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Once Claudette is installed and your API key is configured, you can ask Claude a question in seconds. This page walks you through asking your first question, using selected text as context, and working with multiple chat views.

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Ask your first question

1

Open the command palette

Open the command palette with the keyboard shortcut for your operating system:
PlatformShortcut
MacCmd + Shift + P
WindowsCtrl + Shift + P
LinuxCtrl + Shift + P
2

Run Claudette: Ask Question

Type Claudette: Ask Question and press Enter. An input panel appears at the bottom of the editor with the prompt Ask Claude:.
3

Type your question and submit

Type your question and press Enter to send it. Claude’s response streams into a chat view that opens alongside your editor.Use Shift + Enter to insert a line break in your question without sending it.

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Use selected text as context

If you highlight code or text in the editor before running Ask Question, Claudette automatically includes your selection in the request to Claude. You do not need to copy and paste anything manually. For example, select a function in your file, open the command palette, run Claudette: Ask Question, and ask What does this function do?. Claude receives both your question and the selected code.

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Ask a question from a chat view

Once a chat view is open, you can ask follow-up questions directly without reopening the command palette.
Press Enter in a chat view to open the Ask Claude: input panel. This is the fastest way to continue a conversation.

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Open a new chat view

Use Claudette: Ask Question In New Chat View to start a fresh conversation in a separate view. This is useful when you want to keep conversations focused — for example, one chat for a specific bug and another for a different feature. If the current chat view already contains a conversation, Claudette opens a new view automatically. Each chat view has its own independent context and message history.

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Add a keyboard shortcut

Claudette does not add keyboard shortcuts by default. You can define your own in Preferences > Key Bindings. For Mac, add the following to your key bindings file to trigger Ask Question with Cmd + K, Cmd + C: 
[
  {
    "keys": ["super+k", "super+c"],
    "command": "claudette_ask_question"
  }
]
For Linux and Windows, use Ctrl instead of Cmd: 
[
  {
    "keys": ["ctrl+k", "ctrl+c"],
    "command": "claudette_ask_question"
  }
]

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Next steps

Manage context

Add files and folders to the chat so Claude has broader knowledge of your project.

Switch models

Choose between Claude Haiku, Sonnet, and Opus depending on your speed and cost preferences.

System prompts

Create custom system prompts to tune Claude’s behavior for specific tasks.

Chat history

Export your conversations to JSON and import them to continue later.

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