⬡ API & SDK/2026-10-21Intermediate
When claude -p Seems to Ignore Its Task, Check Argument Order Before Blaming the Model
A task passed to claude -p is ignored and the agent starts exploring the repo. One GitHub report says swapping -p and --append-system-prompt changed that. Here is a sentinel script that tests whether your instructions arrived, plus calling patterns that don't depend on order.
⟐ Claude Code/2026-09-01Intermediate
Drop the quotes on a heredoc and the prices in your log quietly change
An unquoted heredoc runs the variables and backticks inside its body. Here are the four ways my log got rewritten, how the three quoting forms compare, a safe placeholder-and-sed pattern, and a small script for auditing what you already have.
⟐ Claude Code/2026-08-22Beginner
Handing a long job to another session — and the completion marker for when the notification never arrives
How to use notify_when_idle to hear when another Claude Code session finishes, and a small completion marker that keeps you from waiting forever when the notification is dropped.