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33> Get more out of Claude Code Desktop: parallel sessions with Git isolation, drag-and-drop pane layout, integrated terminal and file editor, side chats, computer use, Dispatch sessions from your phone, visual diff review, app previews, PR monitoring, connectors, and enterprise configuration.
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5The Claude Desktop app has three tabs: **Chat** for conversations, **Cowork** for [Dispatch and longer agentic work](https://claude.com/product/cowork), and **Code** for software development. This page is the reference for the Code tab.
5In the Claude Desktop app, Claude Code is the **Code** tab. The app also has chat and [Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork), which handles Dispatch and longer agentic work. This page is the reference for the Code tab.
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77> **[Download for macOS](https://claude.ai/api/desktop/darwin/universal/dmg/latest/redirect?utm_source=claude_code\&utm_medium=docs)**
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211211### See session details
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213The session details panel is a set of cards beside the chat that show where the session runs, what it changed, and what it's running. The panel appears after you start a session, while the chat is wide enough for it.
213The session details panel is a set of cards beside the chat that show where the session runs, what it changed, what it's running, and its context usage. The panel appears after you start a session, while the chat is wide enough for it.
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215215#### Hide or show the session details panel
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295295### Check usage
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297Click the usage ring next to the model picker to see your current context window usage and your plan usage for the period. Context usage is per session; plan usage is shared across all your Claude Code surfaces.
297To see how full this session's context window is, find your Code tab layout:
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299* **Current layout**: the header of the **Context** card in the [session details panel](#see-session-details) shows it as a percentage. Open the card to see what is using the window by category.
300* **[Earlier layout](#check-which-layout-you-have)**: click the usage ring next to the model picker. Its popover shows your context window usage.
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302In either layout, type `/context` in the prompt box to print a per-category breakdown of this session's context window in the chat.
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304Both layouts have the usage ring next to the model picker. Click it to see your plan usage, which is shared across all your Claude Code surfaces.
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299306## Let Claude use your computer
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301308Computer use lets Claude open your apps, control your screen, and work directly on your machine the way you would. Ask Claude to interact with a desktop tool that has no CLI, or automate something that only works through a GUI. For running and testing iOS apps, Desktop opens the dedicated [iOS Simulator pane](/docs/en/desktop-ios-simulator) instead of controlling your screen; the pane works without enabling computer use.
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397> Session isolation requires [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads). Most Macs include Git by default. Run `git --version` in Terminal to check; if it prints a version number, Git is installed. If you run into Git errors, ask Claude in the [Cowork tab](https://claude.com/product/cowork) to help troubleshoot your setup.
404> Session isolation requires [Git](https://git-scm.com/downloads). Most Macs include Git by default. Run `git --version` in Terminal to check; if it prints a version number, Git is installed. If you run into Git errors, ask Claude in [Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork) to help troubleshoot your setup.
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399406### Add folders to a session
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511518### Sessions from Dispatch
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513[Dispatch](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13947068) is a persistent conversation with Claude that lives in the [Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork) tab. You message Dispatch a task, and it decides how to handle it.
520[Dispatch](https://support.claude.com/en/articles/13947068) is a persistent conversation with Claude that lives in [Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork). You message Dispatch a task, and it decides how to handle it.
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515522A task can end up as a Code session in two ways: you ask for one directly, such as "open a Claude Code session and fix the login bug", or Dispatch decides the task is development work and spawns one on its own. Tasks that typically route to Code include fixing bugs, updating dependencies, running tests, or opening pull requests. Research, document editing, and spreadsheet work stay in Cowork.
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525532## Extend Claude Code
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527Connect external services, add reusable workflows, customize Claude's behavior, and configure preview servers. To manage connectors, skills, and plugins in one place, click **Customize** in the sidebar. The [Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork) tab in the Desktop app sources its skills, plugins, and connectors from this Customize configuration, which syncs through your claude.ai account, not from the CLI's `~/.claude` directory.
534Connect external services, add reusable workflows, customize Claude's behavior, and configure preview servers. To manage connectors, skills, and plugins in one place, click **Customize** in the sidebar. [Cowork](https://claude.com/product/cowork) in the Desktop app sources its skills, plugins, and connectors from this Customize configuration, which syncs through your claude.ai account, not from the CLI's `~/.claude` directory.
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529536Claude Code also loads the skills and plugins enabled for your claude.ai account in terminal sessions where you sign in with the same account. See [Skills synced from claude.ai](/docs/en/skills#how-synced-skills-behave) and [Plugins synced from claude.ai](/docs/en/plugins/loading#synced-plugins).
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