Your First Session

The core loop you’ll repeat every day: prompt, explore, approve.

Start a Session

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claude

This opens an interactive session inside your project. Type in plain English — no special syntax needed.

Try a question first:


what does this project do, and what is the main entry file?

Claude Code reads your actual files to answer — it doesn’t guess.

Be specific about the result you want:


add a loading spinner to the submit button while the form is saving

Reads the relevant files first, before changing anything.

Shown as a diff — old lines removed, new lines added, like git diff.

Nothing is saved until you approve it (unless you’re in a more permissive mode — next page).


Fix the bug where the login page hangs after entering the wrong password.
Run the test suite afterward to confirm the fix works.

This works because it states the real problem and gives a way to check the fix. Compare that to just “fix the login page” — too vague to act on well.


@src/components/LoginForm.tsx — the error message never disappears
after a successful retry. Fix it.

@ tells it exactly where to look first.

Ctrl+D or /exit to leave. Come back later with claude -c (continue the last session) or claude -r (pick from recent ones).

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