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Send a prompt to Claude and print only the final response text

#claudestream ask

Send a prompt to Claude and print only the final response text

Effect: mutating

#Flags

Flags
NameShortTypePresenceEnvDescription
--model-mstrrequiredClaude model identifier to use for this session (e.g. sonnet)
--profilestrrequiredName of the claudewheel profile for authentication
--cwdstroptionalWorking directory path for the Claude Code process to operate in; when omitted the subprocess inherits this process's directory
--skip-permissions, --no-skip-permissionsbooloptionalBypass all tool permission prompts via --dangerously-skip-permissions (permissions enforced when neither --skip-permissions nor --no-skip-permissions is passed)
--system-prompt-sstroptionalCustom system prompt text to prepend to the session context; when omitted the session carries no custom system prompt
--stdin, --no-stdinbooloptionalRead the prompt text from standard input instead of an argument (the prompt argument is used when neither --stdin nor --no-stdin is passed)
--json-output, --no-json-outputbooloptionalSerialize the AskResult response object as a JSON line on stdout (the response text alone when neither --json-output nor --no-json-output is passed)
--color, --no-colorbooloptionalEnable ANSI colored output for terminal display and formatting (enabled, subject to TTY and NO_COLOR detection, when neither --color nor --no-color is passed)
--from-prstroptionalLoad context from a GitHub pull request identifier to resume; when omitted no pull request context is loaded

#Arguments

Arguments
NameTypePresenceDescription
promptstroptionalThe text prompt to send to the Claude Code session; omit it and pass --stdin to read the prompt from standard input

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