Your Claude subscription.
Inside Visual Studio.

Install the iolys extension for Visual Studio 2026 and open your C# solution. Open Manage Providers in iolys and add Claude Code (CLI). Install the locally managed CLI, choose Connect, and complete Claude’s browser sign-in with your subscription account. Select a Claude model and its reasoning effort, then start a task from your Visual Studio 2026 solution. Open Show usage to check your remaining allowance. You can then ask Claude to help with your C# and .NET code from the iolys workspace.

Yes. iolys is a VSIX extension for Visual Studio 2026, and Claude is one of the provider connections it ships with. Install the iolys VSIX once from the Visual Studio Marketplace, then add Claude from the Manage Providers panel; there is no separate VSIX per provider.

Yes, with the iolys extension. It connects the Claude Code CLI to Visual Studio 2026 and uses the Claude Code access included in your eligible subscription against the active C# or .NET solution, with your remaining quota, model and effort controls, tools, and skills in the IDE.

Yes. Add Claude Code (CLI) and sign in with an eligible Claude account that includes Claude Code access. iolys supports the subscription connection for Pro, Max, Team, and Enterprise accounts, subject to your plan and organization’s access settings. Usage counts toward your Claude subscription’s allowance.

No. The Claude Code (CLI) provider uses your Claude subscription sign-in. The separate Anthropic provider is available for API-key access and its own billing.

Yes. Open Show usage from the chat toolbar. ClaudeCode Usage displays both the percentage used and the percentage remaining for each reported window, including the 5-hour and 7-day limits, plus reset times in your local time. Model-specific weekly limits and enabled monthly extra usage appear when Claude reports them.

No. These are account-wide subscription quotas shared across Claude and Claude Code. iolys reads the usage reported by Claude when you open the Usage window; the values are not estimates based on the current chat’s token count.

Yes. Open the model options beside your prompt. Available models and effort levels come from your Claude Code connection. Changing them preserves the conversation’s Claude session.

Use # to reference files, or attach the active document, a selection, or an image. Claude uses the enabled iolys tools to read and edit code, run builds and tests, and work with your solution. Tool activity and permission requests appear in the conversation.

Yes. Web Search and Fetch URL appear under Model Tools and can be enabled independently. Claude also uses iolys skills, including supported project skills from .claude/skills and .agents/skills. Select a skill with /skill:name or allow automatic activation. Claude-specific hooks and shell interpolation are not applied.

No. Install and manage the official CLI locally from Manage Providers in iolys, then choose Connect. iolys manages its own Claude Code installation and sign-in.

Yes. In Manage Providers, select Claude Code (CLI) to compare the installed and latest CLI versions. Select a newer available release to update, or an earlier release to display the Downgrade to action. Selecting a version alone does not install it; apply the change with the corresponding button. iolys manages its own installation, separately from your personal Claude Code installation.

Check the subscription connection and update the managed Claude Code CLI in Manage Providers, then reopen Usage. Usage reporting depends on a compatible CLI and Claude’s quota service. Missing values are shown as unavailable.

Yes. All currently available iolys features are free for personal and commercial use. Your Claude subscription supplies your AI access separately, and Claude’s plan eligibility and usage limits still apply.