I built native Claude Code integration for Visual Studio (the one IDE that didn't have it)

Claude Code has official IDE plugins for VS Code and JetBrains but nothing for Visual Studio. There's an open GitHub issue with a lot of +1s, so I built it.

It speaks the same protocol the official plugins use, so the CLI connects automatically. Claude's edits open in Visual Studio's native diff window with Accept / Reject / Reject-with-feedback instead of terminal prompts. It also auto shares your compiler errors and current selection as context, and there's a panel with live token tracking for the session.

It doesn't make any model calls of its own, it just drives the IDE half.

Code and a quick 30-second visual demo: https://github.com/firish/claude\_code\_vs 

Would be grateful if anyone takes the time to actually check it out and share feedback!

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