About Claude Code

Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal. You describe what you want, it reads your codebase, plans across files, writes the code, runs the tests, and iterates. Under hackathon time pressure, that means less time on boilerplate and more time on the problem.

You don't need to know how to code. Claude Code enables teams with no prior experience to ship working prototypes, and equally supports experienced engineers running ambitious builds. It meets you where you are.

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Pre-hackathon workshop: Legal prototyping with Claude Code, Hack the Team: The App and the Build Behind It

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👀 Why it's useful at LLMxLaw Hackathon

Some ideas on where to use Claude Code:

• Wiring up integrations. Connecting to external APIs and databases involves a lot of boilerplate. Describe the integration, get working scaffolding, iterate from there rather than from scratch.

  Useful in combination with: Neo4j, Cellar API, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Switching between layers. Legal AI products tend to span a retrieval layer, an inference layer, and a frontend. When a bug crosses those boundaries, Claude Code traces it across files instead of you doing it manually.

  Useful in combination with: Neo4j, build.nvidia.com + Nemotron, Lovable, Momen

• Working with unfamiliar tools. If part of your team hasn't used a particular tool before, Claude Code can get you to a working first call faster than docs-diving under time pressure.

  Useful in combination with: build.nvidia.com + Nemotron, Neo4j, Cellar API

• Frontend glue. If you're using a no-code or low-code frontend but need custom logic behind it, Claude Code handles the backend wiring without needing a dedicated engineer on it.

  Useful in combination with: Lovable, Momen

🏆 Prizes for best Claude Code built projects

• 🥇 1st place: $2,000
• 🥈 2nd place: $1,500
• 🥉 3rd place: $1,000

🔑 How access works

You'll build with Claude Code through your Anthropic Console API account (not a Claude.ai subscription). Anthropic is providing $25 in API credits per hacker during the hackathon.

1. A credit request form will be shared with you before the hackathon begins.
2. Fill it in, and the credits land in your individual Console account.
3. Set your Console API key, and Claude Code bills against those credits — ready for the hackathon.

💡 Credits go a long way if you're deliberate. Plan your prompts, reuse context, and don't burn credits re-running output you can already read yourself.