Claude Code for VSCode

IMPORTANT: This plugin requires Claude Code to be installed separately. For more information, see claude.ai/code.

Claude Code seamlessly integrates with popular Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) to enhance your coding workflow. This integration allows you to leverage Claude’s capabilities directly within your preferred development environment.

Features

• Auto-installation: When you launch Claude Code from within VSCode’s terminal, it automatically detects and installs the extension
• Selection context: Selected text in the editor is automatically added to Claude’s context
• Diff viewing: Code changes can be displayed directly in VSCode’s diff viewer instead of the terminal
• Keyboard shortcuts: Support for shortcuts like Alt+Cmd+K to push selected code into Claude’s prompt
• Tab awareness: Claude can see which files you have open in the editor
• Configuration: Set diff tool to auto in /config to enable IDE integration features ​

Requirements

• VS Code 1.98.0 or higher

Known Issues

This is an early release and may contain bugs or incomplete features.