Claude Code 2.0 (www.npmjs.com)

Anthropic has released Claude Code (now in beta), an agentic coding assistant that runs in your terminal or IDE, understands your local codebase, and performs routine development tasks via natural-language commands. It can execute tasks, explain complex code, and manage git workflows from the command line or by tagging @claude on GitHub. Installation is straightforward (npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code; then run claude in your project directory) and the tool is designed to speed up common developer workflows by combining code context awareness with action execution. For the AI/ML community the significance is twofold: productivity and privacy posture. Technically, Claude Code brings an “in-context” agent that interacts with your repository and shell, which can reduce friction in debugging, PR workflows, and explorations of unfamiliar code. During beta Anthropic collects usage and conversation data (code acceptances/rejections, feedback) to debug and improve the product, but explicitly states it will not use this feedback to train generative models; user feedback transcripts are retained for up to 30 days. They’ve added safeguards like restricted access to session data and a /bug command plus GitHub issue support for reporting problems. Expect iterative improvements and tightened safety as the beta progresses.