Claude Code Best Practices Tutorial

Quick Start

If you are getting started with Claude Code, follow this order:

1. Installation and setup
2. Basic usage
3. CLAUDE.md setup
4. MCP servers
5. Plan Mode workflow

Core Configuration

• CLAUDE.md setup: Provide project context, common commands, and coding conventions.
• Tools permission: Control which tools and resources Claude Code can access.
• GitHub CLI integration: Use gh for issues, PRs, and collaboration workflows.
• Global prompts: Reuse preferences across projects.

Tool Integrations

• Bash tools
• MCP servers
• Custom commands

Workflows

• Explore, plan, code
• Test-driven development
• Visual iteration
• Codebase Q&A
• Git management
• Plan Mode

Optimization and Advanced Topics

• Specific instructions
• Context management
• Direction correction
• Headless mode
• Multi-Claude workflows