Running Claude Code in Cursor or VS Code

Learn why running Claude Code inside the Cursor IDE can be a powerful setup, even if you're not hand-coding much anymore. This lesson walks through the actual day-to-day setup used throughout the rest of the course, including how Claude Code runs in Cursor's built-in terminal and the optional VS Code extension.

Beyond just showing the setup, this lesson explains the practical reasons for pairing Claude Code with an IDE: inspecting files as they're created, making small manual tweaks when needed, understanding where code lives in complex projects, and having access to a second coding agent (Cursor's built-in agent) for quick-hit tasks alongside Claude Code as your primary workhorse.

• Running Claude Code in Cursor's built-in terminal
• The Claude Code VS Code/Cursor extension and how it compares to the terminal
• Why an IDE is still valuable even when agents write most of your code
• Inspecting and navigating files created by Claude Code
• Using Cursor's agent alongside Claude Code for different types of tasks
• How Claude Code handles ~90% of coding work with Cursor's agent filling in for quick requests