Headless

Running Claude without the chat window: you give it the task in a single command (“claude -p”), it does it, gives you the result and stops. Good for automation.

You’ll also find it as: headless mode

How it appears in the course

“Headless” means Claude works without a chat window. You give it a single command, it does it and stops.
Introduction · Module 10, Claude on autopilot
“Headless” (literally, “without a head”) means Claude works without this conversation window.
What is headless mode? · Module 10, Claude on autopilot
Why are --allowedTools and --max-turns important? When you work in chat, Claude asks you before risky actions. In headless mode there’s nobody there to answer. So you tell it beforehand what it’s allowed to do.
What settings can you give the command? · Module 10, Claude on autopilot

Where you learn it

In module 10 · Claude on autopilot, in the Claude Code for Beginners course.

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