I gave Claude Code a folder of tax documents and used it as a professional tax agent
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- Claude Code can be repurposed for non-software tasks like UK tax analysis by using a folder of documents as a knowledge base.
- The process involves scraping tax legislation and manuals from gov.uk, resulting in ~10,000 documents for the agent to search.
- A CLAUDE.md file provides instructions for the agent, including creating parallel subagents for comprehensive research.
- Testing on ATT exam papers showed strong performance, with the agent scoring 2.5 out of 3 marks, outperforming regular LLMs.
- Potential applications include contract-invoice cross-referencing and content library management, limited mainly by the terminal interface.
- Future developments include GUI-based solutions and broader use in professional services due to the low barrier to creating expert systems.