CodeAstrogator

Code Astrogator

**Claude Code chat tool window for Visual Studio 2026**

Integrates the [Claude Code CLI](https://docs.claude.com/en/docs/claude-code) into a dockable chat panel — streaming responses, live tool activity, and interactive approve/reject for Claude's edits and commands, right inside the IDE.

Created by Jan Hüls "finex7070" StickyStoneStudio GmbH 🚀

What it is

Code Astrogator brings Claude Code into Visual Studio as a dockable chat panel. It drives the **Claude Code CLI** behind the scenes, so it works with whatever you already use to sign in: **both a Claude subscription (OAuth) and an API key** are supported — the extension never handles your credentials itself.

Features

• Streaming chat with Markdown (incl. tables), code blocks with copy / insert-into-editor, and extended-thinking display. A live "working" indicator keeps you company while Claude thinks.
• Tool activity cards for Read / Grep / Bash / Edit / Write / MCP tools, with collapsible input/output and success/error tinting.
• Permission cards — review and approve or reject Claude's file edits and commands inline in the chat, with a syntax-highlighted diff; auto-approved edits show as a green pre-decided card.
• Inline edit review in the editor (opt-in) — instead of a chat diff, review proposed edits directly in the code editor: to-be-deleted lines in red, to-be-added lines as green phantom lines (the file is never touched during review), with Accept / Reject per hunk, scrollbar change marks, and a jump-to-next/previous-change toolbar. Accept only the hunks you want.
• Auto-approve patterns — allow chosen commands/MCP tools to run without prompting, plus an "Always" button on permission cards. An **"Auto-accept co