AI & models
Agentic coding
AI coding agent
Agentic coding is using an AI that actually does the software work for you — reads your files, writes and edits code, runs commands, checks the result, and fixes its own mistakes — instead of one that just hands you a snippet to paste. You describe the outcome you want in plain language; the agent works out the steps and carries them out.
Claude Code is an agentic coding tool, and you don't have to be a programmer to direct one. Why it matters
Part of Building reliably with agents → It's the specific skill this site is about, and the thing that sets it apart from generic 'AI literacy': not how to chat with a bot, but how to operate a real agentic tool to ship actual work.