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Claude Code Guide

Master guide for using Claude Code effectively. Includes configuration templates, prompting strategies "Thinking" keywords, debugging techniques, and best practices for interacting with the agent.

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Claude Code Complete Usage Guide

Capability Overview

The Claude Code Guide is a comprehensive configuration and usage reference that helps developers master the full capabilities of Anthropic’s official AI programming agent, including project configuration templates, efficient prompt strategies, and debugging techniques.

Use Cases

  • New project initialization: When you start a new project, you can quickly set project conventions, command habits, and code style for the AI agent by creating a CLAUDE.md file, avoiding repeated explanations of project context.

  • Handling complex tasks: When facing a large codebase or complex requirements, the "Thinking" keywords and prompt strategies provided in this guide enable the agent to perform deeper reasoning and produce higher-quality solutions.

  • Debugging and optimization: When the agent behaves abnormally or gets stuck in a loop, the three-step debugging method provided (clear context, clarify instructions, check logs) can quickly pinpoint the issue.

    • Core Features

  • CLAUDE.md configuration template: Provides a standardized project configuration file template that supports defining project commands, code style, workflows, and other key information, allowing the agent to quickly understand project conventions.

  • Thinking keyword triggers: Built-in four deep-reasoning trigger phrases ("Think step-by-step", "Analyze the root cause", "Plan before executing", "Verify your assumptions") that can activate the agent’s analytical capabilities.

  • Best practices collection: Summarizes practical experience in context management, iterative development, feedback loops, and more to help users collaborate more efficiently with AI.

    • Frequently Asked Questions

    What is Claude Code? How do I get started?

    Claude Code is Anthropic’s official command-line AI programming agent that can operate on code, run commands, and manage files directly in the terminal. To get started, simply install the Claude Code CLI and then create a CLAUDE.md file in the project root to configure project rules.

    Where should the CLAUDE.md file be placed? What should it contain?

    The CLAUDE.md file should be placed in the project root, at the same level as README.md. Typical contents include: project run commands (dev/test/build), code style guidelines (language preferences, framework choices), workflow conventions (read documentation before making changes, run tests and verify after changes), etc. A template can be referenced from the general template provided in this guide.

    How to debug when Claude Code gets stuck or behaves abnormally?

    Three-step debugging method: 1) Clear context — start a new session or have the agent "forget previous instructions"; 2) Clarify instructions — provide extremely specific descriptions of file paths, filenames, and expected results; 3) Check logs — have the agent "view the logs" or "run commands with detailed output". In most cases, the issue can be resolved by providing clearer instructions.