Part Two — Connect Your Editor
From here, the computer guide is your instruction set. Work through it with the differences below.
Almost all of it applies exactly as written — you still install an editor, still install Whispr Flow, still install the Claude Code extension, still paste the deployment prompt, still run the whole diagnostic.
Three things change, and one thing gets added.
| Step | What changes |
|---|---|
| 0 — Prerequisites | Same |
| 1 — Project folder | Changes. Your folder lives on the server, not in Documents. You create it after you connect. |
| 2 — Choose an editor | Same. Install VS Code on your laptop as described. |
| 3 — Whispr Flow | Same. It is a local app that types into whatever window you are in, so it works identically with a folder on a server. |
| 4 — Git Bash | Skip it. Git Bash exists in that guide because Claude Code on Windows runs through a bash shell. Yours runs on Linux, on the server, so the requirement went with it. You do need an SSH client — Windows 10 and later already include one. |
| NEW | Install Remote-SSH and connect — below |
| 5 — Claude Code | Same, with the wrinkle below. Subscription and sign-in are identical. |
| 6 — Open the folder | Same action, remote folder. |
| 7 — Deployment prompt | Identical. |
| 8–13 — The diagnostic | Identical. About 45 minutes, and it is the part that makes the system yours rather than generic. Do not rush it and do not give short answers — the quality of what you get out is set right here. |
The new step — Remote-SSH
Section titled “The new step — Remote-SSH”This is the only genuinely new thing, and it is what lets the rest of that guide work unchanged.
You end up with two extensions: Remote-SSH on your laptop, Claude Code on the server.
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In VS Code, open Extensions (four squares) and search Remote - SSH. Install it. Published by Microsoft.
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Press F1, type
Remote-SSH: Connect to Host, and enteryourname@your-server.your-tailnet.ts.net. It uses the key from Step 1, so there is nothing new to set up. Make sure Tailscale is running. -
A new VS Code window opens. Look at the bottom-left corner — it should show a green box reading
SSH: your-server. That green box is how you know you are working on the server and not your laptop. Check it whenever you are unsure. -
In that remote window: Terminal → New Terminal, and run
mkdir -p ~/bos. Then File → Open Folder, select/home/yourname/bos, click OK. Trust the authors if asked. -
Now install the Claude Code extension. Open Extensions in this remote window, search Claude Code, and the button will read Install in SSH: your-server instead of the usual Install.