ClaudeSwap

See which Claude Code account you are signed into, and switch between accounts (for example personal and company). Works in two places that share the same saved accounts: the VS Code status bar, and Claude Code chat.

What it does

• Shows your active Claude account in the VS Code status bar and in the Claude Code status line.
• Switches accounts in one click (VS Code) or one command (chat).
• Remembers each account the first time you sign in, so there is no setup.
• Updates on its own when you sign in or out from the CLI.
• Works on macOS, Linux, and Windows.

Accounts you save in one place show up in the other, because both use the same store (the OS keychain on macOS, a protected file on Linux and Windows).

In VS Code

Click the account in the status bar. The menu lists your accounts; pick one to switch to it. The same menu has Add account, Forget a saved account, and Refresh.

To install: open the Extensions view, search for ClaudeSwap, and click Install. Your active account appears in the status bar right away.

In Claude Code chat

Run /account to see your accounts, or /account you@company.com to switch.

Show the active account in the status line by pointing your settings.json at the bundled script (use the absolute path where the plugin is installed):

{
  "statusLine": {
    "type": "command",
    "command": "node /absolute/path/to/claude-plugin/statusline/claude-account.js"
  }
}

You can also run the CLI directly:

claude-switch list
claude-switch use you@company.com

A switch in chat takes effect in a new claude session, because Claude Code keeps the current session's token in memory.

Add an account

In VS Code choose Add account, or in a terminal run claude auth login. Sign in with the other account once and it is saved automatically. After that it shows up in both places.

Under the hood

Claude Code keeps account metadata in ~/.claude.json (the oauthAccount field) and OAuth tokens in the OS credential store: the Keychain on macOS, or ~/.claude/.credentials.json on Linux and Windows (it respects CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR). ClaudeSwap saves a snapshot of each account it sees and writes the chosen one back when you switch. It reads and writes only the same places Claude Code already uses. Set CLAUDE_SWITCH_STORE=file to keep snapshots in a protected file instead of the Keychain.

This depends on how Claude Code currently stores things, so a future update could change it.

Build from source

npm install
npm run build:icon      # regenerate the icon font and logo (needs rsvg-convert)
npm run sync:plugin     # copy the shared engine into the plugin
vsce package            # build the VS Code extension (.vsix)

VS Code extension: open the folder and press F5 to run it in an Extension Development Host. Claude Code plugin: claude --plugin-dir ./claude-plugin to load it locally.