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id: "anthropic-claude-code-best-practices"
title: "Best practices for Claude Code"
creator: "Anthropic"
creator_url: "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/best-practices"
url: "https://code.claude.com/docs/en/best-practices"
level: "intermediate"
level_max: null
category: "agents"
subcategory: "coding-agents"
region: "West"
license: "closed"
license_scope: "linked-resource"
models: ["claude"]
source_date: null
date_added: "2026-10-18"
---

[Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)

# Best practices for Claude Code

by [Anthropic](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/best-practices)

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Concrete coding-agent workflow habits: plan, verify, manage context.

The documentation connects coding-agent use with planning, verification and context management. Try the habits on a bounded change and check the resulting software rather than treating completion messages as proof.

Level: [Intermediate](/levels/index.md#intermediate)
Models: claude
Category: [Agents and harnesses](/agents/index.md)
Tags: [coding-agents](/tags/coding-agents/index.md)
Source date: date not stated
Added: 2026-10-18
Last verified: 2026-10-18
Status: ok
Prerequisites: Assumes basic LLM familiarity or the ability to read examples and configure a workflow.
Subcategory: [coding agents](/agents/coding-agents/index.md)
Region: West
Original language: en
Access: free
Resource reuse: closed: No general open-reuse grant established from the inspected page. Closed is the conservative index bucket, not a legal finding; the resource is publicly readable. [Facet definitions](/about/index.md#facets)

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