Power Claude — Local orchestration for Claude Code

🎉 Due to popular demand — now on the VS Code Marketplace, Open VSX & npm

Power Claude has been available direct from neural-llm.com since December 2025. By popular request, it's now one click away in your editor's marketplace too — the same battle-tested tool, now wherever you install extensions.

Simple enough for the vibe-coder novice, powerful enough for the most seasoned dev.

⚡ Long Claude Code jobs need local orchestration — recovery, scheduling, and visibility without sitting at the keyboard.

Power Claude is local orchestration, resilience, and visibility for Claude Code workflows. It launches and supervises documented Claude Code sessions — Claude Code manages authentication and communicates with Anthropic directly. Session recovery, scheduling, worktrees, Token Saver (before the prompt reaches Claude Code), dashboards, and diagnostics stay on your machine. When a subscription usage limit is reported, Power Claude pauses and notifies — it does not pool consumer accounts or automatically switch credentials. Explicit API-billed mode is available separately when you opt in. Independent third-party software — not affiliated with or endorsed by Anthropic. ↓

code --install-extension neural-llm.power-claude

Every way to get Power Claude — same extension, pick whatever fits your editor and workflow:

| Channel | Best for | Get it | |---|---|---| | VS Code Marketplace | VS Code — one click | code --install-extension neural-llm.power-claude | | Open VSX | Cursor · VSCodium · Gitpod · Windsurf | cursor --install-extension neural-llm.power-claude | | npm (CLI) | any terminal · CI | npm install -g power-claude | | Direct .vsix | air-gapped · manual · pinned version | code --install-extension power-claude-<version>.vsix | | neural-llm.com | downloads · docs · account | neural-llm.com |

Power Claude is independent third-party software by Neural-LLM. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic. "Claude" and "Claude Code" are trademarks of Anthropic, PBC. Power Claude uses official Claude Code transport (documented CLI interfaces); Claude Code manages authentication and communicates with Anthropic directly.

Local orchestration for serious Claude Code work

Long agentic jobs need recovery, scheduling, and visibility — without Power Claude inventing a second path to Anthropic.

Official Claude Code transport. Power Claude launches and supervises documented Claude Code workflows. Claude Code owns OAuth, token refresh, request construction, and the network path to Anthropic. Power Claude owns local sessions, worktrees, prompts, scheduling, recovery, and dashboards.

• 🧭 Official Claude Code transport. Power Claude uses the documented Claude Code CLI path. Claude Code owns login, tokens, and the network path to Anthropic.
• 🛠 Local workflow control. Session Explorer, worktrees, scheduling, auto-resume on the same profile, crash/stale detection, logs, and files-touched audit.
• 📉 Token Saver before launch. Prompt and context efficiency run locally before the official CLI is invoked — not by intercepting Anthropic HTTP bodies.
• ⏸ Honest limit handling. On a subscription usage limit: pause, preserve state, and surface official options (wait for reset, plan options, usage credits via Claude Code, or explicit API mode). No automatic multi-account rotation.
• 💵 Product pricing. Power Claude itself is $12/mo (see neural-llm.com/pricing). It is not marketed as a way to combine consumer subscription quotas.

• 📊 Local usage estimates. Estimates come from official CLI outputs and local session logs — not by intercepting Anthropic response headers or reading credential files.
• 🎯 Honest limit UX. When the official client reports a subscription limit, Power Claude pauses and surfaces supported choices (wait, plan options, usage credits via Claude Code, or explicit API mode).

How it works: Power Claude does not insert a request proxy between Claude Code and Anthropic in public official mode. It does not store or refresh Claude OAuth tokens. It does not automatically switch consumer profiles to continue past a limit. Subscription limits still apply; higher-volume automation uses explicit API-billed mode when you opt in.

All session and diagnostic data stays local under ~/.power-claude/ unless you export it.

