Claude Code, docked in your VS Code sidebar instead of buried in a terminal tab — drop in files, paste screenshots, click straight through to files and URLs in the output, and get pulled back the instant Claude needs you.
Features
Sidebar terminal — Claude Code runs in a real terminal (xterm.js + node-pty), docked in the sidebar and always one click away — no hunting through terminal tabs.
Paste support — paste text (Ctrl+V / Cmd+V, or right-click) as usual; paste a screenshot and it's saved to a temp file with the path typed in for you.
Drag & drop — drag a file straight into the terminal (hold Shift, a VS Code webview restriction) and its path is typed in.
Clickable links — Cmd/Ctrl-click a file path or URL in the terminal output and it opens immediately, no copy-pasting.
Theme sync — the terminal's colors track your active VS Code theme, live.
Shift+Enter for newlines — write multi-line prompts without accidentally submitting.
Live IDE context — every prompt is automatically enriched with the active file, cursor position, current selection, open tabs (with unsaved-changes warnings), and diagnostics, so Claude Code always knows exactly what you're looking at.
Session auto-resume — reopen the sidebar and pick up exactly where you left off.
Notifications — native OS notifications (Windows/macOS/Linux, no extra software required) tell you the moment Claude Code finishes, needs a permission, or is waiting on you — configurable independently, see Settings.
Requirements
Claude Code CLI installed and available on PATH (or configured via sbcClaudeCode.agentPath).
Settings
Setting
Default
Description
sbcClaudeCode.agentPath
claude
Path or command name of the Claude Code executable.
sbcClaudeCode.notifyFinished
true
Show a native OS notification when Claude Code finishes responding.
sbcClaudeCode.notifyNeedsYou
true
Show a native OS notification when Claude Code is blocked mid-turn and needs you (permission prompt, MCP elicitation, or AskUserQuestion).
sbcClaudeCode.notifyIdleReminder
false
Show a reminder notification if Claude Code has been idle waiting for your next prompt for a while. Usually redundant with the finished notification.
Privacy
All context (active file, selection, diagnostics) is written to a local file and read by the Claude Code CLI process directly on your machine. Nothing is sent anywhere by this extension itself.
