Claude Code Source Analysis Series, Chapter 1: Architecture

Claude Code Source Analysis Series, Chapter 1: Engineering Architecture When most people first encounter Claude Code, they mentally file it as "a chat box that can write code." That's not wrong, but it misses the point. What makes Claude Code truly powerful isn't just that the model can answer coding questions. Wrapped around that model is an entire engineering system: it reads your project, invokes tools, maintains context, manages state, connects to MCP, dispatches sub-agents, and enforces per