Claude

Updated October 17, 2026

About Claude

Claude is an AI assistant built by Anthropic that handles coding, research, writing, and analysis tasks through conversation.

Developers use Claude for complex coding projects, including long-running tasks and pair programming inside VS Code or JetBrains. Financial professionals use it to pull together data from platforms like Databricks and Snowflake for market research and analysis. It also suits teams needing to analyze large documents or codebases at once.

Strong coding performance on benchmarks like SWE-bench
Supports long-running, multi-hour development tasks
Extended context window for large documents or codebases
Integrates with VS Code and JetBrains
Background tasks via GitHub Actions

Good to know: Integrates with development tools like VS Code and JetBrains, and with data platforms like Databricks and Snowflake; Enterprise plan includes SSO and audit logs.

Key features

Coding benchmarks leader: Claude Opus 4 scores highly on coding benchmarks like SWE-bench and Terminal-bench.
Long context window: Claude Sonnet 4 offers a 500k context window for uploading large documents or codebases at once.
Development tool integration: Works natively with VS Code and JetBrains, and supports background tasks through GitHub Actions.