Use Claude in your workspace

Two surfaces, one machine: the Claude Code CLI in the terminal, and Claude inside the VS Code editor.

In the terminal#

Open the Terminal tab on the machine. Claude is on $PATH:

user@dev-1: ~/work

user@dev-1:~/work$ claude
> Welcome to Claude Code. What are we building?
user@dev-1:~/work$ claude "explain the auth flow in this repo"
Reading auth/middleware.py, auth/jwt.py, settings.py ...
# ... full thinking-then-answer output ...
user@dev-1:~/work$ claude --resume
Resuming previous session.

In VS Code#

Open the VS Code tab. Claude is wired into the side panel - same auth, same machine, same files. The Claude pane shows the conversation; the editor shows your repo.

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middleware.pyjwt.py

14  def verify_token(token):
15      try:
16          claims = jwt.decode(token, ...)
17      except jwt.ExpiredSignatureError:
18            Claude is editing here

Claude⋮

you › add a clearer error when the JWT is expired

claude › I'll wrap thejwt.decode call and raise TokenExpired with the expiry timestamp. Patch is ready to review.

▸ Review patch (3 lines)

Claude lives in the VS Code side panel. It can read files, run commands, and propose patches.

Claude Code runs commands inside your machine, not on Anthropic's servers. By default it will ask permission before any write operation (running a script, creating a file, hitting the network). You can:

Approve case-by-case: the safe default. Claude pauses on each new command type.
Approve for the session: accept once for "always allow this session" - lets Claude rip through obvious-safe commands without nagging you.
Approve permanently: edit~/.claude/settings.json to whitelist commands you consider safe. EasyEnv ships an opinionated default for the recipe you picked.

Tokens and billing#

Token usage and the per-message billing is between you and Anthropic - EasyEnv doesn't add a markup or proxy your traffic. The machine talks directly to Anthropic over the public internet using the credentials you signed in with. Run claude /cost in the terminal to see your current session's spend.