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8080 * In Manual mode, when Claude wants to edit a file, it shows a side-by-side comparison of the original and proposed changes, then asks for permission. You can accept, reject, or tell Claude what to do instead. If you edit the proposed content directly in the diff view before accepting, Claude is told that you modified it so it doesn't assume the file matches its original proposal.
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84 To review a proposed edit one change at a time, use the **Accept this change** and **Reject this change** buttons under each change in the diff. Rejecting a change reverts it in the proposed content; accepting marks it as reviewed. Accepting or rejecting the whole file still finishes the review. A diff with more than 100 changes opens without the per-change buttons, so review it as a whole file. Per-change review requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later.
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86 The same actions are available at the cursor from the editor's context menu and from the Command Palette as **Claude Code: Accept Change at Cursor** and **Claude Code: Reject Change at Cursor**.
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101105* **Model**: select **Switch model…** from the command menu to change the model mid-session. You can also click the model name at the bottom of the prompt box to open the same picker.
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103107 When the current model supports [effort levels](/docs/en/model-config#adjust-effort-level), the picker also shows an **Effort** row and the model name button shows the selected level. When you pick a level other than `max`, Claude Code saves it for the current model as your default, under [`modelSettings`](/docs/en/settings-reference#modelsettings) in your user settings; `max` applies to the current session only. The model name button and the **Effort** row require Claude Code v2.1.257 or later.
104* **Command menu**: click `/` or type `/` to open the command menu. Options include attaching files, switching models, and toggling extended thinking. The Customize section provides access to MCP servers, commands, output styles, hooks, memory, permissions, and plugins. Items with a terminal icon open in the integrated terminal.
108* **Command menu**: click `/` or type `/` to open the command menu. Options include attaching files, switching models, and toggling extended thinking.
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110 The Customize section provides access to MCP servers, commands, output styles, hooks, memory, instructions, permissions, and plugins. Items with a terminal icon open in the integrated terminal.
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105112 * To browse commands such as `/usage` or [`/remote-control`](/docs/en/remote-control), select **Slash commands** in the Customize section. A dialog lists them with a filter box. Pick one to run it. Typing `/` in the prompt box still suggests commands inline. Requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later.
106113 * Select **Output styles** in the Customize section to pick an [output style](/docs/en/output-styles), including your custom styles. Requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later.
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108115 To create a custom style instead, select **Build a custom style** from the **Output styles** menu. Claude Code writes the [style file](/docs/en/output-styles#create-a-custom-output-style) for you at the project or user level. Requires Claude Code v2.1.261 or later.
109116 * Select **Hooks** in the Customize section to view the [hooks](/docs/en/hooks) loaded in the session, grouped by event. You can add, edit, or remove hooks saved in your user, project, and local settings files. Hooks from other sources, such as managed settings or plugins, are read-only. Requires Claude Code v2.1.269 or later.
110117 * Select **Permissions** in the Customize section to view the session's [permission rules](/docs/en/permissions), grouped into Allow, Ask, and Deny. You can add rules to your user, project, or local settings and remove rules saved there. Rules from other sources, such as managed settings or approvals made for this session only, are read-only. Requires Claude Code v2.1.269 or later.
118 * Select **Memory** in the Customize section to turn [auto memory](/docs/en/memory#auto-memory) on or off. While it's on, you can also browse the memories Claude has saved and reveal the folders that store them in your file manager. Requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later.
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120 Click a saved memory to read it in the dialog, where you can edit the text, delete the memory, or open its file in the editor. Viewing, editing, and deleting a memory in the dialog require Claude Code v2.1.275 or later.
121 * Select **Instructions** in the Customize section to edit the [CLAUDE.md files](/docs/en/memory#claude-md-files) Claude reads. Pick a file to open it in the editor. If the file doesn't exist yet, Claude Code creates it first. Requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later.
111122 * The Settings section includes **Enable Remote Control for all sessions**, which sets [`remoteControlAtStartup`](/docs/en/settings-reference#remotecontrolatstartup) to control whether [new interactive sessions connect to Remote Control automatically](/docs/en/remote-control#enable-remote-control-for-all-sessions). Requires Claude Code v2.1.203 or later.
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113124 When you turn the toggle on or off in a VS Code window, the change applies to the sessions already open in that VS Code window, not only to sessions you start afterwards. If you turn it off, the open sessions disconnect. With Claude Code v2.1.261 or later, the change also reaches sessions open in your other VS Code windows.
