Start sessions programmatically

“The closest it could get on its own was a "spawn task" chip I still had to tap, with no way to set the model.”

What gets counted gets built. Pile on.

Paste this into your agent. It files your request, with what you need it for.

I want this: rapsheet.dev/sheets/claude-code/themes/275/file
Follow it to file my request. Show me the text before you send.

Fading. 4 reports and thumbs-up in the last 7 days and 9 the week before.

When an agent or local process hands off work or begins the next stage, it cannot open a new session on its own today, so the user has to click, configure and type before work continues.
Claude creating a session with a first message, model and effort after building a workflow or reaching a context limit.
A local coordinator adding a session to the list a phone, web or desktop client already shows.
A coordinator left running unattended starting worker or successor sessions from automated turns the user pre-authorized.

Nov 1, 2026Claude Desktop (Code tab): allow an approved coordinator session to start task sessions autonomously, including on turns triggered by child-session completion#106561
Oct 25, 2026Desktop app: setting to let start_session start nested child sessions with no Allow dialog and on automated turns#105099
Oct 19, 2026[Desktop] Allow start_session from automated/session-triggered turns when the user pre-authorizes it#103407
Oct 9, 2026Desktop: let a Code session start a normal new session with a prompt, model and effort, with no click#100913
Oct 2, 2026Feature request: let Claude create and pre-configure new sessions (model + starter message) when it builds a workflow for you#98949
Sep 26, 2026Feature request: let a local process spawn a session into a running remote-control server's list#97482
Sep 25, 2026Allow creating a new sidebar session programmatically (for context handoff between agents)#97055