Claude Code commands and subcommands

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Start the self-hosted Claude apps gateway server, for administrators deploying SSO and policy in front of Claude Code. Requires --config pointing at a gateway.yaml.

Install or reinstall the native binary.

A version like 2.1.118, or stable or latest

Sign in to your Anthropic account.

--email, --sso, --console

Log out from your Anthropic account

Show authentication status as JSON. Exits with code 0 if logged in, 1 if not.

--text for human-readable output

Open agent view to monitor and dispatch parallel background sessions.

--cwd <path>, --json, --all

Attach to a background session in this terminal.

Print the built-in auto mode classifier rules as JSON.

--label <prefix>

Restore the default auto mode configuration by removing the autoMode section from your user settings file.

-y, --yes

Follow the background-session supervisor's log file, ~/.claude/daemon.log.

Run the background-session supervisor in the foreground of this terminal, printing its log.

Print the background-session supervisor's state, version, socket directory, and worker count. Exits 1 if the supervisor isn't running.

Stop the background-session supervisor and the sessions it hosts.

--keep-workers

Print read-only installation and settings diagnostics from the terminal without starting a session.

Start an interactive session that runs /import to bring configuration from other coding agents into Claude Code.

--dry-run, --yes

Print recent output from a background session.

Configure Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers

Run a configured MCP server's OAuth flow without opening the interactive /mcp panel.

--no-browser

Clear stored OAuth credentials for an MCP server

Manage Claude Code plugins. Alias: claude plugins.

Delete all local Claude Code state for a project: transcripts, task lists, debug logs, file-edit history, prompt history lines, and the project's entry in ~/.claude.json.

--dry-run, -y/--yes, -i/--interactive, --all

Start a Remote Control server to control Claude Code from Claude.ai or the Claude app. Runs in server mode.

Restart a background session, running or stopped, with its conversation intact.

--all

Remove a background session from the list.

--discard-unpushed <commit>@<worktree-id>, --force-remove-worktree <worktree-id>

Start a runner process that registers this machine or container with a self-hosted environment and hosts Claude Code cloud sessions.

setup, doctor, orchestrator

Generate a long-lived OAuth token for CI and scripts. Requires a Claude subscription.

Stop a background session. Also accepts claude kill.

Run ultrareview non-interactively. Prints findings to stdout and exits 0 on success or 1 on failure.

--json, --timeout <minutes> (default 45), --post, --no-post

Add an MCP server. For stdio servers, -- separates Claude's own options such as --transport, --env, and --scope from the server command.

--transport http|sse|stdio, --scope local|project|user, --env KEY=value, --header

Add an MCP server directly from a JSON configuration.

Import MCP servers already configured in Claude Desktop, then select which servers to import.

List all configured MCP servers.

Get details for a specific MCP server.

Remove an MCP server. Removing a remote server also deletes the OAuth tokens and client registration stored for it.

Start Claude Code itself as a stdio MCP server that other applications can connect to.

Reset the approval choices for project-scoped servers from .mcp.json files.

Scaffold a new plugin at ~/.claude/skills/<name>/.

--description <text>, --author <name>, --author-email <email>, --with <components...>, -f/--force

Install a plugin from one of your marketplaces.

-s/--scope user|project|local (default user), --config <key=value>, -y/--yes, --accept-command, --json, --marketplace

Remove an installed plugin from one scope.

-s/--scope, --keep-data, --prune, -y/--yes, --json

Enable a disabled plugin.

-s/--scope, --json

Disable a plugin without uninstalling it.

-a/--all, -s/--scope, --json

Update a plugin to the latest version its marketplace offers.

-s/--scope user|project|local|managed, -y/--yes, --accept-command, --json

List installed plugins with their version, scope, and status.

--json, --available, --data-size [plugin]

Show a plugin's component inventory and its projected token cost.

Show an installed plugin's userConfig options and which are set, or save new values.

--values-stdin, --json

Remove auto-installed dependencies that no installed plugin needs.

-s/--scope, --dry-run

Run a plugin's eval cases and report scored results.

--runs <n>, -j/--concurrency

Create an eval suite for the plugin in the current directory.

--bare, -i/--interactive

Create an annotated git tag named <name>--v<version> for a plugin.

--push, --dry-run, -f/--force

Run the tests for a mod, a plugin whose code registers event handlers.

Validate a plugin manifest, a marketplace manifest, or the skills in a directory.

--strict, --json

Add a marketplace from a GitHub repository, a git URL, a hosted URL, or a local path.

--scope <scope>, --sparse <paths...>, --claudeai, --json

List every marketplace you've added, with its source.

--json

Remove a marketplace's declaration from your settings.

--scope <scope>, --json