your-session
Course-correct early and oftenhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#course-correct-early-and-often
Manage context aggressivelyhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#manage-context-aggressively
Use subagents for investigationhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#use-subagents-for-investigation
Rewind with checkpointshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#rewind-with-checkpoints
Resume conversationshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#resume-conversations
Automate and scalehttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#automate-and-scale
Run non-interactive modehttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#run-non-interactive-mode
Run multiple Claude sessionshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#run-multiple-claude-sessions
Fan out across fileshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#fan-out-across-files
Run autonomously with auto modehttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#run-autonomously-with-auto-mode
Add an adversarial review stephttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#add-an-adversarial-review-step
Avoid common failure patternshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#avoid-common-failure-patterns
Develop your intuitionhttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#develop-your-intuition
Related resourceshttps://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#related-resources
How Claude Code workshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/how-claude-code-works
watch an interactive walkthroughhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/context-window
custom status linehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/statusline
Reduce token usagehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/costs#reduce-token-usage
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#give-claude-a-way-to-verify-its-work
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verification subagenthttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/sub-agents
dynamic workflowhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/workflows
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#explore-first-then-plan-then-code
plan modehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/permission-modes#analyze-before-you-edit-with-plan-mode
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​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#provide-specific-context-in-your-prompts
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#provide-rich-content
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#configure-your-environment
Extend Claude Codehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/features-overview
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#write-an-effective-claude-md
skillshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/skills
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#configure-permissions
auto modehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/permission-modes#eliminate-prompts-with-auto-mode
permission modeshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/permission-modes
permission ruleshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/permissions
sandboxinghttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/sandboxing
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#use-cli-tools
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#connect-mcp-servers
MCP servershttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/mcp
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#set-up-hooks
Hookshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/hooks-guide
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#create-skills
Skillshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/skills
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#create-custom-subagents
Subagentshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/sub-agents
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#install-plugins
Pluginshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/plugins
code intelligence pluginhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/discover-plugins#code-intelligence
Extend Claude Codehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/features-overview#match-features-to-your-goal
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#communicate-effectively
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#ask-codebase-questions
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#let-claude-interview-you
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#manage-your-session
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#course-correct-early-and-often
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#manage-context-aggressively
Restore vs. summarizehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/checkpointing#restore-vs-summarize
/btwhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/interactive-mode#side-questions-with-%2Fbtw
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#use-subagents-for-investigation
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#rewind-with-checkpoints
Checkpointinghttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/checkpointing
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#resume-conversations
Manage sessionshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/sessions
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#automate-and-scale
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#run-non-interactive-mode
Non-interactive modehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/headless
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#run-multiple-claude-sessions
Worktreeshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/worktrees
Desktop apphttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/desktop#work-in-parallel-with-sessions
Claude Code on the webhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/claude-code-on-the-web
Agent teamshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/agent-teams
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#fan-out-across-files
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​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#run-autonomously-with-auto-mode
auto modehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/permission-modes#eliminate-prompts-with-auto-mode
when auto mode falls backhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/permission-modes#when-auto-mode-falls-back
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#add-an-adversarial-review-step
subagenthttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/sub-agents
/code-review skillhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/commands
agent teamhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/agent-teams
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#avoid-common-failure-patterns
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#develop-your-intuition
​https://www.anthropic.com/engineering/claude-code-best-practices#related-resources
How Claude Code workshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/how-claude-code-works
Extend Claude Codehttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/features-overview
Common workflowshttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/common-workflows
CLAUDE.mdhttps://www.anthropic.com/docs/en/memory
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