01 · ABOUT

What Claude Code does

Claude Code is an AI coding agent from Anthropic, used from the terminal, as an extension for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, or from a browser, mobile app, or desktop app. It reads codebases with agentic search, and can read issues, write code, run tests, and submit pull requests on GitHub and GitLab.

Why teams reach for it: Exercises a server inside an agent that edits a real repository, with project-scoped config teammates can share.

HybridNot applicableMCP Client
02 · TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

How Claude Code compares

Fields the vendor doesn't document are left blank here rather than guessed — a blank means nothing verified, not a "no."

Platform
Desktop app, Web, CLI, IDE extension
Transports
stdio, SSE, Streamable HTTP
Remote Server Support
Yes
Oauth Support
Yes
Client Registration Mode
CIMD, DCR, manual
Tools
Yes
Resources
Yes
Prompts
Yes
Config Scope
user or global, workspace or project
03 · NEW TO MCP?
Which host will connect to the server?

A client, or agent host, is the application — like Claude or Cursor — that actually connects to and uses an MCP server.