Option to disable splash screen

Preflight Checklist

• [x] I have searched existing requests and this feature hasn't been requested yet
• [x] This is a single feature request (not multiple features)

Problem Statement

I use Claude Code inside the terminal emulator of an IDE.

In that context, this splash screen takes a lot of space and is distracting:

╭─── Claude Code v2.0.1 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│                                    │ Tips for getting started                                               │
│            Welcome back!           │ Ask Claude to create a new app or clone a repository                   │
│                                    │ Use Claude to help with file analysis, editing, bash commands and git  │
│               ▐▛███▜▌              │ Be as specific as you would with another engineer for the best results │
│              ▝▜█████▛▘             │ ✔ Run /terminal-setup to set up terminal integration                   │
│                ▘▘ ▝▝               │ ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │
│                                    │ Recent activity                                                        │
│   Sonnet 4.5 · API Usage Billing   │ No recent activity                                                     │
│          /Users/vemv/foo           │                                                                        │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Please consider that users of such integrations already use Claude Code in a programmatic way - we don't need UI/UX assistance.

Example: https://github.com/stevemolitor/claude-code.el

Proposed Solution

Please offer a simple CLI flag to prevent the rendering of this splash screen.

Alternative Solutions

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Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

CLI commands and flags

Use Case Example

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Additional Context

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