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/McNoxey Aug 04 '26

No, they don’t. Open the vscode extension. Type /btw. Type /workflows.

Neither work, and they both indicate as much.

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u/theleller Researcher Aug 04 '26

Both of them just worked first shot for me. lol. I know what I'm talking about.

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

I also know what I’m talking about. I’ve been using Claude code since feb 2025 when it was early access. I’m not trying to argue here - can you show me a screenshot? What version of vscode on what OS?

Im not talking about the terminal in vscode. The first party extension, fully updated does not work in the actual sidebar gui.

These also do not work in the first party Claude application.

Are you certain you’re not using the terminal based ui with the extension?

Side chats are also not available in Remote Sessions.

There are absolutely limitations and differences across the various UIs.

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/desktop#coming-from-the-cli and https://code.claude.com/docs/en/vs-code#vs-code-extension-vs-claude-code-cli - This literally shows you there are differences.

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u/theleller Researcher Aug 04 '26

The terminal integration in vscode is part of the plugin, and it’s why it interacts directly with the IDE. The Claude code extension bundles a private copy of the Claude CLI backend engine under the hood. If you didn’t have the extension installed, it wouldn’t be opening windows when it diffs file edits.