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9595| `--json-schema` | Get validated JSON output matching a JSON Schema after the agent completes its workflow (print mode only). See [structured outputs](/docs/en/agent-sdk/structured-outputs). Claude Code exits with an error on an invalid schema and accepts the `format` keyword as an annotation without client-side validation | `claude -p --json-schema '{"type":"object","properties":{...}}' "query"` |
9696| `--maintenance` | Run [Setup hooks](/docs/en/hooks#setup) with the `maintenance` matcher before the session (print mode only) | `claude -p --maintenance "query"` |
9797| `--max-budget-usd` | Maximum dollar amount to spend on API calls before stopping (print mode only). Spend from [subagents](/docs/en/sub-agents) counts toward the cap. Once spend reaches the cap, spawning another subagent fails with `Budget limit reached`, and Claude Code stops background subagents that are still running; the cap-enforcement behaviors require Claude Code v2.1.217 or later | `claude -p --max-budget-usd 5.00 "query"` |
98| `--max-turns` | Limit the number of agentic turns (print mode only). Exits with an error when the limit is reached. No limit by default. With `--input-format stream-json`, a message sent while Claude is working stays queued and runs as its own turn, with its own limit, when the limit ends the current one | `claude -p --max-turns 3 "query"` |
98| `--max-turns` | Limit the number of agentic turns (print mode only). Exits with an error when the limit is reached. No limit by default. With `--input-format stream-json`, a message still queued when the limit ends a turn stays queued and starts a new turn with its own limit | `claude -p --max-turns 3 "query"` |
9999| `--mcp-config` | Load MCP servers from JSON files or strings (space-separated). When you pass this flag with `-p`, Claude Code waits for still-pending servers to connect before running the first turn, up to the [`MCP_TIMEOUT`](/docs/en/env-vars) startup timeout, 30 seconds by default; a server with a [cached tool list](/docs/en/mcp#managing-your-servers) skips the wait and connects on first use. The wait requires Claude Code v2.1.221 or later | `claude --mcp-config ./mcp.json` |
100100| `--model` | Sets the model for the current session with an alias for the latest model (`sonnet`, `opus`, `haiku`, or `fable`) or a model's full name. Overrides the [`model`](/docs/en/settings-reference#model) setting and [`ANTHROPIC_MODEL`](/docs/en/model-config#environment-variables) | `claude --model claude-sonnet-5` |
101101| `--name`, `-n` | Set a display name for the session, shown in `/resume` and the terminal title. You can resume a named session with `claude --resume <name>`. In an interactive session, if another live session on this machine already uses the name, Claude Code applies [a variant of it](/docs/en/sessions#name-your-sessions) instead. <br /><br />[`/rename`](/docs/en/commands) changes the name mid-session and also shows it on the prompt bar | `claude -n "my-feature-work"` |
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