# Claude Code AI best practices

DevFeed: [Claude Code AI best practices](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/claude-code-ai-best-practices-26201.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://craftbettersoftware.com/p/claude-code-ai-best-practices>)

Author: Daniel Moka

Published: 2025-08-23T05:00:29Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Craft Better Software](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/craft-better-software.md>)

Topics: [Claude Code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude-code.md>), [Claude](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/claude.md>), [Development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/development.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [VS Code Extension](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vscode-extension.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/vs-code.md>), [Test-driven development](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/tdd.md>)

Tags: [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [claude-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/claude-code.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/coding.md>), [development](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ide.md>), [patterns](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/patterns.md>), [prompt](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/prompt.md>), [tdd](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/tdd.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs-code.md>)

## AI overview

This developer article shares practical Claude Code workflow advice, including using its VS Code extension, adding Claude.md onboarding documentation to a repository, and following an explore-then-plan-then-code process. The author presents these practices as ways to improve alignment, collaboration, maintainability, and edge-case discovery.

## Source excerpt

The future of coding isn't autocomplete of AI. It's collaboration with AI.