The Claude Code Tip Nobody Mentions

If you're using Claude Code — Anthropic's command-line AI coding agent — there's one thing you need to know that nobody really talks about.

You can paste images directly into Claude Code when you're running it in VS Code's integrated terminal. Screenshots, design mockups, error messages, UI inspiration — just Command+V and Claude Code sees it and works with it.

But if you're running Claude Code in the native macOS Terminal app? No dice. The Mac terminal is text-only. It doesn't support inline image pasting. You'll get garbled text or nothing at all.

Why This Matters

This matters more than you'd think.

Some of the most powerful things you can do with Claude Code involve visuals. Paste a screenshot of a bug and say "fix this." Paste a design mockup and say "build this." Paste an error message from another app and say "what's going on here?" None of that works if you're stuck in the default terminal.

The Fix

The fix is simple: run Claude Code from VS Code's integrated terminal instead. You get the same command-line experience, but with full image support. That one small change opens up an entirely different workflow.

If you're already using VS Code (and if you're doing any kind of development work, you probably are), this is a no-brainer. Open the integrated terminal, fire up Claude Code, and start pasting.

You'll wonder how you ever worked without it.