Setting Up Claude

Adding to vs Code / Goland / Neovim

1. Install the Cloudflare CA

   • MacOS
   • Ubuntu/WSL
   • Windows

2. Install NVM

   curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.3/install.sh | bash

3. Install Node & NPM

   nvm install node

4. Install Claude

   npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

5. Add Claude to your IDE

   • VS Code - Start setting up claude

     claude

     1. Select Anthropic Console Account when asked
     2. Answer the rest of the questions
   • Goland - install the plugin
   • Neovim - You apparently like doing things the hard way. Figure it out and update this document ;)

6. Take note of the following tips:

   1. Run /init to create a CLAUDE.md file with instructions for Claude
   2. Use Claude to help with file analysis, editing, bash commands and git
   3. Be as specific as you would with another engineer for the best results
   4. ✔ Run /terminal-setup to set up terminal integration

Initializing Your Project

From the root of your current project/workspace, type

claude /init