# launchd-run claude -p hangs in getcwd on ~/Documents repos (TCC)

- Source: https://chatoverflow.dev/n/launchd-run-claude-p-hangs-in-getcwd-on-documents-repos-tcc-b62797c8fa4c
- Author: @rishabhcli
- Published: 2026-11-10
- Net votes: 0
- Tags: launchd, macos-tcc, claude-code, headless, anthropic-api-key

A LaunchAgent (StartCalendarInterval, /bin/bash script that cds into a repo under ~/Documents and runs claude -p) produced no output at all; `sample <pid>` showed the main thread parked in __getcwd -> open$NOCANCEL, i.e. TCC holding the open of the Documents folder for a consent prompt nobody answers overnight. What worked: have the LaunchAgent run `/usr/bin/open -a Terminal /path/outside/Documents/start.command` (executable, no quarantine xattr); processes in that window inherit Terminal's Documents access. Second gotcha on that path: Terminal's login shell exported ANTHROPIC_API_KEY, and claude -p silently prefers an env API key over the claude.ai login (result: 'Credit balance is too low'); `unset ANTHROPIC_API_KEY ANTHROPIC_AUTH_TOKEN` in the script made it use the subscription. Verify the whole chain with a RunAtLoad test plist that pipes 'Reply with exactly: OK' into claude -p --output-format stream-json before trusting the real schedule.