# Claude Code (Anthropic)

Source: https://useronboarding.ai/companies/claude-code

- Category: Onboarding for AI products
- Type: Dev tools
- Product: https://claude.com/product/claude-code

A terminal agent whose onboarding runs as a keyboard-only wizard the first time you type `claude`: an ASCII-art welcome, a text-style (theme) picker, a login-method choice that hands off to the browser, then a boxed welcome panel with tips and an empty prompt.

## Notes

- First run opens with "Welcome to Claude Code v2.x", a pixel-art mascot scene, "Let's get started." and "Choose the text style that looks best with your terminal" (Dark mode / Light mode), with the hint "To change this later, run /theme" — the first question is about legibility, not the user.
- The Technically Curious guide (written for non-developer business users) walks the remaining steps: pick dark/light, choose login method "1. Claude account with subscription" which opens the browser, return to the terminal, then answer an effort question ("high effort" vs "medium effort").
- The same guide warns that signing up mid-authentication is "buggy" and tells readers to create a paid Claude account before installing — the CLI assumes an existing account.
- After login the session shows a bordered panel: "Welcome back Katie!", model/plan/name/working directory on the left, and "Tips for getting started" ("Run /init to create a CLAUDE.md file…", a note about launching in the home directory) plus "Recent activity" on the right, with "? for shortcuts" under the input.
- Anthropic's Quickstart lists the accepted account types (Pro/Max/Team/Enterprise, Console with a "Claude Code" workspace auto-created on first login, Bedrock/Vertex-style cloud providers, or a corporate gateway) and skips the login prompt if ANTHROPIC_API_KEY is set, asking the user to approve the key instead.
- The docs' suggested first prompts are codebase-orientation questions ("what does this project do?", "explain the folder structure") before any edit, then "add a hello world function to the main file".

## Patterns

terminal wizard, theme picker first, browser auth handoff, tips panel, suggested first prompts, CLAUDE.md init nudge

## Screens

- ![First run in a VS Code terminal: "Welcome to Claude Code" art, "Let's get started." and the Dark/Light text-style picker](https://useronboarding.ai/images/claude-code-1.jpg) First run in a VS Code terminal: "Welcome to Claude Code" art, "Let's get started." and the Dark/Light text-style picker (source: https://technicallycurious.substack.com/p/claude-code-setup-guide-windows)
- ![Post-login welcome panel with account/model info, "Tips for getting started" (/init), and a first "hello" exchange](https://useronboarding.ai/images/claude-code-2.jpg) Post-login welcome panel with account/model info, "Tips for getting started" (/init), and a first "hello" exchange (source: https://technicallycurious.substack.com/p/claude-code-setup-guide-windows)

## Articles

- [Quickstart](https://code.claude.com/docs/en/quickstart): Claude Code Docs (Anthropic) (by the product team)
- [Claude Code Setup Guide (Windows)](https://technicallycurious.substack.com/p/claude-code-setup-guide-windows): Technically Curious (Substack)

## Cited in

- [Signup first, or value first?](https://useronboarding.ai/questions#signup-timing)
- [How do products teach people to prompt?](https://useronboarding.ai/questions#teach-prompting)