What You Need
Before you start, make sure you have the following installed and configured.
- Claude Code: Anthropic’s CLI or VS Code extension. Install from claude.ai/code and sign in with an Anthropic account.
- Node.js 22 or later: used to run the application Claude builds. Download from nodejs.org.
- npm: comes with Node.js.
- Git: for version control. Claude handles all git operations automatically.
- A GitHub repository: the quality gate CI/CD pipeline runs on GitHub Actions. Your repo needs Actions enabled.