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Claude Code

Anthropic's CLI coding agent — the original Watchfire backend.

www.anthropic.com/claude-code

What is Claude Code?

Claude Code is Anthropic's official command-line coding agent. It runs locally, reads and writes files in your project, and pairs with Claude models for long-running engineering work. It is the backend Watchfire was originally built around.

Claude Code + Watchfire

Watchfire wraps Claude Code in per-task git worktrees and a platform sandbox, so each session gets its own isolated copy of the repo and a clean transcript. You keep your normal Claude login — Watchfire just appends its project and task prompt at launch time so multiple tasks can run in parallel without stepping on each other.

  • Uses your normal Claude install — no separate per-session home directory to manage
  • Watchfire appends its project/task system prompt at launch time
  • Sign in with Claude Code before using it through Watchfire
See the full Claude Code backend page

Setup

Install Watchfire and initialise a project that defaults to Claude Code. Make sure the agent CLI itself is installed and signed in first.

watchfire init --agent claude-code

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Download for macOS

Available for macOS, Linux, and Windows

install
# Install via Homebrew (macOS)
$brew tap watchfire-io/tap
$brew install --cask watchfire-io/tap/watchfire
# Set up your project and go
$watchfire init
$watchfire task add "Build the login page"
$watchfire start --all

Includes GUI, CLI, and daemon. Also available via Homebrew.

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