{"version":"2.1.311","anchor":"ide-installs-the-extension-with-progress-ui","canonical_anchor":"ide-installs-the-extension-with-progress-ui","heading":"\/ide can install the Claude Code extension and show its progress","tier":"use","area":"IDE Integration","scope":"individual","heads_up":false,"url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311\/e\/ide-installs-the-extension-with-progress-ui","release_url":"https:\/\/changelogs.core-directive.com\/v\/2.1.311","markdown":"### `\/ide` can install the Claude Code extension and show its progress\n\n`\/ide` now installs the Claude Code extension in the IDE you pick and reports whether it installed, failed or was skipped\n\n**What**\n\nAn IDE is a code editor such as VS Code. `\/ide` can now install the Claude Code extension in the IDE you choose. While it works it shows \"Installing the Claude Code extension in \u2026\", and then reports one of these:\n\n- installed\n\n- failed\n\n- not installed, with the reason\n\nIf the extension is installed but Claude Code cannot find it running, it tells you to restart the IDE or reload its window (Developer: Reload Window) and then run `\/ide` again.\n\n**Why**\n\nYou see whether installing the extension worked and what to do next, instead of being left guessing.\n\n- Area: IDE Integration\n- Names: `\/ide`\n- Tier: Use it now\n- Useful: 4\/5\n- Signal: 1\/5\n- Scope: individual\n- Heads-up: no"}