Claude Code
Agentic coding in the terminal
A command-line coding agent from Anthropic that works directly in a terminal against a local repository. It reads and edits files, runs commands, and executes multi-step tasks under developer supervision, rather than presenting completions inside an editor surface.Editorial
claude.com
claude.com
claude.com/pricing individual-plan comparison table: the "Claude Code" row reads No for Free and Yes for Pro and Max.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/product/claude-code: "Steer and review from your terminal, IDE, Slack, or web", with surfaces listed as Terminal, Web, iOS, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack, and Desktop.
https://claude.com/product/claude-code ↗claude.com
claude.com/product/claude-code lists VS Code and JetBrains among the surfaces Claude Code runs in.
https://claude.com/product/claude-code ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing lists "Single sign-on (SSO)" among Team plan features ("For teams of 2 to 150").
https://claude.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing feature tables mark Claude Code as included (Yes) for Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x, Team, and both Enterprise options, and not included (No) for Free.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗Pricing
Full pricing & history →| Plan | Price | Billing | Receipt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Claude ProEntry | $20/mo | Monthly | claude.comObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026 Claude — official pricing page claude.com/pricing: Pro "$20 if billed monthly" ($17/month with annual billing). https://claude.com/pricing ↗ |
| Enterprise seat (plus API usage) | $20/mo, annual | Annual | claude.comObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026 Claude — official pricing page claude.com/pricing: Enterprise "US$20/seat/month, billed annually. Usage cost scales with model and task." https://claude.com/pricing ↗ |
| Team — standard seat | $25/mo | Monthly | claude.comObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026 Claude — official pricing page claude.com/pricing: Team standard seat "$25 if billed monthly" per seat ($20 annually). https://claude.com/pricing ↗ |
| Claude Max (from) | $100/mo | Monthly | claude.comObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026 Claude — official pricing page claude.com/pricing: Max "From $100 Per month". https://claude.com/pricing ↗ |
| Team — premium seat | $125/mo | Monthly | claude.comObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026 Claude — official pricing page claude.com/pricing: Team premium seat "$125 if billed monthly" per seat ($100 annually). https://claude.com/pricing ↗ |
| Claude Pro | 17 Apr 2025 | $20 | Archived capture |
| Claude Pro | 16 Aug 2026 | $20 | Archived capture |
| Claude Pro | 1 Oct 2026 | $20 | Observed |
| Team — standard seat | 18 Jan 2026 | $30 | Archived capture |
| Team — standard seat | 2 Feb 2026 | $25 | Archived capture |
| Team — standard seat | 16 Aug 2026 | $25 | Archived capture |
| Team — standard seat | 1 Oct 2026 | $25 | Observed |
| Claude Max (from) | 17 Apr 2025 | $100 | Archived capture |
| Claude Max (from) | 16 Aug 2026 | $100 | Archived capture |
| Claude Max (from) | 1 Oct 2026 | $100 | Observed |
| Team — premium seat | 5 Sept 2025 | $150 | Archived capture |
| Team — premium seat | 18 Jan 2026 | $150 | Archived capture |
| Team — premium seat | 2 Feb 2026 | $125 | Archived capture |
| Team — premium seat | 16 Aug 2026 | $125 | Archived capture |
| Team — premium seat | 1 Oct 2026 | $125 | Observed |
Steps hold a price until the next observation. Hollow points were read from archived captures of Claude Code’s own pricing page. All pricing changes →
13 logged changes over 533 days, verified 6 days ago.
- 0 verified changes · 30d
- 7 active days · 90d
- 2 kinds of change: releases, availability & platforms
- Latest change 30 days ago
- Recent active days · weight 70
- 53.7 / 70
- Kinds of change · weight 30
- 8.6 / 30
- 30 Oct 202661
- 31 Oct 202660
- 1 Nov 202667
- 2 Nov 202666
- 3 Nov 202665
- 4 Nov 202664
- 5 Nov 202663
- 6 Nov 202662
Recorded daily since 11 Oct 2026; earlier values are never reconstructed.
