Solution for VS Code Remote Connection Not Being Able to Use Claude Model

Nov 12, 2025#VS Code42

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Due to Anthropic's restrictions, using the Claude model in GitHub Copilot within VS Code requires special configurations. While local usage is straightforward with a proxy, remote connections to a Linux server face issues accessing the Claude model. The solution involves configuring a proxy on the remote server and adding specific settings to the `~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/settings.json` file, ensuring to use "override" mode for the proxy settings to work effectively with GitHub Copilot.

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Due to Anthropic's blocking policy, using the Claude model in VS Code's Github Copilot requires some special methods.

Locally, there are no issues since I have always mounted a proxy, but if I want to connect remotely to my Linux server to write code, I will find that the Claude model is missing.

Although I looked up some solutions, such as configuring to use local extensions and proxying to local, each has its own issues.

Here’s my solution directly. First, configure the proxy on the remote, then append the following content to the remote file ~/.vscode-server/data/Machine/settings.json:

{
  ...
  "http.proxySupport": "override",
  "http.proxy": "http://localhost:7890",
  "http.proxyStrictSSL": false,
}

You must use override mode; using on will only recommend plugins to use the proxy, but Github Copilot does not comply.