The Best Tools Right Now Are CLIs

We're always pushing clients toward the best tools available. Right now, those tools are command-line interfaces—specifically Claude Code.

That sounds backwards. CLIs are supposed to be for developers. Business users get friendly GUIs with buttons and dropdowns. But the gap between what you can accomplish with Claude's chat interface versus what you can accomplish with Claude Code isn't incremental. It's categorical. One lets you ask questions. The other lets you build things.

So we made a resource: Getting Started with CLIs. It's everything a non-technical person needs to start coding actual useful stuff—project ideas, setup walkthroughs, the reasoning behind why CLIs matter now when they didn't before.

What's Inside

The guide covers six areas:

• What is a CLI? The fundamentals, explained without assuming prior knowledge.
• Getting Started with Claude Code Step-by-step setup, from creating an Anthropic account to running your first project.
• Getting Started with GitHub Version control basics—enough to save your work and collaborate.
• Claude Code vs. Codex How to think about tool selection.
• Project Ideas Practical starting points for business professionals.
• Advanced Techniques Aliases, shortcuts, and power-user patterns.

Prerequisites are minimal: a Mac or Windows computer, a Claude Max subscription ($100/month), and about 30 minutes for initial setup. No programming experience required.

Why This Matters

I've watched many people make this transition. Analysts who now build their own data pipelines. Ops managers who automated their reporting. Consultants who prototype client solutions in an afternoon instead of writing specs for a dev team that's six weeks out.

It requires effort. You will become more technical than you are now. That's the point. The tools are good enough that the bottleneck isn't coding ability—it's willingness to sit down and learn the interface.

This is the right way to start.

View the guide on GitHub