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Keyboard Shortcuts Master List

Side-by-side reference for all AI coding tool shortcuts.

GitHub Copilot (VS Code)

Inline Suggestions

Chat

Agent / Smart Actions

Cursor

Cursor merged Chat and Composer into a single Agent side panel in version 0.46. Cursor's shortcut docs list macOS keys; on Windows/Linux, Cmd becomes Ctrl and Opt becomes Alt (for example, Inline Edit is Cmd+K on Mac, Ctrl+K on Windows/Linux).

Agent (Chat)

Tab (Inline Completion)

Editor

Claude Code (Terminal)

Claude Code is terminal-first — these are keyboard shortcuts within the interactive session.

Readline-style editing also works in the prompt: Ctrl+A / Ctrl+E (line start/end), Ctrl+K / Ctrl+U (delete to end/start), Ctrl+W (delete back to whitespace), Ctrl+Y (paste deleted text), and Alt+B / Alt+F (word back/forward).

Vim-style editing is available via /config → Editor mode (the old /vim command was removed).

Useful CLI Shortcuts (Shell)

# Alias for quick access
alias cc="claude"
alias ccp="claude -p"  # non-interactive
 
# Pipe code from clipboard (macOS)
pbpaste | claude -p "Review this code"
 
# Pipe code from clipboard (Linux)
xclip -sel clip -o | claude -p "Review this code"

VS Code Universal Shortcuts (Relevant to AI)

These VS Code shortcuts improve AI workflow regardless of which AI tool you use:

Customizing Shortcuts

Copilot (VS Code)

Ctrl+K Ctrl+S (Cmd+K Cmd+S on macOS), or Command Palette → "Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts" → search "copilot" → rebind the command.

Cursor

Cmd/Ctrl+R then Cmd/Ctrl+S, or Cmd/Ctrl+Shift+P → "Preferences: Open Keyboard Shortcuts" → search for the action you want to rebind.

Cursor uses VS Code's keybinding format in keybindings.json. Look up the command ID in the Keyboard Shortcuts editor:

{
  "key": "ctrl+shift+a",
  "command": "<command-id-from-keyboard-shortcuts-editor>"
}

Claude Code

Run /keybindings to create or open ~/.claude/keybindings.json. Bindings are grouped by context and map keystrokes to namespace:action names; set an action to null to unbind it. Changes apply without restarting.

{
  "$schema": "https://www.schemastore.org/claude-code-keybindings.json",
  "bindings": [
    {
      "context": "Chat",
      "bindings": {
        "ctrl+e": "chat:externalEditor",
        "ctrl+s": null
      }
    }
  ]
}

Ctrl+C and Ctrl+D are reserved and cannot be rebound. Chords such as "ctrl+k ctrl+s" are supported.