Meet Claude Code

Still in the taskflow directory, start Claude Code:

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claude

On first launch, Claude Code walks you through a few setup prompts — a theme/color picker and a "trust this folder" prompt. Press Enter to accept the defaults for each one. You can change the theme later with /config if you want.

After the setup prompts, you should see a welcome message and a prompt waiting for your input.

Run the model command to see which AI model you are using:

/model

You will see a list of available models. For this workshop, one has been pre-selected for you. Press Esc to continue.

Let's verify everything is working:

What files are in this directory? Give me a quick overview of this project.

Claude will explore the project structure and explain what it finds. Notice how it does not just dump a file listing — it understands what it is looking at and offers context about the project.

You have:

1. Set up a real project — TaskFlow, the app you will build on for every workshop
2. Started Claude Code — It automatically detected you are in a code project
3. Had your first AI conversation — Inside the actual codebase, not a chat window

This is the workflow. You are in your terminal, in your project, with an AI that can see everything you can see.

Head to Claude Code Foundation to learn how Claude Code actually works under the hood.