Feature request
Allow users to customize or replace the startup greeting/banner text that Claude Code displays when a session begins.
Use case
When running Claude Code with custom agent mandates (via --agent or .claude/agents/), the agent's first-turn behavior is fully configurable through CLAUDE.md and SessionStart hooks — but the CLI's own greeting text that appears before the agent speaks is hardcoded. For users building multi-agent systems or domain-specific workflows, the generic greeting creates a disconnect between the tool's identity and the agent's identity.
Proposed solution
A configuration option (in .claude/settings.json, a CLI flag, or a per-agent setting) that lets users specify custom greeting text, or suppress the default greeting entirely so the agent's first response serves as the greeting.
Something like:
{
"greeting": "Welcome to HAAK."
}or per-agent in the agent markdown frontmatter:
greeting: "Welcome to HAAK."
or greeting: false to suppress it.
Related issues
This request is specifically about replacement/customization, not just suppression.
Feature request
Allow users to customize or replace the startup greeting/banner text that Claude Code displays when a session begins.
Use case
When running Claude Code with custom agent mandates (via
--agentor.claude/agents/), the agent's first-turn behavior is fully configurable through CLAUDE.md and SessionStart hooks — but the CLI's own greeting text that appears before the agent speaks is hardcoded. For users building multi-agent systems or domain-specific workflows, the generic greeting creates a disconnect between the tool's identity and the agent's identity.Proposed solution
A configuration option (in
.claude/settings.json, a CLI flag, or a per-agent setting) that lets users specify custom greeting text, or suppress the default greeting entirely so the agent's first response serves as the greeting.Something like:
{ "greeting": "Welcome to HAAK." }or per-agent in the agent markdown frontmatter:
or
greeting: falseto suppress it.Related issues
This request is specifically about replacement/customization, not just suppression.