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Claude Code Guide

Updated Jul 7, 2026

A community-maintained reference guide for Claude Code by zebbern, organized into eight sections covering installation, configuration, all slash commands, MCP integration, hooks, sub-agents, third-party integrations, and troubleshooting — with copy-paste examples and settings.json snippets throughout. Cross-linked to related repos including agent skills libraries, MCP configs, and Mermaid diagram templates.

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What it does

  • Browse Getting Started section

    Find install commands, system requirements, and initial setup steps for Claude Code.

  • Browse Configuration section

    Reference all environment variables with accepted values, configuration file locations, and settings.json structure.

  • Browse MCP section

    Find .mcp.json format and per-integration examples for JIRA, GitHub, Slack, and Postgres MCP servers.

  • Browse Hooks section

    Reference all hook events, response format (block/message/feedback/continue), and exit code behavior.

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## What it does

A community-maintained single-page reference for Claude Code by zebbern, kept up to date with the live Claude Code documentation. Organized into eight sections with jump links: Getting Started, Configuration and Environment Variables, Commands and Usage, Interface and Input, Advanced Features, Automation and Integration, Help and Troubleshooting, and Third-Party Integrations. Every section includes copy-paste examples and settings.json snippets.

Cross-referenced to related community repos maintained by the same author: a Claude Code Discord MCP, 954+ agent skills, a no-cost AI resources list, and 250+ Mermaid diagram templates.

Sections at a glance:

- Getting Started — install commands, system requirements, initial setup steps
- Configuration — complete environment variable list with accepted values and defaults; configuration file locations and precedence; settings.json structure
- Commands — all built-in slash commands with descriptions; CLI flags including rarely documented options
- MCP — how to configure MCP servers in .mcp.json; per-integration examples (JIRA, GitHub, Slack, Postgres)
- Sub-agents — how sub-agents work, how to write agent .md files with frontmatter, the Plan and Explore built-ins
- Hooks — all hook events (PreToolUse, PostToolUse, UserPromptSubmit, Stop, etc.), response format, exit codes
- --dangerously-skip-permissions — exact definition, safe-use conditions (fully sandboxed CI only), what it skips
- Third-Party Integrations — IDE plugins, status-bar integrations, GitHub Actions

## Install

No install needed. Browse the README on GitHub. Use the section links at the top for fast navigation.

## When to use

Use as the first stop for any Claude Code configuration question — environment variables, hook event names and response format, MCP server setup, or the exact behavior of a CLI flag. Faster than searching the official docs for common configuration patterns.