Claude Code Extensions Explained: Skills, MCP, Hooks, Subagents, Agent Teams & Plugins
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Claude Code launched in February 2025 as a terminal chatbot that could edit files and run bash commands. Today, it’s an extensible platform with six distinct extension points. The challenge? Knowing which extension point to use for what. They sound similar, but each solves a very different problem.