Claude Code GUI: Features Worth Switching From the CLI For

The desktop app does two things the CLI cannot: paste screenshots directly into a conversation, and copy Claude's responses without broken formatting. Both matter every time you move Claude output into a proposal, email, or Notion doc.

Problem 1: Copying Claude's output from the CLI is broken

What happens in the CLI

What happens in the desktop app

Problem 2: The CLI can't handle screenshot paste

What the desktop app enables

Why this matters for GTM work

You can run multiple Claude Code sessions side by side in one window. Two agents working on two different tasks simultaneously, visible in the same workspace without switching tabs.

How to open a split view

Method 1: Right-click

Method 2: Drag

Terminal hotkey

What to use multiple sessions for

Running parallel tasks

Comparing outputs

Before starting a thread, you can add multiple project folders as context. Claude has access to all of them from the start without you changing your working directory between tasks.

How to add multiple folders

Before you start the thread

When this is useful

Working across multiple client projects

Referencing shared resources

Three quick features worth knowing: you can fork any chat thread to explore a different direction, connect other machines on your network to run sessions remotely, and now toggle Opus 4.61 mil off directly in the UI.

Forking a chat

What it does

When to use it

Remote control: running sessions on another machine

What it is

When this is useful

Turning off Opus 4.61 mil

What changed

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