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153164Claude also sees which file you have open in the editor, even when nothing is selected, and the prompt box shows its name. To add only your selected text, turn off the [Attach Open File setting](vscode://settings/claudeCode.attachOpenFile). The setting requires Claude Code v2.1.271 or later.
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155To attach an image, paste it from your clipboard into the prompt box. You can also hold `Shift` while dragging files into the prompt box to add them as attachments. Click the X on any attachment to remove it from context.
166You can also attach images and files to your message:
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168* To attach an image, paste it from your clipboard into the prompt box.
169* To attach files, hold `Shift` while dragging them into the prompt box.
170* To remove an attachment from context, click the X on it.
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157172### Resume past conversations
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159174Click the **Session history** button at the top of the Claude Code panel to access your conversation history. You can search by keyword or browse by time.
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219234* **Primary sidebar**: the left sidebar with icons for Explorer, Search, etc.
220235* **Editor area**: opens Claude as a tab alongside your files. Useful for side tasks.
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237When Claude opens a tab in a new editor group, the extension locks that group, so files you open while the Claude tab is focused go to another group instead of next to it.
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239To stop the extension from locking groups, turn off the [Lock Editor Groups setting](vscode://settings/claudeCode.lockEditorGroups). Groups that are already locked stay locked until you unlock them. The setting requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later.
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223242 Use the sidebar for your main Claude session and open additional tabs for side tasks. Claude remembers your preferred location. The Activity Bar sessions list icon is separate from the Claude panel: the sessions list is always visible in the Activity Bar, while the Claude panel icon only appears there when the panel is docked to the left sidebar.
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228247* **Editor tab**: the conversation comes back with its tab.
229248* **Sidebar**: the conversation comes back if you sent a message or Claude responded in it within the last 10 minutes. If it doesn't come back, resume the conversation from [Session history](#resume-past-conversations).
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250If the reload interrupted Claude mid-step, Claude continues that step when the conversation comes back, and a notice in the chat marks the continuation. Requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later. If the step was interrupted more than an hour ago or the session is open elsewhere, the conversation comes back idle instead.
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252To turn continuation off, open the [Continue After Reload setting](vscode://settings/claudeCode.continueAfterReload) and uncheck it.
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231254### Run multiple conversations
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233256Use **Open in New Tab** or **Open in New Window** from the Command Palette to start additional conversations. Each conversation maintains its own history and context, allowing you to work on different tasks in parallel.
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285| Parameter | Description |
286| ------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
287| `plugin` | The plugin's name as its marketplace lists it. Required. |
288| `marketplace` | Where the plugin comes from, in any form the [Marketplaces tab](#manage-marketplaces) accepts, such as a GitHub `owner/repo` or a git URL. URL-encode it if it contains characters such as `&`. Defaults to `anthropics/claude-plugins-official` when omitted. |
308| Parameter | Description |
309| ------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
310| `plugin` | The plugin's name as its marketplace lists it. Required. |
311| `marketplace` | Where the plugin comes from: a GitHub `owner/repo`, an `https://` URL, or a git SSH URL such as `[email protected]:owner/repo.git`. Defaults to `anthropics/claude-plugins-official` when omitted. |
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313Some values that the [Marketplaces tab](#manage-marketplaces) accepts don't work in a link, such as a local path or an `http://` address. For those, VS Code shows an error message and the dialog doesn't open.
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292317* **The marketplace doesn't list a plugin by that name**: the dialog reports that the plugin wasn't found. Check the `plugin` value against the marketplace's listing.
