VSCode Claude Extension on Remote Server

Goal

Use the Claude extension subscription from your local machine on a remote server by copying:

• ~/.claude/.credentials.json
• ~/.claude.json

to the same paths on the remote machine.

Prerequisites

• Local machine already signed in with VSCode Claude extension
• SSH access to remote server
• rsync available on local machine

One-Time Sync Commands

Run this on your local machine:

REMOTE="user@remote-host"

# 2) Copy credentials and config
rsync -avzP ~/.claude/.credentials.json "$REMOTE:~/.claude/.credentials.json"
rsync -avzP  ~/.claude.json "$REMOTE:~/.claude.json"

Configure VS Code Proxy on Remote

Set VS Code remote-side settings with:

• http.proxy
• remote.SSH.httpProxy
• remote.SSH.httpsProxy
• http.proxySupport: override

Put this JSON in remote ~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/settings.json:

{
  "http.proxy": "http://127.0.0.1:<port>",
  "remote.SSH.httpProxy": "http://127.0.0.1:<port>",
  "remote.SSH.httpsProxy": "http://127.0.0.1:<port>",
  "http.proxySupport": "override"
}

Verify:

cat ~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/settings.json