How Claude Code actually behaves when you stop watching it.

Claude Code permission modes, explained

The six modes the CLI accepts, what each one stops asking about, and how to pick one for unattended runs.

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Why Claude Code stalls waiting for permission

A blocked agent isn't working. The arithmetic on notification latency, and the four fixes ranked by what they cost you.

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Is --dangerously-skip-permissions safe?

What the flag actually turns off, what an agent inherits from your shell, and when bypassing is defensible.

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How to run multiple Claude Code agents in parallel

Worktrees, --bg background agents, tmux, separate clones — what each costs, and the bottleneck they all share.

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Claude Code notifications on macOS

Six ways to get told an agent is blocked, from a terminal bell to a phone push — and where each one drops the signal.

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Driving Claude Code headlessly with stream-json

Run claude as a subprocess and speak JSONL: event types, control_request permissions, and how to answer them.

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claude settings.json: an annotated reference

Where the files live, how scopes merge, and what each key that matters actually does.

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Claude Code hooks: a practical guide

All thirteen hook events, the stdin/stdout contract, and scripts you can paste in today.

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Building a custom Claude Code statusline

The complete stdin JSON schema (context window, rate limits, PR, worktree) and a script that uses it.

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Claude Code GUIs and desktop apps: how to choose

Three categories, not one market: workspaces, ambient notifiers, and the terminal. Which problem are you solving?

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