Flowix

Claude Code setup

Claude Code is Anthropic's official CLI tool, with Claude Sonnet / Opus models built in. It's the strongest at tasks like writing, code, and tool use.

Flowix Memo treats Claude Code as an external agent - once connected, you can call it right from your document's cursor position, with no terminal switching, no copying context, and no manual conversation history management. A single document can hold multiple Claude Code cards at once, each tracking its own conversation stream independently.

1. Install Claude Code

Prerequisites:

  • You need Node.js 18 or newer installed
  • macOS users are recommended to install Node.js via nvm or Homebrew (brew install node). Installing from the standalone package is not recommended (you may run into permission issues later)
  • Windows users also need Git for Windows

Open a terminal and install Claude Code:

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code

Update to the latest version:

claude update

Note: If you hit permission issues during installation on macOS, install Node.js via nvm. After a successful install, you still need to complete "2. Using Claude Code in Flowix Memo" below - don't run the claude command directly first (it may fail due to network or regional restrictions).

1.1 macOS

Step 1: Install Node.js 18+

brew install node

Step 2: Install the Claude Code CLI globally

npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code
  1. Verify the install: run claude --version; a version number means the CLI is OK.
  2. End-to-end check: run claude "say hello" in the terminal; a normal response means CLI + API key + PATH are all working.

1.2 Windows 11

  1. Install Node.js 18+: download the LTS version from nodejs.org and check Add to PATH during installation.
  2. Install Git for Windows.
  3. Install the CLI globally: run npm install -g @anthropic-ai/claude-code in an administrator PowerShell.
  4. Verify the install: claude --version; a version number means the CLI is OK.
  5. Update (optional): claude update.
  6. Configure the API key: This PC > Properties > Advanced system settings > Environment variables > New, variable name ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, variable value sk-ant-....
  7. End-to-end check: open a new terminal and run claude "say hello"; a normal response means CLI + API key + PATH are all working.

2. Using Claude Code in Flowix Memo

Once the CLI is installed, Flowix detects it automatically - no extra configuration needed.

2.1 Insert an agent card via command

Type / anywhere in a document to bring up the agent type menu, then select Claude Code. The system inserts a draggable agent card.

2.2 AI agent conversation

Call it right from the document's cursor position - no terminal switching, no copying context, and no manual conversation history management.