Book 3: The Claude Code Architect

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Design systems, not prompts — harness engineering, agent teams, and enterprise patterns.

Table of Contents

Part I: Harness Engineering

1. Harness Engineering — Designing your AI work environment

Part II: Multi-Agent Systems

2. Agent Teams — Orchestrating teams of Claude Code sessions
3. Scheduled Tasks & Automation Loops — Recurring AI workflows

Part III: Cloud & Remote

4. Cloud Providers & Remote Control — Bedrock, Vertex, Foundry, teleport

Part IV: Team & Enterprise Patterns

5. CLAUDE.md Best Practices — Battle-tested configurations
6. Team Workflows — Collaboration patterns
7. Remote Connection — Working across machines

Part V: Security, Cost & Scale

8. Security & Privacy — Keeping your code safe
9. Cost Reality — What Claude Code actually costs (real data)

Appendix

• Agent Type Reference
• MCP Server Registry
• Performance Benchmarks
• Migration Guide