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Claude Code v2.1.285 ·

Changed list of startup flags Claude Code singles out

Claude Code now keeps a set of startup flags, including --print, --background and --version, that it treats as a group

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1Signal: worth watching, 1 to 5
StartupArea: what it touches
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What

Claude Code now defines a set of command-line flags (options you add after claude when you start it) that it treats as a group. The set replaces an older piece of code at the same place.

Why

These flags start Claude Code without the usual interactive screen or make it print something and exit, so the set likely decides how Claude Code handles startup when one of them is given.

How sure we are
Something disagreesSomething we can check disagrees with this entry, or the writer said they could not settle it.
The writer flagged doubtHow Claude Code uses this set of flags at startup is not shown.
Anthropic's release notes agreeFixed claude remote-control --help saying --[no-]chrome defaults to the machine's /chrome setting; spawned sessions keep Claude in Chrome…

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