Automating debugging with background tasks in Claude Code

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Claude Code Debugging Automation

How to run servers in the background so Claude Code can read logs directly to detect and fix errors without the need for manual copy-pasting.

Advantages of Direct Log Access

When Claude runs a server in the background, it has full access to the server logs. You no longer need to deal with tedious manual copy-pasting when an error occurs; Claude is already aware of what's happening on the back-end.

Updating Claude Code Version

This background task functionality is a very new feature. If this command doesn't work, ensure you update Claude Code to the latest version to gain access to this capability.

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