[Feature Request] Host .vsix file for Claude Code VSCode extension on Github?

[coussens]

Would it be possible to make the .vsix file for the Claude Code VSCode extension available for download on Github (or somewhere else)? This would facilitate installation by those using other VSCode-compatible IDEs (e.g., Positron, a VSCode fork) to install it. Thanks!

[jcheng5]

Or if there's anything we can do on the Positron side to get the automatic installation to work correctly...? Currently when started in a Positron terminal, it does auto-detect and performs an installation, but it installs it in VS Code, not Positron.

[igorkofman]

Does Positron install a CLI that can be used to install the extension? Perhaps you could expose an environment variable with the cli tool to use, something like CLAUDE_CODE_HOST_IDE_CLI and we can call that with the --install-extension command

[sudarshan227]

If you mean can you do "positron ." the answer is yes.

[944750720]

I found that the Claude Code plugin has disappeared from the Cursor plugin marketplace and is only available in the VSC plugin marketplace. Is it now prohibited to use IDEs other than VSC? Can the VSIX file be made public?

[igorkofman]

It should auto-install if you run Claude Code inside Cursor terminal.

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[944750720]

It should auto-install if you run Claude Code inside Cursor terminal. …

Thank you. I found many people faced same issue as me and I installed it manually through VSIX file in node_modules. I ran Clade Code in my terminal but it didn't install it. I think it's a bug.

[clafollett]

It should auto-install if you run Claude Code inside Cursor terminal. …

It no longer auto installs. I've struggled on a new Windows laptop setup with Windsurf and the Claude CLI no longer installs the extension. I had to wipe out the /.windsurf and /.codium directories, restart Windsurf and let it import the extensions and settings from VSCode to get it installed. It will does not stay up to date though. Claude CLI is currently on 1.0.81 but the extension shows 1.0.78 in Windsurf file the VSCode extension stays current at 1.0.81.

[igorkofman]

This should work ok now (even if the version mis-matches). There was an issue with the Windsurf extension store that was blocking our extension but that has been resolved.

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It should auto-install if you run Claude Code inside Cursor terminal. … <#m_-823691343231852939_>

It no longer auto installs. I've struggled on a new Windows laptop setup with Windsurf and the Claude CLI no longer installs the extension. I had to wipe out the /.windsurf and /.codium directories, restart Windsurf and let it import the extensions and settings from VSCode to get it installed. It will does not stay up to date though. Claude CLI is currently on 1.0.81 but the extension shows 1.0.78 in Windsurf file the VSCode extension stays current at 1.0.81.

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[km-anthropic]

Hi! For now we as @igorkofman has mentioned we'd ideally like to have the auto-install do the job, however we also have it on OpenVSX. We're working on ensuring that the OpenVSX listing gets updated on our regular release schedule!

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