Improve the prompt you've typed in the Claude Code terminal box with one click, right where it is.
No panel, no copy-paste. Don't like the result? One click puts your original back.
How to use
In the integrated terminal, type a rough prompt into Claude Code (don't press Enter).
Click ✨ Improvise in the status bar, or press Cmd+Alt+P (Windows/Linux: Ctrl+Alt+P).
The text in the box is replaced with an improved version. Nothing is sent.
Not happy? Click ↩ Revert (or Cmd+Alt+Z / Ctrl+Alt+Z) to restore your original.
Press Enter to send, as usual. The Revert button goes away.
Requirements
Claude Code installed and logged in (claude works in a terminal).
How it works / privacy
It reads the prompt box from the terminal contents, sends only that text to your own claude
command-line tool (claude -p) to rewrite it, then types the result back into the box.
Your earlier conversation and your project files are not sent. The rewrite runs from a temporary folder.
Your clipboard is restored after reading the terminal.
The extension adds its commands to terminal.integrated.commandsToSkipShell so the Enter hook works
(merged with VS Code's defaults).
Settings
Setting
Description
improvise.model
Model alias for rewriting, e.g. haiku for speed. Empty = default.
improvise.claudePath
Full path to claude if it isn't found automatically.
Known limits
Developed and tested on macOS. Linux and Windows are supported in code but not yet verified.
It reads Claude Code's on-screen prompt box, so a Claude Code update that changes that layout could break it.
Long rewrites may be wordy for very short prompts; edit the result before sending if needed.
