Claude Code

Does it fit your conditions?

You can review code changes and run a local development environment.

Setup

Install an app

Interface

Terminal, Editor

Access

Product account / Provider API key

Workspace

Independent workspace

Install the client, choose a supported authentication method, and open the project.

Reviewed scope: Terminal coding workflow.

Coding and office fit

This entry covers Claude Code. Cowork has a separate office workflow and entry.

Costs and context

Subscription or provider usage

Long context, reasoning, retries, and additional agents can raise usage; caching changes the bill without changing the task.

Reduce unnecessary work: Keep permanent rules short, separate unrelated tasks, and inspect context and usage.

Measured tokens / task

Unknown — not measured

Measured cost / task

Unknown — not measured

Compare the same deliverable and acceptance criteria, including retries and your review time. Local execution does not establish local model processing.

Try one real task

1. Install the client, choose a supported authentication method, and open the project.
2. Start with a small task: Investigate a bug, change the relevant files, and run tests.
3. Check the result against your original files and acceptance criteria before expanding the workflow.

Before relying on this workflow, check the current plan, device, region, language, file format, and required permissions.

Bring your work with you

Share AGENTS.md when supported by the installed version and configuration; otherwise import it with @AGENTS.md in CLAUDE.md. Confirm the instructions actually loaded.

A reviewed brief can carry context. Native history, internal memory, account permissions, and running tasks are not assumed to transfer.