What is Claude Code?
Claude Code is a command line tool that gives you access to Claude models directly in your terminal, allowing you to delegate complex coding tasks while maintaining transparency and control.
Claude Code is included with every Team plan seat. Premium seats offer more usage for team members with heavier workloads. For Enterprise plans, Claude Code is included with the single Enterprise seat on new and self-serve plans. On older Enterprise plans, Claude Code is available on Chat + Claude Code seats (usage-based billing) and Premium seats (seat-based billing).
With a Team or Enterprise plan, you can access Claude on the web, desktop, and mobile apps, plus Claude Code in your terminal—all with one unified subscription.
Why use Claude and Claude Code?
Combine two powerful AI products in one unified subscription:
Use Claude for writing, research, analysis, and collaboration across teams.
Use Claude Code for terminal-based coding workflows and development tasks.
Connect Claude Code to your Team or Enterprise plan
Step 1: Confirm Claude Code access (Enterprise plans only)
If your organization is on a new or self-serve Enterprise plan, Claude Code is already included with every Enterprise seat — no additional purchase is needed. Proceed to Step 2.
Note: If your organization has a HIPAA-ready Enterprise plan, Claude Code is included in your seat but is not covered under the HIPAA-ready offering. See HIPAA-ready Enterprise plans for details.
If your organization is on an older Enterprise plan with Chat and Chat + Claude Code seats, or Standard and Premium seats, you'll need to ensure you have a seat type that includes Claude Code. Owners can purchase or reassign Chat + Claude Code / Premium seats in Organization settings > Organization. See Purchasing and managing seats on Enterprise plans for details.
Step 2: Download and install Claude Code
Note: If you already have Claude Code installed on your computer, proceed to Step 3.
Once you have Claude Code access, visit the Claude Code page.
Click the link to install Node.js 18+.
Open your terminal, then run:
npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
Step 3: Authenticate with the Team or Enterprise account
Type
claudewithin your Terminal window to start a Claude Code session.When prompted during setup or first use, select a login method.
If you're already logged in to Claude Code via a different account, run /login to select a different login method.
Select “Claude account with subscription” to be routed to an OAuth prompt.
Select your Team or Enterprise plan and click “Authorize.”
Your premium seat subscription will be linked to Claude Code.
Having trouble using your Team or Enterprise account to access Claude Code?
If you're not seeing the option to authenticate with your preferred account, follow these steps to update Claude Code:
Log out of your active session completely using the
/logoutcommand.Run
claude update.Restart your terminal completely for the change to take effect.
Run
claudeand select the correct account to use Claude Code.
What happens when you hit usage limits
If your organization is on a usage-based Enterprise plan (including self-serve Enterprise), there are no per-seat usage limits — usage is based on consumption. See How am I billed for my Enterprise plan? for details on how usage billing works.
If your organization is on a Team plan or a seat-based Enterprise plan, you can enable extra usage to allow team members to continue working with Claude and Claude Code after reaching their included usage limits. See Extra usage for Team and seat-based Enterprise plans for more information.