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A beginner-friendly guide to the features that make Claude Code powerful: CLAUDE.md, directory structure, permissions, plan mode, checkpoints, skills, hooks, MCP, plugins, context, slash commands, compaction, agents, and rules. Everything you need to know to get started successfully.
How I replaced three separate Google Workspace MCP integrations with a single gws CLI skill, why CLI beats MCP for large API surfaces, and the four-tier safety system that keeps destructive operations from running without confirmation.
A practical walkthrough of the 5 Node.js MCP servers I run with Claude Code: sequential-thinking, memory, context7, github, and project-tools. What they do, how to configure them on Windows, and what I learned testing each one.
How to give Claude Code real persistent memory using a global rule file and a vector database MCP server, so context survives across sessions without any manual effort.
A comprehensive configuration overhaul that transformed my Claude Code workflow from serial execution to parallel agent orchestration. 7 custom agents, 9 rules reorganized, file protection hooks, and the philosophy of why every AI-assisted developer should go agentic-first.
A deep dive into configuring Claude Code for real-world use - from modular rules and session logging hooks to MCP servers and the everything-claude-code plugin ecosystem.