Claude code
Course : Mosh Claude Code Course
Alternatives of Claude Code : CoPilot, Cursor, Windsurf
Contents
Installation
Choose the right installation for the OS from https://code.claude.com/docs
Using Claude Code
Upgrade to pro plan to use it in VS Code
Some commands
Open VS and open terminal inside of VS.
claude /login
to remember last session
claude --resume
/terminal-setup
it installs Shift+enter to write multi line commands
Ctrl + L clear the command
To mention a file start the name with @ sign
commit
it creates a git add and git commit with a meaningful commit message
/init Creates CLAUDE.md file
Plan Mode / Accept Edits On
Plan mode is to add a new feature. It plans the feature and waits for user to confirm it.
Shift + tab in claude prompt switches the modes.
Managing context window
to see the context usage
/context
Compacy / Clear the context
/compact /clear
Tracking cost
/usage
Model Context Protocol (MCP)
it consist on two parts Client and Server like
Agent -> MCP Client -> MCP Server -> Github
Each MCP adds token to prompts. Use only necessary ones.
To see MCP servers
/mcp
to add or delete mcp servers
claude mcp add .... claude mcp remove <SERVER_NAME>
Context 7
It's a MCP which gets the latest versions and the documentation
- Go to https://context7.com and sign in to start using it.
- Create and Save the API Key.
- click install manually to go to https://context7.com/docs/resources/all-clients#claude-code
- select server (Client didn't work for me)
- replace API KEY with yours
- exit and restart Claude
