Claude Code

Claude Code — Technology. approach: Direct search via grep/glob without indexing · strength: Instruction following, code generation, tool use · self-writing: ~90% of the code written by itself · category: CLI coding agent · category: Coding agent, CLI · creation_date: September 2024 · context_window: 1 million tokens · interface: terminal-first CLI agent · business model: Proprietary, integrated into Claude Pro/Max · affected_products: Claude Code, Claude Agent SDK, Claude Cowork · revenue: $500M annual (run-rate) · annualized revenue: ~$1 billion (November 2025) · role: Coding assistant generating spend to allocate · criticized role: « Behavioral funnel » / hostage layer locking in the dev · stack: TypeScript, terminal React · usage_described: Execution of detailed plans in Fidelity One and Two · corrected_version: v2.1.116 (April 20, 2026) · versions: `/goal` shipped in v2.1.139 (May 11, 2026), 2.1.x branch, Opus 4.8 by default · publisher: Anthropic