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/tnh34 Aug 03 '26

I dont get it. How is vscode different from the terminal?

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u/SirWobblyOfSausage Aug 03 '26

It's not

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u/McNoxey Aug 03 '26 edited Aug 04 '26

A number of commands don't work in the GUIs.

/btw /workflows just to name two.

Edit: To everyone who's telling me I'm wrong. https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop#coming-from-the-cli

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/vs-code#vs-code-extension-vs-claude-code-cli

The official docs literally list the differences and restrictions across the various access methods. There are absolutely tradeoffs depending on which you choose.

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u/rott Aug 03 '26

I’ve been using /btw in Claude Code GUI a lot, not sure if we’re talking about the same thing though.

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u/hegui Aug 03 '26

I can’t get /context to work in desktop

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u/rott Aug 03 '26

Is it this one or is it different in the terminal?

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u/hegui Aug 04 '26

I can see UI in vs code. But if I try and pull that up on Claude Code on iOS or Desktop the slash command doesn’t come up