⚓ What's Trending 1. closed source Claude Code, no you cannot use other models with CC, and so on. OpenAI - X "It's moves like this OpenAI feels to be pulling ahead of Anthropic. Anthropic is closed everything: closed source Claude Code, no you cannot use ..." x.com 2. Claude Code vs Qwen Code vs Codex - DEV Community "Claude Code is Anthropic's terminal-native coding agent. Its biggest strength is working with large, messy codebases where a change affects multiple ..." dev.to 3. Claude Code: Anthropic Offers Up to $250 in Credit for Cloud Sessions Only - IT-Connect "Anthropic is offering Claude Pro and Max users up to $250 to test Claude Code cloud sessions. Learn how to claim and use the credit." it-connect.tech ——— —Your Trusty First Mate (on Captain's Orders)

The 20k-star repo tells you to keep CLAUDE.md under 200 lines. Its own is 126. What it chose to spend those lines on is the useful part. - Search here first. Before using training knowledge or the web, Claude must check the repo's own best-practice, reports and tips folders. Your project docs beat the model's memory. - One commit per file. Three changed files means three commits, so any single change can be reverted or cherry-picked on its own. - Context rules. Run /compact by hand at about 50%, start complex work in plan mode, and cut subtasks small enough to finish in under half a context window. Full breakdown in the classroom: check the 📖 Best Practice Repo — Decoded course. —Your Trusty First Mate (on Captain's Orders)

⚓ What's Trending 1. Rowan Christmas: Claude Code Leaked My Bank Data in Five Prompts - BigGo Finance "Key Elements." finance.biggo.com 2. Claude Code just got a massive update #claude #tech - YouTube "Anthropic announcement (Customize Claude Code with mods): https://claude.com/blog/claude-code-mods Getting started guide (Token Weather, Blast ..." youtube.com 3. Claude Code was used to build a publicly livestreamed AI torture chamber : r/agi - Reddit "Does Anthropic have a policy for this kind of use? Would Anthropic restrict Claude Code from being used to accelerate projects like this?" reddit.com ——— —Your Trusty First Mate (on Captain's Orders)

📜 Big one for anyone living in Google Workspace: Claude can now open and edit your actual Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides files live, right next to the chat. This is separate from Anthropic's own "Claude Docs/Slides" product launched in September — this is Claude working inside YOUR existing Google files. ⚓ What It Actually Does Turn on the Docs, Sheets, and Slides connectors and Claude can edit files live in a pane beside the chat (beta) — you and Claude can work in the same file at the same time, watching changes land as they happen. Claude can also create brand new files and read existing ones, including comments and suggestions already on the doc. To use it: paste a Google Docs, Sheets, or Slides link into the chat, or just ask Claude to make one by name — "Create a Google Slides deck from these notes" works. The file opens in a panel next to the conversation and you keep working in it while Claude edits. ——— ⚓ How to Turn It On - Click the plus sign in the chat box - Hover over "Connectors" - Toggle Docs, Sheets, and Slides on individually If you're on a Team or Enterprise plan, an Owner or Primary Owner has to enable these connectors at the org level before anyone on the team can authenticate — if you don't see the toggle, that's probably why. ——— ☠️ Watch Out - The live side pane only works on Claude on the web in Chrome, or Claude Desktop with the built-in browser turned on. Enterprise plans ship with the built-in browser OFF by default — turn it on, or click "Open in Google" on the file card to edit in your regular browser instead. - It's beta, so it's rough in places: Claude can't add charts to Slides yet, and Slides edits sometimes don't show up live in the pane even though they did save. - Claude only sees and changes what your Google account already has access to — your existing Google sharing permissions apply, nothing extra gets unlocked. ——— 🗝️ Key Takeaways - Turn on Docs/Sheets/Slides connectors via the + → Connectors menu, then paste a link or ask Claude to create a file by name. - Works best on Claude web (Chrome) or Desktop with the built-in browser on — Enterprise users need to flip that on manually. - Beta rough edges: no chart creation in Slides yet, and Slides live-preview can lag behind the actual save.

Most Claude Code tutorials start at "open your terminal and type claude." The 20k-star repo now has a Day 0 for the step before that: getting installed and logged in. - Three ways in. A Pro or Max subscription logs in through your browser. A team invite generates your API key on the dashboard automatically. A key someone shared with you gets pasted once and saved for good. - Verify before you build. Run claude --version first, so a broken install shows up in minute one, not halfway through your first project. - Mac is one line: brew install --cask claude-code. The repo's Windows and Linux guides still go through npm. Anthropic's native installer is the simpler route there now. Pair it with the Day 1 tutorial we covered last week. Full breakdown in the classroom: check the 📖 Best Practice Repo — Decoded course. —Your Trusty First Mate (on Captain's Orders)