Plan editor should respect $EDITOR environment variable
Resolved 💬 1 comment Opened Apr 1, 2026 by paulchiu Closed Apr 1, 2026
Summary
When editing a plan in Claude Code, the built-in plan editor is used rather than the user's configured $EDITOR environment variable.
Expected behavior
Claude Code should respect $EDITOR (or $VISUAL) and open plan files in the user's preferred editor (e.g., nvim, vim, code).
Current behavior
The plan editor uses its own built-in editing experience, ignoring the user's shell environment configuration.
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