Claude Code

Keep Claude Working After You Close the Terminal

One flag starts a Claude session that keeps running with no terminal open. How to start it, list every session, reopen one by part of its name, read what it did, and the two catches

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Claude Code can run a session in the background, so it keeps working after you close the terminal. Most people leave a window open and watch. Here is how to start one, find it again, and what to watch out for.

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Unlocks: Step 1: start a background session · Step 2: find it again · The catches · Sources

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