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How to Setup & Install Anthropic Claude Code CLI in Visual Studio Code IDE Using Terminal
Jul 13, 2025
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Uh hello guys, welcome to this video. So
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in this video, I'll show you how to
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install and set up uh Claude code CLI
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inside your Windows machine.
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So Claude, as you can see, it's a very
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famous uh AI solution for programming
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and coding. So this is their official
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website anthropic and if you see they
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have given step-by-step instruction on
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how to install this uh CLI tool inside
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the Windows machine. So directly you
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can't install entropic cloud code. You
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do need to install WSL which is Windows
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subset for Linux. So first of all you
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need to turn on this feature inside your
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Windows machine if you haven't done
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that. So simply click that tick mark
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this option Windows subset for Linux. I
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already done that and then install
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Abuntu
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distributions. So
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and then open this
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in the terminal. So as you can see we
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are running this Abuntu version right
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here inside Windows machine. So first of
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all you do need to have NodeJS installed
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on your machine. It is clearly mentioned
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you should have at least 18 version of
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NodeJS installed.
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So you can easily install NodeJS by this
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command here pseudoapp install NodeJS.
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I've already installed it. So just
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execute this command pseudo app install
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NodeJS. This will install NodeJS for
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you.
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So as you can see we have already
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installed it. So let me show you the
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NodeJS version.
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So you can see we have at least this
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18.19.1
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version. So we already have NodeJS. And
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then they have given this command which
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to install cloud code. So they have
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clearly given this command here npm
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install-g for globally installing it at
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the rate anthropic- ai/cloud code. So
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this is the command that they have
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given. Simply type this command here.
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npm install
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dash g add the rate anthropic
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dash ai/
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claude code.
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So just enter and execute this command.
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So this will install this uh claude code
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package globally inside your system. So
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it will hardly take 10 to 15 seconds to
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install it. So you can see in my case
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this is successfully done. So after it
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successfully installs.
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Now you can open it inside VS code. So
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it's very easy just open cood dash. So
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this will simply allow this and this
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will open your project directly inside
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VS code. So in this easy way you can
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install plot code directly in the
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terminal and inside VS code. So here you
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can create a new project here. Let's
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suppose I say clot project.
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So make directory cloud project. We have
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created a brand new directory right
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here. And now to initialize the cla
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you can directly type here. Simply type
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claude
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cl. So now it will say welcome to claude
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code. checking get letting let's get
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started. So here you can choose your
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theme here various themes are there dark
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mode light mode
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so stick to the default theme which is
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dark mode so then this message will come
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here welcome to cloud code and cloud
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code now can now be used with your cloud
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subscription or build based or API usage
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through your console account.
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So
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for the I just want to tell you this is
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not free. You need to be subscribed to
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their plan to use the API.
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So the pro plan starts with $20 per
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month for the pro users and then $100
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per month for max users. So you can
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select this the login method here
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or you can select the second method
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anthropic console account.
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So these are the two. So if you select
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the first one, it is will open the
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browser to sign in and
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you just need to
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copy this URL and then it will authorize
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it. So it will clearly tell you that
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sign up for a max pro or team
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subscription to connect to your API key.
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So you can see you will get this
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notification.
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So on the free pen only you can only
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chat on cloud AI. So once you click it
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you will be redirected to this screen
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here. So you need to have a pro plan to
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get the API key. So just upgrade you
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will see this option upgrade plan and
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you will see this get pro plan option.
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So simply click it and enter your
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details and then you will get the API
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key. So in this easy way here you will
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paste
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the code which is prompted you
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to directly connect to
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plot CLI directly in the terminals. So
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in this easy way you can do this. You
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can directly install clot code directly
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in the terminal inside VS code.
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And after you authenticate, you have the
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option to actually set the API key. For
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setting the API key, you can declare a
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glo environment variable.
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They have clearly mentioned
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right here. If you see if you want to
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update claude here you can simply type
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the command claude update and this will
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update cla to the latest version. So it
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will check automatically. So
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in this easy way you can do this.
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So these are the different environment
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variables you can set which is
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anthropic/ API key. So this one you can
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easily set the API key.
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All these variables are supported
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and this is a command that you see
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cloud config set
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and then followed by the actual key API
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key that you can Right.
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