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Claude Code

For a developer who has never used an agentic coding tool. The roadmap.sh topics, re-ordered so each one is learnable from the last — run it, drive a session, control its context, extend it, then scale it safely. Official documentation and Anthropic's own sessions.

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Published by Pathsmith · 2h ago

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You get your own copy — yours to change, and to take notes on.

Stage 1 · Run it, and watch what the loop actually does

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What it is, and what it is doing when it works

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  1. 1What is Claude Code?youtube.com
  2. 2Installing Claude Codeyoutube.com
  3. 3How Claude Code Worksyoutube.com
  4. 4Your first Claude Code promptyoutube.com
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Install it, then read how it works

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  1. 5Claude Code overviewcode.claude.com
  2. 6Quickstartcode.claude.com
  3. 7Set up Claude Codecode.claude.com
  4. 8How Claude Code workscode.claude.com
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The surfaces it runs on

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  1. 9Claude Code on desktopcode.claude.com
  2. 10VS Codecode.claude.com
  3. 11JetBrains IDEscode.claude.com
  4. 12Claude Code on the webcode.claude.com

Stage 2 · Drive a session, and be able to undo it

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The workflow, and the habits that make it work

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  1. 13The Explore → Plan → Code → Commit workflow in Claude Codeyoutube.com
  2. 14Claude Code best practices | Code w/ Claudeyoutube.com
  3. 15Mastering Claude Code in 30 minutesyoutube.com
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The session, the keys, and the slash commands

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  1. 16Interactive modecode.claude.com
  2. 17CLI referencecode.claude.com
  3. 18Slash commandscode.claude.com
  4. 19Keybindingscode.claude.com
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Permission modes, and getting your work back

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  1. 20Permission modescode.claude.com
  2. 21Permissionscode.claude.com
  3. 22Checkpointing and rewindcode.claude.com
  4. 23Sessionscode.claude.com

Stage 3 · Give it your codebase's context, on purpose

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CLAUDE.md, and where the context goes

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  1. 24The CLAUDE.md fileyoutube.com
  2. 25Context Management in Claude Codeyoutube.com
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Memory, and writing a CLAUDE.md worth having

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  1. 26Memory and CLAUDE.mdcode.claude.com
  2. 27Best practicescode.claude.com
  3. 28Common workflowscode.claude.com
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The context budget, and what it costs

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  1. 29Context windowcode.claude.com
  2. 30Costscode.claude.com
  3. 31Model configurationcode.claude.com
  4. 32Prompt cachingcode.claude.com

Stage 4 · Extend it — skills, subagents, hooks, MCP

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The extension surfaces, from the people who built them

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  1. 33MCP in Claude Codeyoutube.com
  2. 34Hooks in Claude Codeyoutube.com
  3. 35Claude Agent Skills Explainedyoutube.com
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Skills, and agents you define yourself

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  1. 36Agent Skillscode.claude.com
  2. 37Subagentscode.claude.com
  3. 38Agentscode.claude.com
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Hooks, end to end

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  1. 39Hooks guidecode.claude.com
  2. 40Hooks referencecode.claude.com
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MCP, plugins, and the shape of your setup

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  1. 41Connect to MCP serverscode.claude.com
  2. 42MCP quickstartcode.claude.com
  3. 43Pluginscode.claude.com
  4. 44Status linecode.claude.com
  5. 45Output stylescode.claude.com

Stage 5 · Run it at scale, without losing control of it

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Out of the terminal, into production

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  1. 46Building headless automation with Claude Code | Code w/ Claudeyoutube.com
  2. 47Vibe coding in prod | Code w/ Claudeyoutube.com
  3. 48Prompting for Agents | Code w/ Claudeyoutube.com
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Headless, CI, and more than one agent

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  1. 49Headless modecode.claude.com
  2. 50GitHub Actionscode.claude.com
  3. 51Agent teamscode.claude.com
  4. 52Code reviewcode.claude.com
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Security, sandboxing, and the settings to set early

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  1. 53Securitycode.claude.com
  2. 54Security guidancecode.claude.com
  3. 55Sandboxingcode.claude.com
  4. 56Settingscode.claude.com
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The series these videos come from

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  1. 57Claude: Claude Code 101 (9 videos)youtube.com
  2. 58Anthropic: Code w/ Claude Developer Conference (20 videos)youtube.com
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How to use this path

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  1. 59Stage 3 is where this stops being a toy