What Claude Code actually is (and isn't)

⏱ 8 min · Claude Code is not a chatbot. It is an AI that lives in your terminal, reads your files, and does real work. Here is the plain-English version.

Up to now the AI you have used has been a tab in your browser. You type, it replies, you copy and paste. Useful, but always one step removed from the real work.

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