- Release
Claude Code adds Claude Haiku 5.5 as its default Haiku model
Claude Code 2.1.293 adds Claude Haiku 5.5, which becomes the default Haiku model on the Anthropic API, with a 1M-token context window.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 7 Oct 2026Claude Code — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.293 ↗ - Release
Claude Sonnet 5.5 added as the default Sonnet model (v2.1.284)
Release v2.1.284 adds Claude Sonnet 5.5, now the default Sonnet model on the Anthropic API.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.284 ↗ - Availability
Claude Code cloud sessions become generally available
Cloud sessions, previously Claude Code on the web, are now generally available for Pro, Max, Team, and eligible Enterprise users.
anthropic.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Sept 2026Anthropic — newshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-code-on-the-web ↗ - Release
Claude Opus 5.5 added as the default Opus model (v2.1.280)
Release v2.1.280 adds Claude Opus 5.5, now the default Opus model.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 22 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.280 ↗ - Release
AGENTS.md support: read when a project has no CLAUDE.md (v2.1.277)
Release v2.1.277: in a project with no CLAUDE.md, Claude Code reads AGENTS.md instead.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 18 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.277 ↗ - Release
claude plugin eval runs a plugin's eval suite with scored results (v2.1.269)
Release v2.1.269 adds `claude plugin eval` for reproducible, scored plugin evaluations.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 11 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.269 ↗ - Release
Claude Fable 5.1 added as the default Fable model (v2.1.257)
Release v2.1.257 adds Claude Fable 5.1, now the default Fable model.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 1 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.257 ↗
- Recent changes
- 0 verified changes in the last 30 days · 0 in 7 · 7 in 90. Latest 7 Oct 2026 (30 days ago).
- 7d (evidence for recent changes)30d (evidence for recent changes)90d (evidence for recent changes)Latest (evidence for recent changes)
- vs segment · 30d
- Fewer than the Coding agents median of 0.5 per tool.
- Claude Code (evidence for vs segment · 30d)Coding agents (evidence for vs segment · 30d)
- List price
- Latest observed move: Team — premium seat: $150 → $125/mo, billed monthly, first observed 2 Feb 2026.
- Pricing history (evidence for list price)
- Release
Claude Code adds Claude Haiku 5.5 as its default Haiku model
Claude Code 2.1.293 adds Claude Haiku 5.5, which becomes the default Haiku model on the Anthropic API, with a 1M-token context window.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 7 Oct 2026Claude Code — GitHub releaseshttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.293 ↗ - Release
Claude Sonnet 5.5 added as the default Sonnet model (v2.1.284)
Release v2.1.284 adds Claude Sonnet 5.5, now the default Sonnet model on the Anthropic API.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.284 ↗ - Availability
Claude Code cloud sessions become generally available
Cloud sessions, previously Claude Code on the web, are now generally available for Pro, Max, Team, and eligible Enterprise users.
anthropic.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 23 Sept 2026Anthropic — newshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-code-on-the-web ↗ - Release
Claude Opus 5.5 added as the default Opus model (v2.1.280)
Release v2.1.280 adds Claude Opus 5.5, now the default Opus model.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 22 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.280 ↗ - Release
AGENTS.md support: read when a project has no CLAUDE.md (v2.1.277)
Release v2.1.277: in a project with no CLAUDE.md, Claude Code reads AGENTS.md instead.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 18 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.277 ↗ - Release
claude plugin eval runs a plugin's eval suite with scored results (v2.1.269)
Release v2.1.269 adds `claude plugin eval` for reproducible, scored plugin evaluations.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 11 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.269 ↗ - Release
Claude Fable 5.1 added as the default Fable model (v2.1.257)
Release v2.1.257 adds Claude Fable 5.1, now the default Fable model.
github.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 1 Sept 2026Claude Code — official GitHub repositoryhttps://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.257 ↗ - Plans
Anthropic doubles Claude Code five-hour rate limits on paid plans
Citing new compute from a SpaceX agreement, Anthropic doubled Claude Code's five-hour limits for Pro, Max, Team and seat-based Enterprise and removed the peak-hours reduction.
anthropic.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 6 May 2026Anthropic — newshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex ↗ - Availability
Enterprise plans with Claude Code become self-serve
Organizations can now buy Claude Enterprise directly online without a sales conversation; the single seat type includes Claude, Claude Code, and Cowork.
support.claude.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 12 Feb 2026Claude — release noteshttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes ↗ - Plans
Claude Code access added to every Team plan Standard seat
Claude Code, previously tied to premium seats on Team plans, is now included with every Team plan standard seat.
