Vibe CodingHeadless Mode
Running an AI coding agent from a script or command line, without its interactive chat interface, so it can be triggered automatically — for example, in a CI pipeline.
Most coding agents default to an interactive mode: you type a request, watch it work, and respond to prompts. Headless mode strips that interface away — you pass in a task via a command-line flag or script, the agent runs to completion (or a defined stopping point) unattended, and the result comes back as output you can capture programmatically.
This is what makes it possible to wire an agent into automation: a CI job that asks an agent to fix a failing lint check, a script that runs the same review task across dozens of repos, or a scheduled job that summarizes new issues every morning.
Why it matters
Headless runs are convenient for automation but remove the human-in-the-loop checkpoint entirely, so they’re worth pairing with sandboxing and a tightly scoped task rather than an open-ended one.