Claude code booted out of sidebar

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Hi all,

I use Claude code a lot alongside projects because not all of them are my own and we use shared chats and stuff. Anyway, I’ve opened cursor in the past couple of days and it’s impossible to get Claude code to sit in the sidebar, it’s been booted out and now occupies a tiny space in the lower left of the explorer window?

Like I’ve managed to use the command pallette to move claude to the main editor, as a side editor, but the whole point of the right side is to host the chat and I can’t click and drag it there anymore. It just refuses to let me move anything around.

Works fine on normal visual code.

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks,
Gergy

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Where does the bug appear (feature/product)?

  • Editor, Tab & Chat (autocomplete, Composer, in-editor agent)
  • Terminal & commands
  • Models, pricing & API keys (availability, Auto/Max, BYOK/Bedrock)
  • MCP & tools
  • Cloud Agents & Automations (cursor.com/agents, scheduled/event)
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Describe the Bug
Claude code (and possibly other plugins) no longer occupy the dedicated agent sidebar in the IDE

Steps to Reproduce
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  1. Have claude code installed
  2. Open cursor
  3. Claude code no longer exists in the side bar

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Opening the IDE, I should be able to move claude code into the agent sidebar

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Operating System

  • Windows 10/11
  • MacOS
  • Linux

Version Information

  • For Cursor IDE: Menu → About Cursor → Copy
  • For Cursor CLI: Run agent about in your terminal
Version: 3.17.19 (user setup)
VS Code Extension API: 1.128.0
Commit: ae3a2b7231dd56194447fe4570dfdc61640b1e90
Date: 2026-08-24T06:42:14.583Z
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Build Type: Stable
Release Track: Default
Electron: 40.10.3
Chromium: 144.0.7559.236
Node.js: 24.15.0
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Does this stop you from using Cursor?

  • Yes - Cursor is unusable
  • Sometimes - I can sometimes use Cursor
  • No - Cursor works, but with this issue it makes me not want to use the IDE anymore and move back to VS for these projects
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Hey, thanks for the report. From the screenshot, I can see Claude Code got moved into a small section at the bottom of the Explorer. That’s expected after a recent update, not something broken in your setup.

The right panel where Cursor’s agent tabs live is now reserved for its own agent UI, so extension panels like Claude Code can’t be dragged there anymore. Drag just won’t work, and the panel drops into the fallback spot at the bottom of the Explorer.

You can still move it back next to the agent tabs, just not via drag. Use the Command Palette:

  • Ctrl+Shift+P
  • Run View: Move View
  • Select Claude Code
  • For the destination, select Secondary Side Bar Entry

It should appear next to the agent panel again and keep its position after restarts. This also worked for other users in this thread: Claude Code extension no longer appears in the right sidebar after Cursor 3.15.6 update

Let me know if it doesn’t work.

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Hey there’ I’ve looked into this extensively and I’m stuck on “Select Claude Code”
It doesn’t show in the list at all for me - I can only get the management interface to show. The Claude code chat itself doesn’t show in the list for me to move it to the sidebar so I’m a bit lost. If I close that management tool on the right, claude code doesn’t even show up at all

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Hey, thanks for coming back with a screenshot. It makes it clear where you’re getting stuck.

That Claude Code entry you see in the list, and that’s already sitting in the Secondary Side Bar, is the only view the extension exposes for moving. It’s basically a session control panel. There isn’t a separate view for the chat itself, which is why you can’t select it. Claude Code sessions open as editor tabs, not as a separate dockable panel. That’s how the extension is integrated right now, so the chat just won’t show up in the Move View list.

So nothing is broken in your setup. You did everything right, you’re just hitting a limitation of the extension. Another user ran into the same thing in this thread: Claude Code extension no longer appears in the right sidebar after Cursor 3.15.6 update (the part about New Session still opening in the editor).

The closest workaround for your workflow is to keep the Claude Code chat tab in a right-side editor split. Open a session, then drag its tab to the right to create a persistent column next to the Cursor agent. It’s not the same as the old docking, but it’s close.

I’ll pass this on as feedback. I can’t promise an ETA, but if there’s an update on the behavior, I’ll reply here. Let me know if the split option won’t work for what you need.