Anthropic's agentic coding tool; one engine behind the CLI, IDE extensions, desktop app and web
Desktop and web workbench that runs Agent CLIs, Claude Code among them; not a model or an agent itself
Needs a Pro ($20 per month), Max (from $100), Team or Enterprise plan, a Console account, or Bedrock, Vertex or Foundry; free claude.ai plan excluded (as of October 2026)
Desktop and Container editions are free; Store edition is free with an optional one-time TurboEngine purchase
Subagents, plus background agents to run several sessions and watch them from one screen
Several sessions side by side, each an Agent with a visible status, across any Agent CLI
Plan mode, CLAUDE.md memory, skills and hooks; no proposal archive of its own
OpenSpec proposals: propose, validate, apply, archive; free editions allow 3 concurrent proposals



























