Claude Code Best Practices: 9 Habits From Anthropic's Docs
Nine Claude Code best practices from Anthropic's docs, checked 15 Oct 2026: give Claude a check, plan first, keep memory short, clear context, run in parallel.
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Nine Claude Code best practices from Anthropic's docs, checked 15 Oct 2026: give Claude a check, plan first, keep memory short, clear context, run in parallel.
We run our company on Munder Difflin. Every seat on our floor: what each AI agent does, how its work starts, what comes out, and how to copy it.
Claude Code skills, checked 14 Oct 2026: what a skill is, where skill folders live, a first skill file, how Claude picks one and how to share them.
Gemini 4 Argon pricing, checked 13 Oct 2026: $2 input and $10 output per 1M tokens through 30 Nov, then $4 and $20. No free tier. Worked examples inside.
How to use Gemini 4 Argon on 13 Oct 2026: the Gemini app, AI Mode, AI Studio, the API with model ID gemini-4-argon, and Antigravity. What each route needs.
Ask your AI to answer in ASD-STE100, the aerospace manual standard, about 80% of the way. Plus Karpathy's three other tricks: diagrams, HTML and video.
Codex pricing checked 5 Oct 2026: which ChatGPT plans include Codex, US prices from $0 to $500, how usage limits are counted, credits and API key rates.
How to use Claude Code, checked 5 Oct 2026: install it, sign in, run a first task, then the commands, shortcuts and habits a beginner needs.
Turn Claude Code into a personal AGI on your own computer: agents with memory, schedules, Gmail, Calendar, voice and Slack, set up in Munder Difflin 0.5.2.
Install Gemini CLI 0.62.0 with one npm command, see which sign ins still work after 18 Jun 2026, and why Gemini 4 Argon isn't in it yet.
Stretch a Claude Code Max plan: model choice, context hygiene, prompt caching, subagents and unattended runs, checked against Anthropic's own pages.
There is no Codex Max plan. What ChatGPT Pro 5x and 20x give you in Codex, how the weekly limit works, and how to stretch it.
Connect Slack to Munder Difflin 0.5.2: create the Slack app, add the bot scopes, pick one of three connection modes, and get answers in the thread.
Yes, Claude Code can run on Ollama. Run ollama launch claude or set three environment variables, give the model 64K of context, and see what stops working.
Codex CLI is OpenAI's open source coding agent for the terminal. Install it on Mac, Windows or Linux, sign in, update it, check the version or remove it.
Claude Code keeps asking because Manual mode gates edits, shell commands and web requests. The fixes, safest first: modes, allow rules, sandboxing, then bypass.
Claude Code plan mode, checked 29 Sep 2026: the Shift+Tab shortcut, --permission-mode plan, defaultMode, what it blocks, the approval options and opusplan.
Add Claude Code MCP servers with claude mcp add: transports, scopes, --env and --header, .mcp.json, OAuth sign in and output limits. Checked 29 Sep 2026.
A guide to Munder Difflin's Command Center in 0.5.2: the kanban with task dependencies, the ask me tab, triggers, memory, live token use against each agent's budget, and when to watch the board instead of the floor.
A step-by-step v0.3.3 walkthrough: install GitHub Copilot CLI (or let the harness install it for you), hire a Copilot worker, pick a model, and know exactly what print mode can and can't do.
A practical guide to Munder Difflin's Agent Gallery: pick one of 80 ready made roles, download its manifest, import it with Add agent, review every field, customise identity, workspace, engine and briefing, then spawn it yourself.
A practical guide to briefing Munder Difflin's GOD orchestrator: state the goal not the steps, set constraints and budgets, name the deliverable, and let Michael staff the floor. With bad-vs-good brief examples, mid-run steering, and Talk mode.
A practical walkthrough of Munder Difflin v0.3.3's built-in Monaco IDE: the title-bar IDE button, the git CHANGES rail with side-by-side diffs vs HEAD, the file tree, tabs, Cmd/Ctrl+S save — and the agent review workflow it enables.
A practical guide to mixing agent engines on one Munder Difflin floor: Claude Code as orchestrator, Codex for coding bursts, Copilot for dispatched tasks, and OpenCode/Crush/pi.dev for BYOK keys and local models.
Your first hour with Munder Difflin 0.5.6: sign in, brief your orchestrator, hire a team, schedule work, connect Slack, start temps, then tour the Pro screens.
Run a whole Munder Difflin office offline on an Apple silicon Mac mini: size the model to your unified memory, install Ollama or LM Studio, and wire OpenCode, Crush, Qwen and Pi to it. Current as of Munder Difflin 0.5.2 and the M6 and M5 Pro Mac mini.
Munder Difflin can run your whole agent floor on open weight models like gpt-oss, Qwen3, DeepSeek, Llama, GLM and Kimi: fully local with Ollama, LM Studio or vLLM, or through a provider with your own key. The wiring for each engine, current as of 0.5.2.
Step-by-step setup for driving Munder Difflin's AI agent hive from Slack: create the app, set scopes, paste the tunnel Request URL, and @mention your bot to start work — done-summaries post back in-thread.
Wire a GitHub webhook to Munder Difflin: a secret-gated local endpoint turns each repo event into a task for your GOD orchestrator — POST a message, get a token, poll the result. No server to host.
A comprehensive guide to every change in Munder Difflin v0.2.4 — how the Codex lifecycle-hook bridge achieves full hive parity, what the Schedules tab adds, why tunnelmole replaced localtunnel, and what else shipped.
Install Munder Difflin 0.5.6 on macOS, Windows or Linux: what you need first, which AI engine to pick, the sign in, the setup steps and a fix for each failure.
Claude Code automation that runs overnight: an autonomous Stop-hook loop, safe permission bypass, and guardrails so you wake up to progress, not chaos.
How to debug a multi-agent system: use the event log, per-agent terminals, message trails, and git history to find why a hive of AI agents went sideways.
How to run AI coding agents safely: contain the blast radius, scope every task, treat agent input as untrusted, and gate the irreversible behind a human.
How a small team adopts a hive of AI coding agents without chaos — the roles to assign, the cadence to run, and the guardrails that keep it safe.
Trigger an AI agent hive from Slack: a local webhook verifies each message and drops it into your orchestrator's queue as a task — no server to host.
How agents in a hive inherit your existing Claude Code MCP servers, skills, and tools — and how to scope which agent gets which capability.
Run several Claude Code agents in parallel without the chaos: give each a role, let them coordinate, and stop alt-tabbing between terminal windows.
Tactics to manage multiple Claude Code sessions without losing track: naming, roles, context isolation, and when a harness beats juggling terminal tabs.
A from-zero Claude Code multi-agent setup: install Munder Difflin, onboard, spawn a few agents, and watch the GOD orchestrator route your first task.
Claude Code subagents in 2026: the .claude/agents file, built-in Explore and Plan, models, nesting, and when agent teams or a harness fit better.