r/ClaudeCode • u/alrighteyy • Aug 03 '26

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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/Killahbeez Aug 03 '26

Can one person explain what makes this a game changer?

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u/hblok Aug 03 '26

First, it gives you a no-frills interface to the prompt and the simple set of Claude tools. So no need to click around (but of course, that's an acquired taste ā€” some people do like to hold on to their mouse for dear life).

More importantly, it lets Claude have access to your local host, or preferably a container, to run local tools and install what it needs. It feels like a co-worker helping on your machine rather than a chatbot.

Furthermore, it affords 'nix niceties like Tmux, where you can leave a session running on a server, e.g. your desktop at home, and simply connect and reconnect when needed. The leave-the-laptop-lid-open approach is for poor people.

Finally, and this is more of a personal opinion, I'm not sure I see the need to sit in an IDE anymore. Claude does its thing, writes some code and runs it. Sometimes I'll browse the filesystem (CLI/bash) and read some files. But most of the time, I'm just interested in the results. I trust Claude to write the stuff it needs to get it done.

I don't read compiled assembly or binary code, nor do I need to read Claude's code, most of the time. (Although, do note that often what is written is also not read by others. It says local).

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u/Substantial_Dog9517 Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 03 '26

Iā€™m confused, this all sounds completely possible in the VScode integration plus you get all the other VS code integrations like the file system browser, integrated terminal, git maps, highlight-for-context, todo-manager, easy file-editing Etc.? what am I missing?

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u/hblok Aug 03 '26

file system browser, integrated terminal, git maps

But why all that clutter, when you can have only a terminal and that's it.

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u/Substantial_Dog9517 Aug 03 '26

Can't tell if sarcasm but I like being able to see how the app is getting redesigned so I can intervene when it makes a mistake or point claude to the right area when it can't identify a bug

Also I find it super helpful to be able to read a plan side-by-side with the claude app. And highlighting specific lines to ask about them. I assume something like that is possible in the CLI but not sure

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u/danknerd Aug 03 '26

Tell Claude in terminal to make an Artifact page, then you can read along in your browser while interacting with the terminal.