I posted this yesterday to sysadmin sub. The reaction there caught me by surprise. I assume this sub is more developer focused so curious what this sub says about the topic. As the title says, I recently started using Claude code for sys admin work. I like most admins have been using various AI charts for awhile to ask questions, ponder theories, research details, etc I recently needed to revise and update a larger poweshell script had had written a few years back but hadn’t revised in awhile. I decided to try Claude code to see how much different Claude code is versus chat. I had previously used chat to improve some scripts but the process was slow, copying and pasting, testing, repeat. Claude code is amazing at developing powershell scripts. It does all the debugging and testing itself until it gets you the deliverables you ask for. Mind blowing 🤯. So I took it one step further and created a project for general system admin work. I started using this for ad hoc admin work from pulling mfa reports to troubleshooting storage devices over ssh to repairing a failed domain controller. One thing I really like about Claude code for admin work is all of the work files it produces are put on the source folder for the project and it’s all version controlled with git if you want it. Two questions, am I late to the Claude code party for admin work or am I on the leafing edge. Second question, I believe ChatGPT also has a coding harness and both ChatGPT and Claude also have cowork. My suspicion is most of the stuff I am doing in Claude code would work similarly in either cowork solution minus the source control, but cowork may not have the same capacity for testing and refining powershell scripts which is a big part of automating sys admin work. Anyone have experience or other opinions on this? submitted by /u/gfunk5299
Originally posted by u/gfunk5299 on r/ClaudeCode
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