CodeClaude - AI Assistant for Visual Studio

CodeClaude brings a Cursor-like AI experience directly into Visual Studio, powered by Claude.

✨ Features

• Explain selected code
• Fix bugs automatically
• Refactor for clean architecture
• AI chat with active file context
• Streaming responses (real-time)

📍 How to Open

After installation:

👉 Go to: View → CodeClaude Assistant

This opens the AI tool window inside Visual Studio.

🔐 Setup Required

CodeClaude uses Claude API.

You must set your API key as a Windows environment variable:

Variable Name:ANTHROPIC _API_KEY

How to set it:

Option 1 (Command Prompt)

setx ANTHROPIC _API_KEY "your-api-key"

Option 2 (System Settings)

1. Open Start Menu
2. Search: "Environment Variables"
3. Open "Edit system environment variables"
4. Click "Environment Variables"
5. Add under User Variables:
   • Name: ANTHROPIC _API_KEY
   • Value: your API key
6. Restart Visual Studio

🚀 Usage

1. Open any code file
2. Open CodeClaude Assistant
3. Click:
   • Explain
   • Fix
   • Refactor
   • Or type custom prompt

🧠 Requirements

• Visual Studio 2022 / 2026
• .NET Framework 4.7.2+
• Internet connection

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⚠ Notes

• Do not share your API key
• Extension does not store keys locally