Power Claude vs. vanilla Claude Code

| | Claude Code alone | With Power Claude | |---|---|---| | Subscription usage limit | Handle in Claude Code (wait, plan options, credits, API) | Same — plus local pause, preserve state, and notify | | Crashed / stalled session | Notice late, restart by hand | Watchdog + same-profile auto-resume via official CLI | | Scheduling | Manual | Local job schedule / resume-at-time | | Worktrees | Manual git | Session-linked worktree management | | Prompt efficiency | Manual | Token Saver before official CLI invocation | | Session history | Hunt through JSONL + git | Session Explorer, files-touched, notes/tags | | Profiles | Single login context | Multiple Claude Code profiles (metadata + CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR); manual selection for new sessions | | Where your data goes | Claude Code local + Anthropic | Power Claude state stays local; Anthropic traffic stays with Claude Code | | Editors | VS Code, Cursor, CLI | VS Code, Cursor, and pc CLI — shared local home |

Core capabilities

👤 Claude Code profiles (manual selection)

Save multiple Claude Code profiles — each is a configuration directory for the official CLI (CLAUDE_CONFIG_DIR). Power Claude stores metadata only (label, path, last-used, needs-login display). Claude Code performs login and stores its own credentials.

• Choose a profile before starting a new session
• Sessions stay bound to the profile that created them
• Resume uses the same profile and documented CLI resume
• Relogin launches official claude auth login / logout — not a Power Claude OAuth refresher

⏸ Usage-limit handling (pause, don't switch)

When the official client reports a subscription usage limit:

1. Mark the profile limited for display
2. Stop or pause the job safely
3. Preserve session and local job state
4. Offer wait / official plan options / usage credits via Claude Code / explicit API mode

Power Claude does not automatically choose another consumer profile or continue the same job under another account.

⚡ Local concurrency & job queue

Run independent official Claude Code sessions when you start them. Job-queue and worktree tools help organize parallel work — they are not a grouped subscription-capacity product.

↻ Auto-resume + resilience watchdog + Auto-Resume Nudges

Process kills, OOM events, IDE crashes, network drops mid-tool-call, and sessions that ended cleanly but left work unfinished leave you with a stale tab and a manual recovery.

The watchdog polls periodically and applies detection rules for heartbeat-stale sessions, tool truncation, ended-with-pending-tasks, and usage-limit pauses. When it fires, Power Claude surfaces a one-click recovery path with a reason-aware resume prompt — always on the same Claude Code profile.

Auto-Resume Nudges catch sessions that stop politely when they should keep going — "want me to continue?", multi-option menus when one path is obvious, or asking you to run a command the agent could run. Detectors fire on Stop events; hard-stop vetoes (auth failure, missing credential, destructive op pending, approval gate) prevent unsafe re-issues. Shadow mode logs would-fire decisions without resuming; a loop guard caps consecutive nudges.

🩹 Session Actions — one-click recovery on the line that broke

When a turn dies with "Prompt is too long", Power Claude can inject a branded Heal control — trim and resume without retyping. Related actions include Unstick, Revive, Re-run tool, Finish tasks, Resume, and Repair turn. Available from the chat line, Command Palette (Power Claude: Session Actions), and CLI (pc session action …). Manual by default — you stay in control.

📊 Insight Graph + cost analytics + editor-gutter blame

Session history as a commit-graph-style view: model badge, estimated cost, files changed, completion status. Expand for files, sub-agents, hooks, plans, and commits. Cost analytics use local session logs and official outputs. Inline session blame annotates open files with the Claude session that last touched them (alongside git blame, separate gutter).

🎯 Preserve-Focus Fix — stop Claude Code from yanking your cursor

Power Claude can patch the installed Claude Code extension so chat completion does not steal editor focus (preserveFocus: true paths). Opt-in via powerClaude.preserveFocusFix.enabled; auto-reapplied after Claude Code upgrades when enabled.

🎨 Purple Scrollbars & ⬆️⬇️ chat scroll buttons

Optional brand scrollbar theming and floating ↑ / ↓ jump buttons on long Claude Code chat threads. Both settings-gated; reversible.

🧪 Detached Sessions (experimental · Pro)

Keep a turn running under a Linux systemd --user service when a browser tab sleeps or closes, then reattach and replay. Default OFF. Uses official Claude Code transport — not a second path to Anthropic.

Quickstart

VS Code Marketplace (recommended):

code --install-extension neural-llm.power-claude

Or search "Power Claude" in the Extensions panel. After install, open the Power Claude activity-bar icon. The extension creates ~/.power-claude/ automatically. Claude Code continues to own login and Anthropic communication.

npm CLI:

npm install -g power-claude
power-claude install

power-claude and pc share the same local home with the extension.

Commands at a glance:

pc list                   # Claude Code profiles (metadata)
pc status                 # local status dashboard
pc watch                  # live TUI for local activity
pc add                    # add a profile (official login flow)
pc switch <name>          # select active profile for new sessions
pc relogin <name>         # official claude auth login for a profile
pc run                    # launch claude under selected profile
pc doctor                 # diagnostic checklist
pc session action heal …  # session recovery actions
pc config get|set|list    # CLI configuration

Profiles: use Link Account / pc add / pc relogin to run official Claude login under a profile directory. Sessions remain bound to the profile that created them.

