--- title: Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding | daily.dev description: Anthropic has released extensive documentation on best practices for using their Claude Code CLI tool. Notably, using terms like 'think' and 'ultrathink' can... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-best-practices-for-agentic-coding-7yfbfwrfn copyright: © 2026 Daily Dev Ltd. terms: https://daily.dev/tos/ twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding | daily.dev og:description: Anthropic has released extensive documentation on best practices for using their Claude Code CLI tool. Notably, using terms like 'think' and 'ultrathink' can... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-best-practices-for-agentic-coding-7yfbfwrfn og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/7yFbfWRFn.png og:image:alt: Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding **[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 2 min read · 2 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Anthropic has released extensive documentation on best practices for using their Claude Code CLI tool. Notably, using terms like 'think' and 'ultrathink' can trigger extended thinking modes, allocating more computational resources for better evaluation of alternatives. Claude Code isn't open source, but its functionalities can be explored using tools like Prettier and ripgrep. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#ai-coding](https://daily.dev/tags/ai-coding), [#claude-code](https://daily.dev/tags/claude-code), [#genai](https://daily.dev/tags/genai), [#llm](https://daily.dev/tags/llm) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-best-practices-for-agentic-coding-7yfbfwrfn) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-best-practices-for-agentic-coding-7yfbfwrfn","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-best-practices-for-agentic-coding-7yfbfwrfn"},"datePublished":"2025-04-20T03:41:33.593Z","dateModified":"2026-10-14T02:26:54.123Z","description":"Anthropic has released extensive documentation on best practices for using their Claude Code CLI tool. Notably, using terms like 'think' and 'ultrathink' can...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--OHB84bZF--/f_auto/v1722860399/public/Placeholder%2010","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Hacker News","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Hacker News","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/hn","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/claude-code-best-practices-for-agentic-coding-7yfbfwrfn","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":2},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"ai-coding,claude-code,genai,llm","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Hacker News","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/hn"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Claude Code: Best practices for agentic coding"}]} ```