Show HN: I gave Claude Code the keys to the Visual Studio debugger

Category: devtools

Tags: visual-studio, claude-code, ai-coding, ide-extension, debugger-integration

Score: 7.5/10 (Innovation: 8, Technical: 8, Documentation: 8, Utility: 6)

This project is a Visual Studio extension that implements Claude Code's IDE integration protocol, enabling native diff viewing with accept/reject, live debugger access, and compiler diagnostics sharing. Its innovative combination of AI agentic coding with deep IDE integration, including the ability to drive the Visual Studio debugger, fills a notable gap for developers who prefer Visual Studio over VS Code or JetBrains.

Target audience: backend devs

Repository: https://github.com/firish/claude_code_vs · C# · MIT · 31 stars

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