Does OpenClaude has any non-interactive/headless mode?

[NomiJ]

Hi,
Our application currently uses non-interactive single-prompt mode
claude -dangerously-skip-permissions -p "<prompt>"
OpenClaude appears to be interactive-terminal. Is there's any equivalent of -p for piping a prompt in and getting output back.

[r00t-]

-p mode is right here:

openclaude/src/main.tsx

Line 928 in 343cd1a

}).addOption(new Option('-d2e, --debug-to-stderr', 'Enable debug mode (to stderr)').argParser(Boolean).hideHelp()).option('--debug-file <path>', 'Write debug logs to a specific file path (implicitly enables debug mode)', () => true).option('--verbose', 'Override verbose mode setting from config', () => true).option('-p, --print', 'Print response and exit (useful for pipes). Note: The workspace trust dialog is skipped when Claude is run with the -p mode. Only use this flag in directories you trust.', () => true).option('--bare', 'Minimal mode: skip hooks, LSP, plugin sync, attribution, auto-memory, background prefetches, keychain reads, and CLAUDE.md auto-discovery. Sets CLAUDE_CODE_SIMPLE=1. Anthropic auth is strictly ANTHROPIC_API_KEY or apiKeyHelper via --settings (OAuth and keychain are never read). 3P providers (Bedrock/Vertex/Foundry) use their own credentials. Skills still resolve via /skill-name. Explicitly provide context via: --system-prompt[-file], --append-system-prompt[-file], --add-dir (CLAUDE.md dirs), --mcp-config, --settings, --agents, --plugin-dir.', () => true).addOption(new Option('--init', 'Run Setup hooks with init trigger, then continue').hideHelp()).addOption(new Option('--init-only', 'Run Setup and SessionStart:startup hooks, then exit').hideHelp()).addOption(new Option('--maintenance', 'Run Setup hooks with maintenance trigger, then continue').hideHelp()).addOption(new Option('--output-format <format>', 'Output format (only works with --print): "text" (default), "json" (single result), or "stream-json" (realtime streaming)').choices(['text', 'json', 'stream-json'])).addOption(new Option('--json-schema <schema>', 'JSON Schema for structured output validation. ' + 'Example: {"type":"object","properties":{"name":{"type":"string"}},"required":["name"]}').argParser(String)).option('--include-hook-events', 'Include all hook lifecycle events in the output stream (only works with --output-format=stream-json)', () => true).option('--include-partial-messages', 'Include partial message chunks as they arrive (only works with --print and --output-format=stream-json)', () => true).addOption(new Option('--input-format <format>', 'Input format (only works with --print): "text" (default), or "stream-json" (realtime streaming input)').choices(['text', 'stream-json'])).option('--mcp-debug', '[DEPRECATED. Use --debug instead] Enable MCP debug mode (shows MCP server errors)', () => true).option('--dangerously-skip-permissions', 'Bypass all permission checks. Recommended only for sandboxes with no internet access.', () => true).option('--allow-dangerously-skip-permissions', 'Enable bypassing all permission checks as an option, without it being enabled by default. Recommended only for sandboxes with no internet access.', () => true).addOption(new Option('--thinking <mode>', 'Thinking mode: enabled (equivalent to adaptive), disabled').choices(['enabled', 'adaptive', 'disabled']).hideHelp()).addOption(new Option('--max-thinking-tokens <tokens>', '[DEPRECATED. Use --thinking instead for newer models] Maximum number of thinking tokens (only works with --print)').argParser(Number).hideHelp()).addOption(new Option('--max-turns <turns>', 'Maximum number of agentic turns in non-interactive mode. This will early exit the conversation after the specified number of turns. (only works with --print)').argParser(Number).hideHelp()).addOption(new Option('--max-budget-usd <amount>', 'Maximum dollar amount to spend on API calls (only works with --print)').argParser(value => {

openclaude/src/main.tsx

Line 2535 in 343cd1a

// --print mode

openclaude/src/main.tsx

Lines 3834 to 3842 in 343cd1a

	// -p/--print mode: skip subcommand registration. The 52 subcommands
	// (mcp, auth, plugin, skill, task, config, doctor, update, etc.) are
	// never dispatched in print mode — commander routes the prompt to the
	// default action. The subcommand registration path was measured at ~65ms
	// on baseline — mostly the isBridgeEnabled() call (25ms settings Zod parse
	// + 40ms sync keychain subprocess), both hidden by the try/catch that
	// always returns false before enableConfigs(). cc:// URLs are rewritten to
	// `open` at main() line ~851 BEFORE this runs, so argv check is safe here.
	const isPrintMode = process.argv.includes('-p') || process.argv.includes('--print');

https://github.com/Gitlawb/openclaude/blob/main/src/cli/print.ts

but it appears to be broken, it ignores the environment settings and always uses opengateway

[r00t-]

i got my setup to work now, wthout finding out why it was not working before.