Claude Code

Practical guides for Anthropic's command-line coding tool, organized the way you'd actually look for them — getting started, CLAUDE.md and context, agents and skills, hooks, MCP, workflows, git, CI/CD, security, and troubleshooting. This is the same guide content as the Claude Code topic on Guides, gathered here as its own front door since it's one of the fastest-moving parts of the ecosystem.

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MCP

Claude CodeINTERMEDIATE

Aug 10, 2026

Connecting Claude Code to External Tools with MCP: Servers, Transports, and Configuration

This guide explains how to connect Claude Code to external tools and data sources using the Model Context Protocol (MCP). It covers what MCP connections enable, such as working with issue trackers, databases, and monitoring tools; where to find reviewed connectors; how to scaffold your own server with the official mcp-server-dev plugin; and how to install remote HTTP, remote SSE, and local stdio servers, including transport-specific flags, JSON configuration pitfalls, and environment variables like CLAUDE_PROJECT_DIR.

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Claude CodeBEGINNER

Aug 10, 2026

How to Connect an MCP Server to Claude Code (Step by Step)

This guide walks through connecting a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server to Claude Code using the CLI. You will register a hosted server with the claude mcp add command, verify the connection with claude mcp list, use the server inside a session, and remove it when finished. It also covers what the connection status indicators mean, where the configuration is saved on disk, and the difference between local, user, and project scopes.

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