BREAKING
The Making of Claude Code
From CLI experiment to GA
1CLI prototype Sep 2024
2Dogfooding Nov 2024
3Preview Feb 2025
4GA May 2025
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Terminal-first, not IDE-bound
Claude CodeCLI
Whole-codebase understanding
Parallel Subagents
Skills and git integration
IDE toolse.g. Cursor
IDE-integrated
Editor-centric workflow
A game changer with caveats
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Anthropic reveals how Claude Code grew from an internal experiment into a full product.