Tag: claude-code
How to debug Claude Code subagents
When a Claude Code subagent fails, you cannot open it and look inside. It ran in its own isolated context and handed back a summary. Debugging a subagent is the skill of reading that summary, recognizing context-isolation failures, and designing subagents that report enough to be diagnosed. Here is how to do it.
The BAA for Claude Code is narrower than it looks
Is there a BAA for Claude Code? Yes, but the coverage is narrow. A BAA can cover the Claude Code CLI, but only with Zero Data Retention enabled, and the self-serve Enterprise HIPAA toggle does not include it. What is covered, what is not, and why.
The built-in agent types in Claude Code
Claude Code ships with five built-in agent types: Explore, Plan, general-purpose, statusline-setup, and claude-code-guide. Most people know two of them. The other three run constantly and shape how much your sessions cost. This is the full catalog, what each one is for, and why knowing them changes how you read your own terminal.
The real cost of a large context window in Claude Code
A large context window in Claude Code feels free, and it is the opposite. Every token you load is re-billed on every turn after. The prompt cache that should make that cheap expires in five minutes, turning a tenth-price read into a higher-price write. And accuracy fades as the window fills. Here is the real cost.
What is a subagent in Claude Code
A subagent in Claude Code is a specialized worker that runs in its own fresh, isolated context window, with its own tools and permissions, and reports back only a summary. It is how Claude does a noisy side task without flooding your main conversation. Here is what a subagent is, what file defines it, and when it earns its cost.
Subagent vs parallel agent vs skill in Claude Code
Subagent, parallel agent and skill get used as if they mean the same thing in Claude Code. They do not. A skill is reusable instructions that cost almost nothing until invoked. A subagent is delegated work in a fresh isolated context. Parallel agent is not a primitive at all. Picking the wrong one wastes tokens or floods your context.
How to make a single root CLAUDE.md load across your whole organization
Drop a CLAUDE.md at the root of a SharePoint site and nothing propagates. Each Claude product reads CLAUDE.md a different way. Four parallel loaders, all pulling from one canonical file, are what makes a single source of truth actually land in every session across Claude Code, Desktop, web, and Cowork.
How to export your Claude Projects data - three workarounds that actually work
No export-Project-as-package button exists in Claude.ai. Anthropic ships a GDPR-compliance ZIP of conversations as JSON, no API endpoint for Projects, and a closed-as-not-planned GitHub issue for file downloads. Three workarounds work today. One is a local-disk cousin nobody mentions.
How to ensure Claude actually follows through on a plan
Claude Code creates excellent plans but silently skips steps during execution. A three-layer enforcement system with CLAUDE.md rules, a structured verification protocol, and a Stop hook that physically blocks incomplete work fixed the problem after 6 bugs and 15 regression tests.
What is a hook in Claude Code and how to use them
Hooks in Claude Code are automated actions that fire on specific events during AI sessions. They range from simple bash scripts to agent-powered validators. The difference between exit code 1 and exit code 2 will save you hours of frustrated debugging.
What is a turn in Claude Code and why does it matter
A turn in Claude Code is one complete cycle from your message through tool calls to a response. Understanding turns changes how you structure work, manage context windows, and build automated hooks that fire at precisely the right moment in the lifecycle.
Why your company processes should improve themselves using Claude
Processes that update their own documentation sound impossible until you see the architecture. An LLM compiler reads raw organizational data and writes structured process wikis that compound institutional knowledge automatically. Here is how to build it and what breaks.
Your employees are generating AI code nobody governs - here is what to build
45% of AI-generated code contains security flaws. Most of it lives on employee laptops with zero scanning, logging, or continuity planning. Here is a three-pillar blueprint that costs a fraction of the reactive support it replaces.
Claude Code ultraplan is cloud planning that actually thinks for 30 minutes
Anthropic added ultraplan to Claude Code, offloading plan generation to a top Opus model in the cloud with up to 30 minutes of deep reasoning. It is brilliant for complex refactors but fails outside git repos. Here is how it works and when local plan mode is the better choice.
I tested every viral Claude cheat code - here is what actually works
Most viral Claude cheat codes like L99, /ghost, and /godmode are community folklore with zero basis in the codebase. I tested each one against the CLI and cross-referenced 512,000 lines of leaked source code. None exist. The real power features are documented, free, and far more useful.
Claude Chat vs Cowork vs Code: which mode should you actually use?
Claude now has three distinct modes and most companies are using the wrong one. Chat is for quick conversations. Cowork is the autonomous agent with dozens of connectors that handles everything except code. Code is the terminal-native developer tool. The right choice depends on what you are trying to get done, not which sounds fanciest.
Using AI for semi-manual SOC 2 evidence collection
Fully automated SOC 2 evidence collection sounds great until you try it. Half the items need human judgment. Here is how a three-phase guided workflow at Tallyfy collected 99 evidence items across 4 sessions in 4 days, with AI handling orchestration and a human handling the judgment calls.
How to run Claude Code as non-interactive mini prompts for true 24/7 automation
Every article about Claude Code automation stays surface-level. Here is the production pattern for running non-interactive mini prompts with queue processing, quality gates, and auto-restart wrappers, built from running dozens of automated jobs across multiple repos every day.
How to run entire projects with Claude Code and Cowork
Most people use Claude to write emails. I use Claude Code and Cowork from Anthropic to run entire consulting engagements with 20+ stakeholders and full deliverable tracking. Here is the project structure that makes it work.
Claude Code SOC 2 compliance - what your auditor needs to know
Your auditor does not care about Anthropic marketing promises or vendor certifications alone. They need evidence of YOUR controls around Claude Code, data handling documentation, and audit trails that prove your AI coding tool is not creating compliance gaps in your SOC 2 framework. IBM found 97% of AI-breached organizations lacked proper access controls.
Claude Code - When to use task tool vs subagents
Stop guessing about Claude Code orchestration. The difference is clear: Tasks for parallel search with 10-concurrent batch limits, subagents for persistent expertise. This is the decision framework emerging from real production patterns and user experiences.
Claude Code vs Cursor for enterprise teams - the cost difference nobody mentions
For mid-size development teams, Claude Code costs much more than Cursor Teams. But the real cost difference extends far beyond license fees - GitClear found AI code duplication grew 4x across 211 million changed lines. Factor in integration setup complexity, training cycles, ongoing support, and productivity losses during adoption and tool migration.
How to find a Claude Code implementation specialist who delivers
Most AI consultants fail at Claude Code because they treat it like ChatGPT with a different logo. Specialists understand MCP, context windows, and why tens of thousands of tokens disappear before you even start. Here is how to spot the difference between someone who read the docs yesterday and someone who can implement.