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Claude Code Guides
Guides walk you through setting up and getting more out of Claude Code, step by step.
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6 Guides for Claude Code
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Adding Skills to Your Agent
Create custom slash commands and install community skills to extend what Claude Code can do.
Beginner · 8 min tutorial
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Connecting MCP Servers to Your Agent
Give Claude Code access to GitHub, databases, and external tools through the Model Context Protocol.
Beginner · 10 min tutorial
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How Claude Code’s Agent System Works
The four layers of Claude Code's agent system and how they connect to the agentic loop.
Beginner · 7 min read
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Putting It All Together: Your First Working Agent
Combine CLAUDE.md rules, a review skill, and a GitHub MCP server into a working code review agent.
Beginner · 15 min tutorial
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What Are AI Coding Agents?
How agentic coding tools differ from code completion and when the trade-off is worth it.
Beginner · 5 min read
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Writing Your First CLAUDE.md Rules File
Create a rules file that makes Claude Code follow your project conventions from the first session.
Beginner · 10 min tutorial
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