[DOCS] Agent view docs omit `claude agents --json` for scripted session listing

Documentation Type

Missing documentation (feature not documented)

Documentation Location

https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-view

Section/Topic

"Manage sessions from the shell" and the claude agents command reference

Current Documentation

The docs currently say:

Every background session has a short ID you can use from the shell. The ID is printed when you start a session with claude --bg, and each session's ID is its directory name under ~/.claude/jobs/. These commands are useful for scripting or when you don't want to open agent view. | claude agents | Open agent view | | claude agents --cwd <path> | Open agent view scoped to sessions started under <path> |

The CLI reference also currently says:

| claude agents | Open agent view to monitor and dispatch parallel background sessions. Use --cwd <path> to show only sessions started under that directory. Pass --permission-mode, --model, or --effort to set defaults for dispatched sessions. Accepts --settings, --add-dir, --plugin-dir, and --mcp-config like the top-level claude command. Requires an interactive terminal |

What's Wrong or Missing?

The v2.1.145 release notes add claude agents --json to list live Claude sessions as JSON for scripting, but the main docs still describe claude agents only as an interactive agent-view entry point.

That leaves the scripting-oriented session-management docs missing the supported machine-readable command for:

• session pickers
• status bars
• tmux-resurrect or similar restore tooling

The current pages also do not explain whether --cwd can be combined with --json, or position claude agents --json as the supported alternative to inferring session state from local files such as ~/.claude/daemon/roster.json and ~/.claude/jobs/<id>/state.json.

Suggested Improvement

Add claude agents --json to both:

1. the claude agents row in the CLI reference
2. the "Manage sessions from the shell" table in agent view

Document at least:

• that claude agents --json lists live/background sessions as JSON for scripting
• whether --cwd <path> also works with --json
• one short example such as claude agents --json for a session picker or status-bar integration

Impact

Medium - Makes feature difficult to understand

Additional Context

Affected Pages:

| Page | Line(s) | Context |
|------|---------|---------|
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-view | 395-400 | The shell-management section says these commands are useful for scripting, but it lists only claude agents and claude agents --cwd <path> |
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-view | 429-433 | The same page points readers to local state files such as ~/.claude/daemon/roster.json and ~/.claude/jobs/<id>/state.json, but does not document the new JSON CLI output |
| https://code.claude.com/docs/en/cli-reference | 27 | The claude agents command entry documents interactive usage and --cwd, but not --json |

Total scope: 2 pages affected

The missing flag is specifically relevant to the v2.1.145 addition of claude agents --json for scripted session listing.