Claude API Tutorial: First Request in curl, Python and TS
Claude API tutorial for 2026: make your first Anthropic API request in curl, Python and TypeScript, then add streaming, multi-turn chat and tool use.
Step-by-step Claude guides for Claude Code, the Claude API, MCP servers, Skills and agents — from first prompt to production workflows, sorted by level.
Claude API tutorial for 2026: make your first Anthropic API request in curl, Python and TypeScript, then add streaming, multi-turn chat and tool use.
Claude API pricing for every current model: input, output and cache prices per million tokens, Batch API discounts, tool fees and four worked cost examples.
What Claude artifacts are, how to create, edit, share and publish them, AI-powered apps, templates, storage and connectors, and limits by plan (Oct 2026).
Claude Code best practices and tips from the official guide and daily use: verification loops, plan mode, lean CLAUDE.md, context hygiene and parallel work.
Manage the Claude Code context window: what loads at startup, when to use /context, /compact and /clear, how compaction works, and habits that keep it lean.
Stop rm -rf, curl | sh, force-pushes and DROP TABLE before they run: a tested PreToolUse hook for Claude Code, deny rules, onFailure and the limits to know.
Straight answers to 15 common Claude Code questions: cost, plans, Windows, models, privacy, undo, CLAUDE.md vs AGENTS.md, MCP, limits and resuming sessions.
What --dangerously-skip-permissions does in Claude Code, what still stops it, and how to run it safely in a container as a non-root user. Checked October 2026.
Install Claude Code, sign in, run your first session, set up CLAUDE.md, learn the essential slash commands and adopt the habits that get reliably good results.
How Claude Code hooks work: lifecycle events, matchers, exit codes and JSON output, plus ready-made hooks for formatting, alerts and blocking risky edits.
Run Claude Code headless with claude -p: output formats, JSON schema, streaming, tool allowlists, bare mode, resuming sessions and copy-paste CI scripts.
How Claude Code plugins work: installing from marketplaces, install scopes, the best official plugins, and building your own with skills, agents, hooks and MCP.
Create a private Claude Code plugin marketplace: marketplace.json schema, plugin sources, validation, auto-install via settings.json, private repos and updates.
Every Claude Code permission mode explained: Manual, acceptEdits, plan, auto, dontAsk and bypass, plus allow/ask/deny rules and safe defaults for local and CI.
Turn on the Claude Code sandbox with /sandbox: what it blocks, auto-allow vs regular mode, allowWrite, allowedDomains, credentials and strict mode explained.
Learn what Claude Code skills are, where SKILL.md files live, the key frontmatter fields, and how to write, test and share skills, with copy-paste examples.
Claude Code slash commands cheatsheet: the built-in commands that matter, their aliases and arguments, plus how to add custom commands, plugin and MCP ones.
How to use Claude Code step by step: explore a codebase, plan a feature, implement it with tests, review the diff, commit, then save the workflow as a skill.
Run Claude Code sessions in parallel with git worktrees: the --worktree flag, .worktreeinclude, subagent isolation, /batch, cleanup rules and manual setup.
Install and use the Claude Code VS Code extension and JetBrains plugin: setup, shortcuts, @-mentions, diffs, checkpoints, settings and when to use the CLI.
Connect Claude Desktop to your files, apps and tools with MCP, no coding needed: connectors, one-click desktop extensions, the config file and quick fixes.
Get the Claude desktop app on Mac, Windows or Linux: system requirements, install steps, Chat, Cowork and Code tabs, MCP desktop extensions, and quick fixes.
Claude kit pricing compared: Agentkit.best (formerly Claudekit.cc), theclaudekit.com's ClaudeKit and free kits like Superpowers, with honest pros, cons and picks.
Claude Sonnet, Opus, Haiku and Fable compared: current model IDs, context windows, max output, API prices and how to pick the right model, checked October 2026.