support.claude.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Jan 2026Claude — release noteshttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes ↗ - Release
Claude Code on the web launches as research preview
Anthropic introduced Claude Code on the web, letting users delegate coding tasks from the browser to sessions on Anthropic-managed cloud infrastructure.
anthropic.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 20 Oct 2025Anthropic — newshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-code-on-the-web ↗ - Plans
Team and Enterprise plans add premium seats with Claude Code
Anthropic introduced a premium seat tier for Team and Enterprise plans offering more usage and access to Claude Code.
support.claude.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 20 Aug 2025Claude — release noteshttps://support.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes ↗ - Release
Claude Code becomes generally available alongside Claude 4
Anthropic made Claude Code generally available with the Claude 4 launch, adding beta VS Code and JetBrains extensions and a Claude Code SDK.
anthropic.com
ObservedHigh confidencePublished 22 May 2025Anthropic — newshttps://www.anthropic.com/news/claude-4 ↗
Verification log7 days with observations · 10 fact and 16 price observations
- 31 Oct 20261 fact verified
- 1 Oct 20269 facts verified · 5 prices observed
- 16 Aug 20264 prices read from an archived capture
- 2 Feb 20262 prices read from an archived capture
- 18 Jan 20262 prices read from an archived capture
- 5 Sept 20251 price read from an archived capture
- 17 Apr 20252 prices read from an archived capture
A verification re-reads a first-party page. It refreshes freshness and is listed here; only a dated, sourced event becomes a change.
Evidence
9/9 facts verified · 11 sourcesFacts ledger
claude.com
claude.com/product/claude-code: "Steer and review from your terminal, IDE, Slack, or web", with surfaces listed as Terminal, Web, iOS, VS Code, JetBrains, Slack, and Desktop.
https://claude.com/product/claude-code ↗code.claude.com
code.claude.com/docs/en/setup system requirements: macOS 13.0+, Windows 10 1809+ or Windows Server 2019+, Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian, and Alpine Linux 3.19+.
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/setup ↗claude.com
claude.com/product/claude-code lists VS Code and JetBrains among the surfaces Claude Code runs in.
https://claude.com/product/claude-code ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing feature tables mark Claude Code as included (Yes) for Pro, Max 5x, Max 20x, Team, and both Enterprise options, and not included (No) for Free.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing individual-plan comparison table: the "Claude Code" row reads No for Free and Yes for Pro and Max.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing lists "Single sign-on (SSO)" among Team plan features ("For teams of 2 to 150").
https://claude.com/pricing ↗claude.com
claude.com/pricing Enterprise: "Seat price + usage at API rates — US$20/seat/month, billed annually", with SCIM, audit logs, and a Compliance API.
https://claude.com/pricing ↗code.claude.com
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview returned HTTP 200 with the Claude Code documentation overview.
https://code.claude.com/docs/en/overview ↗github.com
CHANGELOG.md in the official anthropics/claude-code repository; versioned, dated releases are published at github.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases.
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code ↗github.com
LICENSE.md: "© Anthropic PBC. All rights reserved. Use is subject to Anthropic's Commercial Terms of Service."
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code ↗Sources · first-party pages read for this record
| Source | Type | Backs |
|---|---|---|
| Claude — official pricing pageclaude.com/pricing | official site | 9 |
| Claude Code — official GitHub repositorygithub.com/anthropics/claude-code | github | 6 |
| Claude — release notessupport.claude.com/en/articles/12138966-release-notes | official site | 3 |
| Anthropic — newsanthropic.com/news/claude-code-on-the-web | official site | 2 |
| Claude Code — official siteclaude.com/product/claude-code | official site | 2 |
| Anthropic — newsanthropic.com/news/higher-limits-spacex | official site | 1 |
| Anthropic — newsanthropic.com/news/claude-4 | official site | 1 |
| Claude Code — GitHub releasesgithub.com/anthropics/claude-code/releases/tag/v2.1.293 | github | 1 |
| Claude Code — official documentationcode.claude.com/docs/en/overview | official docs | 1 |
| Claude Code — official repositorygithub.com/anthropics/claude-code | github | 1 |
| Claude Code — official setup guidecode.claude.com/docs/en/setup | official docs | 1 |
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