I was obviously being too cautious. And hadn’t realised that Claude Code existed.
Question is, if I quit Claude.AI, which way should I go?
Claude Code is just another way of using claude.ai - the difference being that you can give it access to your code directly, instead of copying/pasting with the chat. It also opens up a whole lot more.\
My recommendation, open youtube and have a look at some of the many claude code tutorials on there.
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+1 from me for Claude Code too. That, and Notebook LM (for documentation, project notes, research etc).
I asked Claude about the cost. It is a bit unclear. Its talking about token based charging with a different account.
So, do I need to sign up for a different account for this? And I can close my current one, or do I need both?
If you have a claude subscription, you have claude code.
Install claude code on windows (not WSL)
Then open a windows terminal window and type
claude
and hit enter - it will ask you to set the theme and then login (select the first option unless you have an api account) - it will open a browser window to do the oauth login, once that is done you are all set.
hint - open claude code in the directory of the project you are working on, if there is not already a CLAUDE.md file, type /init to have claude analyse the project and create a summary that is used for the context when you work on the project with claude.
pressing / shows the available commands, or just start writing prompts. Shift+Tab to enter plan mode for complex tasks - write a detailed prompt and it will create a plan. you don’t have to accept that - you can tell it to make changes - I often tell it to save the plan to a md file so I can edit it myself if needed.
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