For people who discovered Claude Code before the acceptable-use policy did

Get Claude Code back at work.

Claude Code may have saved you a week. Unfortunately, this can be less persuasive than the possibility it might one day cost somebody an afternoon.

Do not ask your company to approve AI coding in the abstract. Give it one useful, bounded use with an owner and a stop button.

What you get

Your problem is not the software. It is that success arrived before the paperwork.

The first person using your app is called innovation. The fifth can be called a governance issue. The software did not change. Its social status did.

Translate what you built into the language of work saved, knowledge captured and people helped.

A defined boundary, owner and exit route make experimentation feel less like adopting a mysterious animal.

Ask for a limited pilot, the tools you need and a credible plan for what happens if people keep liking it.

A manager can decline enthusiasm. A priced, bounded proposal with an owner and a stop button is more awkward to dismiss.