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Claude Code in VS Code

Your first app from one sentence, then your agent's first note. Every click, with screenshots, for Mac and Windows. No coding.

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Cover of the free guide: Claude Code in VS Code

WHAT IT COSTS

$0VS Code
$20/moClaude Pro, the cheapest plan that works (US price, as of November 1, 2026)
$0Everything else. No API key.

Taxes may apply. Check claude.com/pricing for your country.

WHAT IS INSIDE

  1. Why VS Code, and not just the Claude app
  2. Install VS Code
  3. Make an empty folder and open it
  4. Install Claude Code
  5. Open Claude and sign in
  6. Choose Manual, so Claude asks first
  7. Say what you want
  8. Open your app
  9. Change it with one sentence
  10. Your agent's first note
  11. If something goes wrong
  12. What is different on Windows
  13. A plain-word glossary

Tested step by step on October 30, 2026 (VS Code 1.144, Claude Code extension 2.1.314). Buttons can move when the apps update. The steps stay the same: look for the same words.