Support claude config in all workspace folders and workspace file directory (multi-root workspaces)

Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened May 8, 2026 by cveld Closed Jun 21, 2026

Feature Request

In multi-root VS Code workspaces, Claude Code only scans the first/primary
workspace folder for claude config such as claude.md, .mcp.json, commands. This makes it unnecessarily hard to configure
Claude in multi-root setups.

Proposed behavior

Claude Code should scan for Claude config in:

  1. All workspace folders listed in the .code-workspace file (not just the first)
  2. The directory containing the .code-workspace file itself
  3. User-level ~/.claude/.mcp.json (currently also not supported in the VS Code extension)

Current behavior

Only the first workspace folder root is scanned. This forces users to place Claude config
in a specific folder that may not be the most logical location
for their project structure.

Environment

  • Claude Code VS Code extension
  • Multi-root workspace

View original on GitHub ↗

This issue has 2 comments on GitHub. Read the full discussion on GitHub ↗