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107107You can also open a deep link from a shell script, alias, or automation rather than by clicking it. Call your operating system's URL-opening command with the link as the argument. These commands rely on the handler that Claude Code [registers](#registration-and-supported-platforms) on the machine.
108108 
109**macOS**
109> [tab] macOS
110>
111> The built-in `open` command passes the URL to the registered `claude-cli://` handler:
112>
113> ```bash theme={null}
114> open "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
115> ```
116>
117> On success, a new terminal window opens with Claude Code running and the prompt pre-filled.
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111The built-in `open` command passes the URL to the registered `claude-cli://` handler:
119> [tab] Linux
120>
121> Most desktop environments provide `xdg-open`, which passes the URL to the registered handler:
122>
123> ```bash theme={null}
124> xdg-open "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
125> ```
126>
127> On success, a new terminal window opens with Claude Code running and the prompt pre-filled. If the shell reports that `xdg-open` isn't found, see [Troubleshooting](#xdg-open-is-not-found-on-linux).
112128 
113```bash theme={null}
114open "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
115```
116 
117On success, a new terminal window opens with Claude Code running and the prompt pre-filled.
118 
119**Linux**
120 
121Most desktop environments provide `xdg-open`, which passes the URL to the registered handler:
122 
123```bash theme={null}
124xdg-open "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
125```
126 
127On success, a new terminal window opens with Claude Code running and the prompt pre-filled. If the shell reports that `xdg-open` isn't found, see [Troubleshooting](#xdg-open-is-not-found-on-linux).
128 
129**Windows**
130 
131In PowerShell, `Start-Process` passes the URL to the registered handler:
132 
133```powershell theme={null}
134Start-Process "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
135```
136 
137In `cmd.exe`, `start` treats its first quoted argument as a window title, so pass an empty title before the URL:
138 
139```cmd theme={null}
140start "" "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
141```
142 
143On success, a new terminal window opens with Claude Code running and the prompt pre-filled.
129> [tab] Windows
130>
131> In PowerShell, `Start-Process` passes the URL to the registered handler:
132>
133> ```powershell theme={null}
134> Start-Process "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
135> ```
136>
137> In `cmd.exe`, `start` treats its first quoted argument as a window title, so pass an empty title before the URL:
138>
139> ```cmd theme={null}
140> start "" "claude-cli://open?repo=acme/payments&q=review%20open%20PRs"
141> ```
142>
143> On success, a new terminal window opens with Claude Code running and the prompt pre-filled.
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145145## Registration and supported platforms
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