Claude Annotator
Annotate and comment on Claude Code terminal responses directly in VS Code, like a PR review.
Features
- Session browsing — Pick from your Claude Code sessions and open them as readable documents in a side panel
- Inline annotations — Add comments to any line of Claude's responses using VS Code's native comment UI
- Quick actions — Right-click selected text to quickly add Question, Disagree, Expand, or Bookmark annotations
- Send back to Claude — Send individual or all annotations directly to the active Claude terminal
- Copy to clipboard — Copy formatted annotations for use anywhere
- Terminal annotation — Select text in a Claude terminal and jump to the corresponding line in the annotatable document
- Labels — Categorize annotations as Question, Disagree, Expand, or Bookmark
- Persistence — Annotations are saved per-workspace and restored when you reopen a session
- Live updates — The document auto-refreshes as Claude's session progresses
Usage
- Start a Claude Code session in VS Code's terminal
- Open the Command Palette and run Annotate Claude Response (
Cmd+Shift+A / Ctrl+Shift+A)
- Select a session from the picker
- Select text in the opened document and add annotations via right-click or the comment UI
- Send annotations back to Claude using the toolbar buttons or commands
Keybindings
| Shortcut |
Action |
Cmd+Shift+A |
Open session picker |
Cmd+Shift+Q |
Quick annotate: Question |
Cmd+Shift+E |
Quick annotate: Expand |
Cmd+Shift+T |
Annotate terminal selection |
Settings
| Setting |
Default |
Description |
claudeAnnotator.confirmBeforeSend |
true |
Show confirmation dialog before sending annotations to terminal |
Requirements
- VS Code 1.93.0 or later
- Claude Code CLI (sessions must exist in
~/.claude/projects/)
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