Guides
Guides for Claude Code, Codex and your projects
Plain guides for people who run more than one project with an AI assistant. We check each fact against the official docs.
- Codex vs Claude Code: the differences, and how to use bothCodex vs Claude Code: where each one runs, which plans include it, and which instructions file it reads. Plus how to use both on one project.
- Cursor vs Claude Code (and Codex): how they differCursor vs Claude Code, and Codex vs Cursor. Cursor is an editor with an AI agent built in. Claude Code and Codex are agents you can also run in a terminal.
- CLAUDE.md: what to put in it, with a free templateWhat a CLAUDE.md file is, where Claude Code looks for it, and what to put in it. With an example and a free CLAUDE.md template to download.
- AGENTS.md for Codex: what it is, with a free templateWhat AGENTS.md is, how Codex finds it, which other tools read it, and how to share it with Claude Code. With a free AGENTS.md template.
- Claude Code on Windows: install it natively or in WSLHow to install Claude Code on Windows. What you need, the exact commands, and how to check that it works. Plus Git Bash, WSL and Codex on Windows.
- Claude Code best practices, including for several projects at onceClaude Code best practices from Anthropic's docs. Give it a check, plan first, keep CLAUDE.md short, keep the context clean, and run several projects.
- Claude Code UI and GUI options, and where a dashboard fitsClaude Code UI options: the terminal, VS Code, JetBrains, the desktop app and the web. Plus agent view, Projects, and where a project dashboard fits.
- A Notion alternative for project tracking: local, offline, one-timeLooking for a Notion alternative to track your projects? See when Notion is the better pick, when local files win, and how Notion works offline.
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