Security for Claude Code Development: What Claude Code can reach

Part 2 of 16

The problem

What Claude Code can reach

By default Claude Code can read anything your account can, including ~/.ssh, ~/.aws and every .env file on disk. It can run any command, reach the network, and load MCP servers and plugins that bring their own code. Anything it reads, from READMEs and issues to web pages and tool output, can carry instructions aimed at the model.