Introduction to Cloud Coding API
Claude Code in the Cloud
What is Cloud Coding?
Cloud Coding is an AI-powered coding assistant that lets you modify your GitHub repositories using plain English. Just point Claude at your repo, tell it what changes you’d like to see, and it handles the rest—no complicated setups or confusing scripts required.
Under the hood, our API safely clones your repository into a virtual environment. From there, Claude explores your code, makes modifications, and pushes the updates back directly to your GitHub repository.
Ready to get started? Jump to our Quickstart Guide to begin using the Cloud Coding API in just a few minutes.
How It Works
Using Cloud Coding is straightforward:
- Send an API request with your GitHub repo URL and your instructions.
- Claude clones and explores your repository in a secure, isolated VM.
- Claude makes the changes you’ve described, step-by-step.
- The finished code is pushed back automatically to your GitHub repository.
Coolest Feature: Templates ✨
With Templates, you can script multiple instructions into a single workflow. Claude follows these instructions sequentially, making it easy to automate tasks like code planning, analysis, refactoring, and even generating documentation.
Think of Templates like reusable coding recipes—you create the steps once, and Claude handles the rest every time.
Why You’ll Love Cloud Coding
Plain-English Coding
No more complicated instructions. Just say what you want, and Claude writes the code.
Safe & Secure Environment
All changes happen safely in a secure VM sandbox, never affecting your local environment.
Reusable Templates
Automate common tasks easily with customizable workflows.
Long running tasks (up to 30 mins)
Changes sync effortlessly back to your repo—no manual push required.
What Can You Do?
- Quickly analyze complex or unfamiliar codebases
- Automatically generate documentation for your projects
- Easily refactor or modernize existing code
- Add new features simply by describing them
- Rapidly fix bugs without tedious debugging sessions
Cloud Coding makes your coding tasks easier, faster, and a whole lot simpler.