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Problem Statement

Feature request: Render LaTeX/math in the chat panel

The assistant chat panel (VSCode extension) renders GitHub-flavored markdown but does not typeset math. Inline $...$ and display $$...$$ are shown as raw source instead of rendered equations.

Please add a math rendering engine (e.g. KaTeX or MathJax) to the chat message renderer, matching the $...$ / $$...$$ (and ideally ```math fenced-block) syntax that VSCode's built-in Markdown Preview already supports.

Proposed Solution

I'd like claude code extension in vscode, in the chat panel, make the Latex equations to render with additional math engine. so that the math expressions can be rendered directly in the chat panel, not in raw latex format.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

Configuration and settings

Use Case Example

I'm going though a scientific code repository and let claude to extract key math expressions, I need them to be rendered directly in the chat panel so a direct display can be seen

Additional Context

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