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How to install Claude Code

Install Claude Code and run it on a real project. Hosted here, free for members.

Claude Code is a terminal tool from Anthropic that reads and edits files in your project. This course gets it installed and running on a real repository, and assumes nothing beyond being able to open a terminal.

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Course overview

Four short lessons take you from an empty terminal to a working setup you can use on your own code the same day. Progress is saved to your account, and each lesson unlocks when you finish the one before it.

What you will learn

Install Claude Code and confirm it is talking to your account
Point it at a real repository and understand what it can and cannot see
Give it a task, read what it changed, and keep the changes you want
Set up the permissions and settings that stop it doing something you did not ask for

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Course syllabus

🔒 Lesson 1 Check what you need first Two things before anything else: a terminal, and Node.js version 18 or newer. Everything else the installer handles.… 5 min Locked

🔒 Lesson 2 Install it One command installs Claude Code globally: npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code When it finishes, confirm it is on your… 4 min Locked

🔒 Lesson 3 Sign in and run it Change into a project you actually work on. Claude Code reads the directory you start it in, so… 6 min Locked

🔒 Lesson 4 Know what it can change Claude Code edits files and runs commands. That is the point of it, and it is also the… 5 min Locked