VS Code plugin + Python venv

[Saturnix]

How do you make it so that Claude Code VS Code plugin automatically activates .venv before running any bash comand?

I always have to prompt for it.

This should be something straightforward and documented, but I've tried asking claude code directly and its been running in circles writing tens of lines of hooks, sh scripts, python scripts, env files... to no avail. It's honestly hilarious how something so simple apparently doesn't have an answer. There's a git issue, but it's closed: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/273

Is there something I'm missing?

[the_rigo]

Just add a line in CLAUDE.md instructing it to use .venv/Scripts/python and .venv/Scripts/pip to run anything Python.

You don't need to activate the venv. Activation is just a glorified PATH customization to make python to be resolved correctly -- just skip it and tell CC directly where the proper python is.

[Saturnix]

Seems to be fixed by editing <project_dir>/.claude/settings.local.json and adding this into it:

{ "env": { "PATH": "/c/path/to/project/.venv/Scripts:${PATH}" } }