Claude Isn’t Your Copilot. It’s Your New Engineering Team.

Author(s): Mayank Bohra

Originally published on Towards AI.

I stopped treating Claude Code like an autocomplete and started managing it like a team of junior devs. Here’s the workflow that actually scales.

I’ve seen a lot of takes on AI coding assistants, and most of them miss the point. They treat tools like Claude Code as a supercharged autocomplete, something to spit out boilerplate or finish a line of code. That’s like using a CNC machine as a hammer. You’re missing the entire agentic layer that makes it powerful.

The article discusses a new approach to using AI coding assistants, specifically Claude Code, by treating them as a team of junior developers rather than mere tools. The author emphasizes structuring workflows and onboarding AIs effectively, incorporating iterative training through living documentation, and utilizing modular scripts and commands to automate tasks. This strategy enables developers to manage multiple tasks in parallel, enhancing productivity and transforming the coding experience from an individual effort to a collaborative team effort.

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