Building and prototyping with Claude Code

In this interview, Alex Albert, the Cloud Relations lead at Anthropic, speaks with Cat Wu, the product manager for Claude Code, about the rapid development and growth of Claude Code. Cat describes their unique development process, which involves engineers prototyping features and dogfooding them internally before external release. She highlights the customizability of Claude Code through features like Hooks and the Claude MD file, and discusses how different users, from individual developers to large enterprises, utilize Claude Code in varied ways, including the unexpected popularity of "multi-Clauding." The conversation shifts to the Claude Code SDK, its capabilities in building general agents, and its future direction. Cat concludes by sharing tips for effectively using Claude Code, emphasizing clear communication of goals and debugging by questioning Claude Code's reasoning.