Optional hooks: Command Palette → "Power Claude: Install Session Lifecycle Hooks" and "Install Timeline Hook" for watchdog precision and gutter blame. Opt-in; nothing modifies Claude Code config without consent.

Pro features: license key in Settings → Power Claude. A free trial starts on install — see pricing.

Free Trial vs Pro

See neural-llm.com/pricing for current pricing.

Free to download and install. A free trial starts automatically (no card for the short trial). After trial, paid features lock; local read-only dashboard, profile metadata, and session resume remain as documented on the pricing page. Pro unlocks the full watchdog, gutter blame, session graph, advanced search, and related orchestration features.

FAQ

Does this work with the Anthropic API directly, or only with Claude Code?

Power Claude is built for Claude Code (CLI and IDE). Optional explicit API-billed mode uses a user-provided API key and is separate from subscription workflows. It is not a silent bypass of subscription limits.

What data leaves my machine?

License key, a hashed machine identifier, and extension version go to Neural-LLM for licensing. No prompts, file contents, transcripts, or Claude authentication tokens are sent to Neural-LLM. Details: privacy policy.

Can I use multiple Claude profiles?

Yes — as manual organization. Each profile is a Claude Code config directory. New sessions use the profile you select; resume stays on the same profile. Power Claude does not automatically switch profiles to continue past a subscription limit.

What happens when I hit a Claude usage limit?

Power Claude pauses, preserves local state, and surfaces official options (wait for reset, plan options, usage credits via Claude Code, or explicit API mode). It does not auto-rotate consumer credentials.

How is this different from GitLens?

GitLens maps git history to code. Power Claude maps AI session history to code. Complementary; they can coexist.

How much does Pro cost?

See neural-llm.com/pricing.

What is the refund policy?

Full refund within 14 days of purchase. Contact [email protected].

Extending Power Claude

Power Claude exposes a stable public API for other VS Code extensions to read session data and contribute Session Detail tabs. See neural-llm.com/power-claude.

What Power Claude does NOT do

• Does not insert a public request proxy between Claude Code and Anthropic in official mode
• Does not store or refresh Claude OAuth tokens (Claude Code owns credentials)
• Does not pool consumer subscription quotas or auto-switch accounts past limits
• Does not transmit your prompts, code, transcripts, or Claude tokens to Neural-LLM
• Does not modify Claude Code config without explicit consent (hook installers are opt-in)
• Does not claim affiliation with or endorsement by Anthropic

What Power Claude writes to disk

Runtime data under ~/.power-claude/:

| Path | Contents | |------|----------| | ~/.power-claude/profiles/ | Profile metadata (paths, labels — not OAuth secrets) | | ~/.power-claude/state/ | Local job/session state, recovery markers | | ~/.power-claude/logs/ | Local event and diagnostic logs | | ~/.power-claude/lib/ | Bundled helpers deployed at install | | ~/.power-claude/hooks/ | Optional lifecycle hooks (opt-in install) | | ~/.power-claude/cache/ | Local indexes and caches | | ~/.power-claude/config/ | Local product config |

Claude Code continues to store its credentials and settings in its own directories. Power Claude may append opt-in hook registrations to Claude Code settings with your consent. Complete uninstall: Command Palette → "Power Claude: Uninstall Everything", or remove the extension and ~/.power-claude/.

Privacy

Local-first. Power Claude reads local session indexes, profile metadata, and (read-only) Claude Code transcripts for indexing and diagnostics. No cloud telemetry of prompts or code. Full policy: neural-llm.com/privacy-policy.

Get Power Claude

code --install-extension neural-llm.power-claude

Start free from install or lock founder pricing via neural-llm.com/pricing.

Support

• Bug reports: github.com/neural-llm-io/power-claude/issues
• Email: [email protected]

License

Neural-LLM commercial EULA — see LICENSE and neural-llm.com/eula. Copyright (c) 2025-2026 Neural-LLM.

Trademarks

Claude and Claude Code are trademarks of Anthropic PBC. Visual Studio Code is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Cursor is a trademark of Anysphere Inc. Neural-LLM is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Anthropic, Microsoft, or Anysphere. Power Claude is independent third-party software that uses official Claude Code transport and documented interfaces.