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Claude Code in VS Code: The Official Extension, Set Up Properly
Community description: Claude Code in VS Code has an official Anthropic extension now. Install, permission modes, checkpoints, CLI vs panel, and the settings I'd change on day one.
Dev.to | Oct 7, 2026 | Noor Halvorsen
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Anthropic ships a Claude Code extension for VS Code, its docs call it the recommended way to use Claude Code there, and you don't need an API key to use it. Is there an official Claude Code extension for VS Code? Do I need an Anthropic API key for Claude Code in VS Code?
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