Claude from Anthropic gets down and dirty editing code, creating ansible modules, python programs. It’s cautious, its careful, and understands git. It’s worth the £18 a month if you are busy.
#Step 1: Create a directory for global npm packages
mkdir -p ~/.npm-global
# Step 2: Configure npm to use this directory for global installs
npm config set prefix ~/.npm-global
# Step 3: Add npm global bin directory to PATH in .bashrc if not already present
if ! grep -q 'export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH' ~/.bashrc; then
echo 'export PATH=~/.npm-global/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
fi
# Step 4: Reload .bashrc to update PATH
source ~/.bashrc
# Step 5: Install Claude Code globally (no sudo required)
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
echo "Installation complete. You can now run 'claude' from your terminal."
echo "If you encounter OS detection issues, run:"
echo "npm config set os linux"
echo "npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code --force --no-os-check"Just type claude and login with your google account.
You can put a file in you are working on in the working directory and ask claude to improve it, extend it, verify it, or at least make suggestions.
My first use of Claude, like day 1, was to ask it to build a playbook to put new VM’s into puppet. It was very competent. The second day, I had it build a complete flask app to access Puppet via Foreman, and provide a read-only view for the purposes of tracking machines for purposes of patching and inventory.
Claude code generated this documentation and codefor git almost in entirety https://github.com/bradymd/foreman-query