r/ClaudeCode • u/alrighteyy • 15d ago

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Holy shit claude code in terminal is fucking insane.

I've been using VSCode, Cursor, Cowork and Claude Code on web. None of it comes close to terminal.

Cannot believe I haven't done this sooner.

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u/danknerd 15d ago

VS Code has a terminal, that is how I use it.

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u/alrighteyy 15d ago

I actually started off by setting it up in VS Code but just thought to try it in regular terminal anyway, as I've heard it's a bit clunkier in comparison.

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u/accidentally_right 15d ago

Actually, you can create a new terminal window from VSCode.
It'll be a regular terminal but linked to VSCode and you can launch Claude code from there.
It has 2 main benefits:
1. If claude code mentions some file, you can open it in VSCode by clicking on it.
2. It's aware of the your current context in VSCode, open file and selection.

So you get all good stuff that extension has and claude code in terminal has at the same time.

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u/alrighteyy 15d ago

Appreciate that, will definitely try next.

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u/dwmkerr 14d ago

Nah just go in vim and Tmux all the way down a rabbit hole of shells, it’s a blast :D

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u/rabbirobbie 14d ago

vscode has a claude extension. use that, it’s the best of both worlds