ShinyClaude — Claude Code inside Visual Studio

A feature-rich Claude Code integration for Visual Studio — not a thin chat box bolted onto the IDE — dressed head to toe in a loving Firefly / Serenity theme. ShinyClaude is a full workspace for working with Claude Code: streaming conversation, every tool call and permission in plain sight, a real interactive terminal when you want it, and as many parallel sessions as you can juggle — all docked next to your editor, all flying under the Serenity's colours.

She's got personality

ShinyClaude wears its Firefly heart on its sleeve. Your chat is the ship — Serenity herself — complete with a crew, bilingual English/Chinese signage straight out of the 'verse, and themed touches in every corner. The interactive terminal is the Engine Room; a quick side question is an Aside. It's a working tool that happens to be a joy to fly. (And no, the theme never gets in the way of the work.)

A deep integration, not a wrapper

• Streaming chat, docked in VS — responses stream token by token; ask, edit, run, and review changes without ever leaving the IDE.
• Readable tool cards — see exactly what Claude runs, step by step.
• Inline permission prompts — approve or deny each action before it happens.
• The Engine Room — one click drops you into a real Claude Code terminal (slash commands, the native TUI, everything) on the same conversation, then hands you back.
• Multiple sessions in tabs — run several conversations or branches side by side.
• Per-tab controls — set the model, reasoning effort, and permission mode per session.
• Screenshot paste — snip with Win+Shift+S and Ctrl+V straight into the prompt.
• Asides — fire a side question while Claude is mid-task, without disturbing the main thread.
• Picks up where you left off — resumed and branched conversations render in full.

Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022 17.14 or later (Community, Professional, or Enterprise).
• The Claude Code CLI installed and signed in — ShinyClaude drives the CLI you already use, so your account, models, and settings carry over.
• .NET Framework 4.7.2 (ships with VS).

Getting started

Install, open the ShinyClaude pane, pick a working folder, and start talking to Claude. The Engine Room — slash commands and the full TUI — is one click away.

Aim to misbehave — responsibly. Keep flyin'.