It turns out you can use Claude Code directly within Cursor[^1]! ![[CleanShot 2025-06-06 at 16.36.54.png]] It appears that Claude will install its own extension if launched in the embedded terminal. This is quite nice, and very interesting. It's interesting because a CLI like Claude Code is more flexible than an IDE, but it also lacks some of the niceties like being able to seamless go from editing code by hand to having the AI work on it. Integrating with the IDE gives Claude Code the best of both worlds it seems. Recently I've been using Claude Code more and Cursor less, leading me to question the value of the subscription. Being able to use Claude Code directly within the IDE might be good enough UX to push this decision over the edge. Anthropic deciding to integrate Claude Code with their main Claude subscription seems like a strong value prop. I suspect they will slurp up a significant portion of developer subscriptions this way. You can find more info in the docs: https://docs.anthropic.com/en/docs/claude-code/ide-integrations [^1]: And VSCode as well, since they share the same underlying system.