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347372| New Conversation | `Cmd+N` (Mac) / `Ctrl+N` (Windows/Linux) | Start a new conversation. Requires Claude to be focused and `enableNewConversationShortcut` set to `true` |
348373| Reopen Closed Session | `Cmd+Shift+T` (Mac) / `Ctrl+Shift+T` (Windows/Linux) | Reopen the most recently closed Claude session tab. Falls through to VS Code's normal reopen-closed-editor when the last closed tab wasn't a Claude session. Disable with `enableReopenClosedSessionShortcut` |
349374| Insert @-Mention Reference | `Option+K` (Mac) / `Alt+K` (Windows/Linux) | Insert a reference to the current file and selection (requires editor to be focused) |
375| Accept Change at Cursor | - | Accept the change at the cursor while [reviewing a proposed edit](#get-started) one change at a time. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later |
376| Reject Change at Cursor | - | Revert the change at the cursor while reviewing a proposed edit one change at a time. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later |
350377| Toggle Focus view | `Ctrl+Option+F` (Mac) / `Ctrl+Alt+F` (Windows/Linux) | Hide or show tool activity in the conversation. Works while a Claude panel or sidebar is visible. Requires Claude Code v2.1.221 or later |
351378| Rename Session Tab | - | Rename the session in the active Claude tab. Requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later |
352379| Add Session Tab to Group | - | Add the session in the active Claude tab to a [session group](#organize-sessions-into-groups) you pick or create. Requires Claude Code v2.1.257 or later |
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425452| `useTerminal` | `false` | Launch Claude in terminal mode instead of graphical panel |
426453| `initialPermissionMode` | - | Controls approval prompts for new conversations: `default`, `plan`, `acceptEdits`, or `bypassPermissions`. `manual` is an alias for `default` and selects the mode labeled **Manual** in the mode indicator. When you leave it unset, the extension chooses the starting permission mode as described in [Switch permission modes](/docs/en/permission-modes#switch-permission-modes). |
427454| `preferredLocation` | `panel` | Where Claude opens: `sidebar` (right) or `panel` (new tab) |
455| `lockEditorGroups` | `true` | [Lock the editor groups Claude starts for its tabs](#choose-where-claude-lives), so files you open while a Claude tab is focused go to another group. When off, the extension never locks an editor group. Requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later |
428456| `autosave` | `true` | Auto-save files before Claude reads or writes them |
429457| `attachOpenFile` | `true` | Add the file that is open in the editor to your messages and show it in the prompt box. When off, only your selected text is added. Requires Claude Code v2.1.271 or later |
430458| `useCtrlEnterToSend` | `false` | Use Ctrl/Cmd+Enter instead of Enter to send prompts |
459| `scrollToBottomOnSend` | `true` | Scroll the conversation to the bottom when you send a message. When off, the conversation stays where you left it. Requires Claude Code v2.1.275 or later |
431460| `enableNewConversationShortcut` | `false` | Enable Cmd/Ctrl+N to start a new conversation |
432461| `enableReopenClosedSessionShortcut` | `true` | Use Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+T to reopen the most recently closed Claude session tab. When the last closed tab wasn't a Claude session, the shortcut runs VS Code's normal reopen-closed-editor command instead. |
433462| `archiveInactiveSessions` | `14` | [Archive a session automatically](#resume-past-conversations) after this many days without activity: `1`, `2`, `7`, or `14`. Set `0` to turn it off. Requires Claude Code v2.1.265 or later |
463| `continueAfterReload` | `true` | After a window reload, Claude [continues the step that was interrupted](#choose-where-claude-lives) in the restored session. Requires Claude Code v2.1.274 or later |
434464| `hideOnboarding` | `false` | Hide the onboarding checklist (graduation cap icon) |
435465| `focusView` | `false` | Hide tool calls, tool results, and thinking behind expandable rows, leaving your prompts and Claude's responses. Claude's latest to-do list stays visible; this requires Claude Code v2.1.225 or later. You can also toggle Focus view from the command menu. Requires Claude Code v2.1.221 or later |
436466| `respectGitIgnore` | `true` | Exclude .gitignore patterns from file searches and from [selection context](#reference-files-and-folders) |
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460490### Use the chat panel from the keyboard
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462Each turn in the transcript starts with a visually hidden heading labeled with the prompt that started the turn, so you can jump between turns with your screen reader's heading navigation. Because the extension exposes the transcript as a labeled region, you can also move focus to the transcript itself with `Tab` and read it at your own pace. To move focus to the newest message or a waiting permission prompt instead, run **Claude Code: Focus last message** from the [Command Palette](#vs-code-commands-and-shortcuts).
492Each turn in the transcript starts with a visually hidden heading labeled with the prompt that started the turn, so you can jump between turns with your screen reader's heading navigation.
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494Within a turn, your screen reader announces whose message you're on as you move through it:
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496* **Your messages**: "You"
497* **Claude's messages**: "Claude"
498* **Tool steps**: "Claude" plus the tool name, such as "Claude, Bash"
499* **Thinking blocks**: "Claude, thinking"
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501Because the extension exposes the transcript as a labeled region, you can also move focus to the transcript itself with `Tab` and read it at your own pace. To move focus to the newest message or a waiting permission prompt instead, run **Claude Code: Focus last message** from the [Command Palette](#vs-code-commands-and-shortcuts).
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