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Lesson 1 of 8 · Getting started with Claude Code

What is Claude Code — and why it's different

From Mastering Claude Code: Anthropic's “Mastering Claude Code in 30 minutes” workshop (by Boris Cherny, who built Claude Code), rebuilt as a hands-on interactive course. Learn it by doing — Q&A, agentic editing, planning, feedback loops, CLAUDE.md, and custom tools. Three modules, eight lessons.

Module 1 · Episode 1

What is Claude Code — and why it's different

From Anthropic's workshop by Boris Cherny, who built Claude Code. The big picture before you install anything.
  • Level: Beginner
  • Source: Anthropic workshop

Claude Code is a new kind of AI assistant

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  • Terminal-based, not an IDE
  • Works with all your tools
  • Fully agentic
  • General purpose & hackable

Follow along — install it

All you need is Node.js. Install the CLI, then you're ready for the rest of the course.

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Quick check

Two questions to finish the episode.
How is Claude Code different from older coding assistants?
You must switch to a specific IDE to use Claude Code.

Before the next episode

Install Claude Code and just open it once. Don't do anything yet — next episode we configure it properly.

Topics: claude-code, anthropic, interactive, workshop