Claude Code in Orca
Claude Code is Anthropic's agentic CLI. Orca runs it as a first-class terminal agent, with account-aware session start, usage tracking, and account hot-swapping.
Setup
- Install Claude Code (
npm i -g @anthropic-ai/claude-codeor follow Anthropic's docs). - Log in once from any terminal.
- Orca picks up
~/.claudeautomatically — no extra config needed.
Launching
In any worktree, open a terminal and pick Claude Code from the agent combobox. Orca launches it with the worktree as the working directory and a status-line hook that emits OSC title events Orca uses for state dots.
Usage & rate limits
Orca reads your local ~/.claude usage state and shows current usage plus rate-limit proximity in the status bar. See Usage & rate-limit tracking.
Account hot-swap
Orca supports multiple Claude accounts and can swap between them in one click, matching the Codex flow. See Hot-swap Codex accounts — the Claude flow is identical in shape.
Hooks & memory
Claude Code supports per-repo hooks and memory files. Orca surfaces these under Agent hooks & memory.