How to Set Up Claude Code for Your Team

Short summary

A guide to configuring Claude Code for team use beyond individual installation. Covers CLAUDE.md as a living onboarding document for coding standards, architecture decisions, and anti-patterns. Explains MCP server setup for database access, internal APIs, and project management tools so the agent works consistently across all team members.

• •CLAUDE.md at repo root encodes coding standards, architecture decisions, and anti-patterns that every agent session reads automatically
• •MCP servers extend Claude Code to team-specific infrastructure like databases, internal APIs, and issue trackers
• •Shared conventions and guardrails prevent inconsistent results when multiple developers prompt differently

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