Use Claude Code inside Visual Studio / VS Code GitHub Copilot Chat — including Copilot's native diff / Accept-Reject UI — with no extra extension. The app runs a local server that implements the Ollama API and drives your existing Claude Code CLI login.
flowchart LR
A["Copilot Chat<br/>(Ollama provider)"] -->|HTTP :11434| B["Claude Code<br/>Ollama Proxy"]
B -->|launches| C["claude CLI<br/>(your login)"]
- Install the Claude Code CLI and sign in (
claude login). - Run the console or tray app — it serves on
http://127.0.0.1:11434. - In Copilot Chat, add an Ollama provider pointed at that URL — Visual Studio setup · VS Code setup.
- Pick a Claude model in the model picker and switch to Agent mode to let Claude edit files.
Requires Visual Studio 2022 17.14+ / Visual Studio 2026, or VS Code 1.99+ — the builds whose Copilot Chat has an Ollama Bring Your Own Model provider.
Visual Studio only: Manage models is hidden for Copilot Business / Enterprise accounts, so a GitHub account tied to an Organization may need to be swapped for a personal one — see the Visual Studio setup doc.
Main window
- 🟢 Home — start / stop / restart the proxy, see live status, copy the listening URL, and set the port.
- 📜 Logs — watch the proxy's live log output in-app, set the logging verbosity (applied immediately, no restart), enable Claude CLI debug output, and select text freely across lines to copy.
- ⚙️ Settings — pick a theme (System / Light / Dark), run at startup, run as administrator, choose whether closing minimizes to tray, start minimized to the tray, check for updates at startup (and whether pre-releases count), and reset the window size or all settings.
- ℹ️ About — version info, a Check for updates button, and a link to the project page.
Updates
- 🔄 Check for updates — the About tab compares this build against the project's GitHub releases and tells you when a newer one exists, with a link straight to it. Nothing is ever downloaded or installed for you. The check also runs at startup by default; turn that off (or opt into pre-releases) in Settings.
- 🔵 Visible while minimized — when an update is found the tray and taskbar icon gain a blue download marker (opposite the status dot), the tray tooltip names the new version, and the About tab is badged. Starting hidden in the tray never pops a dialog at you.
Models
- 🧠 Every current Claude model, at every effort level — Fable 5, Mythos 5, Opus 5 / 4.8 / 4.7 / 4.6,
Sonnet 5 / 4.6, and Haiku 4.5 each appear in Copilot's Bring Your Own Model picker once per
supported effort level, alongside the CLI's own family aliases. Pick an exact version instead of
relying on what
opusorsonnetcurrently resolves to. The list is sorted by name, then by effort, so each model's variants stay together.
System-tray icon
- 🎨 Live status glyph — the tray (and taskbar / title-bar) icon shows a status dot that changes color with the proxy state.
- 💬 Tooltip — hover to see the running state and listening URL.
- 🖱️ Single click — opens the main window.
Tray right-click menu
- 🪟 Open — show the main window.
- 📋 Copy URL — copy the current listening URL (shown inline in the menu).
▶️ Start / ⏹️ Stop / 🔄 Restart — control the proxy without opening the window (enabled to match the current state).- ❌ Quit — fully exit the app (closing the window keeps it running in the tray).
Reliability
- 🛡️ Fault-tolerant logging and global exception handlers with crash logging keep the app running and capture failures for diagnosis.
- How it works · The tool-call bridge
- Visual Studio setup · VS Code setup · Effort levels
- Configuration · Logging · Image input
- Troubleshooting · Limitations · References
- Changelog — notable changes per release
- Development — build, run, and test from source
See LICENSE.txt.