# Access Infrastructure Composer from the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code
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Follow the instructions in this topic to access Infrastructure Composer from the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.

**Note**  
Before you can access Infrastructure Composer from the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code, you must first download and install the Toolkit for VS Code. For instructions, see [ Downloading the Toolkit for VS Code](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/downloads.html).

**To access Infrastructure Composer from the Toolkit for VS Code**

You can access Infrastructure Composer in any of the following ways:

1. By selecting the Infrastructure Composer button from any CloudFormation or AWS SAM template.

1. Through the context menu by right-clicking on your CloudFormation or AWS SAM template.

1. From the VS Code Command Palette.

The following is an example of accessing Infrastructure Composer from the Infrastructure Composer button:

![\[Infrastructure Composer being accessed through the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio Code.\]](http://docs.aws.amazon.com/infrastructure-composer/latest/dg/images/aac_intro_07.gif)


For more information on accessing Infrastructure Composer, see [ Accessing AWS Infrastructure Composer from the Toolkit](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/toolkit-for-vscode/latest/userguide/appcomposer-overview.html#appcomposer-overview-access).