Enhancement: Windows 11 Explorer right-click "Claude from here" context-menu launcher (with effort-level submenu)

Summary

Consider first-class (or officially documented) support for launching a Claude Code session from the Windows 11 File Explorer right-click context menu — "open Claude Code in this folder" — including choosing the reasoning effort level for that session.

Screenshots

The "Claude from here" entry expands to a submenu where you pick the effort level (light and dark mode):

!Claude from here context menu with effort submenu — light mode

!Claude from here context menu with effort submenu — dark mode

Existing community implementation

A working per-user Windows shell extension already does this (sparse MSIX + COM IExplorerCommand, no admin required):

• Upstream: https://github.com/NYBaywatch/claude-from-here
• Fork (adds the effort-level submenu): https://github.com/HuggeK/claude-from-here

It puts a top-level Claude from here entry in the modern Windows 11 context menu that opens Windows Terminal running claude in the right-clicked folder. Works on both folder and folder-background right-click. The fork adds a submenu — Default (system default) / Low / Medium / High / Extra high / Max — that launches the session with claude --effort <level>.

Ask

• First-class Windows 11 Explorer context-menu integration in Claude Code, or
• Link/document this community project for Windows users, or
• Guidance on packaging it as a Claude Code plugin (the plugins/README.md mechanism appears aimed at skills/commands/agents/MCP rather than OS shell extensions).

Filing as an enhancement / discussion starter — not blocking anything.