diff --git a/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts b/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts
index 65176754..6d5442aa 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts
+++ b/packages/adapter-utils/src/types.ts
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export interface CreateConfigValues {
   promptTemplate: string;
   model: string;
   thinkingEffort: string;
+  chrome: boolean;
   dangerouslySkipPermissions: boolean;
   search: boolean;
   dangerouslyBypassSandbox: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/index.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/index.ts
index 57a9b0c7..b9f09555 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/index.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ Core fields:
 - cwd (string, optional): default absolute working directory fallback for the agent process
 - model (string, optional): Claude model id
 - effort (string, optional): reasoning effort passed via --effort (low|medium|high)
+- chrome (boolean, optional): pass --chrome when running Claude
 - promptTemplate (string, optional): run prompt template
 - bootstrapPromptTemplate (string, optional): first-run prompt template
 - maxTurnsPerRun (number, optional): max turns for one run
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
index 0b1b7922..d260018a 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/execute.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import {
   parseClaudeStreamJson,
   describeClaudeFailure,
   detectClaudeLoginRequired,
+  isClaudeMaxTurnsResult,
   isClaudeUnknownSessionError,
 } from "./parse.js";
 
@@ -263,6 +264,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
   const bootstrapTemplate = asString(config.bootstrapPromptTemplate, promptTemplate);
   const model = asString(config.model, "");
   const effort = asString(config.effort, "");
+  const chrome = asBoolean(config.chrome, false);
   const maxTurns = asNumber(config.maxTurnsPerRun, 0);
   const dangerouslySkipPermissions = asBoolean(config.dangerouslySkipPermissions, false);
 
@@ -315,6 +317,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
     const args = ["--print", "-", "--output-format", "stream-json", "--verbose"];
     if (resumeSessionId) args.push("--resume", resumeSessionId);
     if (dangerouslySkipPermissions) args.push("--dangerously-skip-permissions");
+    if (chrome) args.push("--chrome");
     if (model) args.push("--model", model);
     if (effort) args.push("--effort", effort);
     if (maxTurns > 0) args.push("--max-turns", String(maxTurns));
@@ -439,6 +442,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
         ...(workspaceRepoRef ? { repoRef: workspaceRepoRef } : {}),
       } as Record<string, unknown>)
       : null;
+    const clearSessionForMaxTurns = isClaudeMaxTurnsResult(parsed);
 
     return {
       exitCode: proc.exitCode,
@@ -460,7 +464,7 @@ export async function execute(ctx: AdapterExecutionContext): Promise<AdapterExec
       costUsd: parsedStream.costUsd ?? asNumber(parsed.total_cost_usd, 0),
       resultJson: parsed,
       summary: parsedStream.summary || asString(parsed.result, ""),
-      clearSession: Boolean(opts.clearSessionOnMissingSession && !resolvedSessionId),
+      clearSession: clearSessionForMaxTurns || Boolean(opts.clearSessionOnMissingSession && !resolvedSessionId),
     };
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/index.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/index.ts
index 3cc14742..b2c15c28 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 export { execute, runClaudeLogin } from "./execute.js";
 export { testEnvironment } from "./test.js";
-export { parseClaudeStreamJson, describeClaudeFailure, isClaudeUnknownSessionError } from "./parse.js";
+export {
+  parseClaudeStreamJson,
+  describeClaudeFailure,
+  isClaudeMaxTurnsResult,
+  isClaudeUnknownSessionError,
+} from "./parse.js";
 import type { AdapterSessionCodec } from "@paperclip/adapter-utils";
 
 function readNonEmptyString(value: unknown): string | null {
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/parse.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/parse.ts
index 9826815e..30c12015 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/parse.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/server/parse.ts
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ export function describeClaudeFailure(parsed: Record<string, unknown>): string |
   return parts.length > 1 ? parts.join(": ") : null;
 }
 
+export function isClaudeMaxTurnsResult(parsed: Record<string, unknown> | null | undefined): boolean {
+  if (!parsed) return false;
+
+  const subtype = asString(parsed.subtype, "").trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (subtype === "error_max_turns") return true;
+
+  const stopReason = asString(parsed.stop_reason, "").trim().toLowerCase();
+  if (stopReason === "max_turns") return true;
+
+  const resultText = asString(parsed.result, "").trim();
+  return /max(?:imum)?\s+turns?/i.test(resultText);
+}
+
 export function isClaudeUnknownSessionError(parsed: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
   const resultText = asString(parsed.result, "").trim();
   const allMessages = [resultText, ...extractClaudeErrorMessages(parsed)]
diff --git a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/build-config.ts b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/build-config.ts
index 0dcb0533..41c4f036 100644
--- a/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/build-config.ts
+++ b/packages/adapters/claude-local/src/ui/build-config.ts
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ export function buildClaudeLocalConfig(v: CreateConfigValues): Record<string, un
   if (v.bootstrapPrompt) ac.bootstrapPromptTemplate = v.bootstrapPrompt;
   if (v.model) ac.model = v.model;
   if (v.thinkingEffort) ac.effort = v.thinkingEffort;
+  if (v.chrome) ac.chrome = true;
   ac.timeoutSec = 0;
   ac.graceSec = 15;
   const env = parseEnvBindings(v.envBindings);
diff --git a/server/src/__tests__/claude-local-adapter.test.ts b/server/src/__tests__/claude-local-adapter.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a67a30a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/server/src/__tests__/claude-local-adapter.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from "vitest";
+import { isClaudeMaxTurnsResult } from "@paperclip/adapter-claude-local/server";
+
+describe("claude_local max-turn detection", () => {
+  it("detects max-turn exhaustion by subtype", () => {
+    expect(
+      isClaudeMaxTurnsResult({
+        subtype: "error_max_turns",
+        result: "Reached max turns",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("detects max-turn exhaustion by stop_reason", () => {
+    expect(
+      isClaudeMaxTurnsResult({
+        stop_reason: "max_turns",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(true);
+  });
+
+  it("returns false for non-max-turn results", () => {
+    expect(
+      isClaudeMaxTurnsResult({
+        subtype: "success",
+        stop_reason: "end_turn",
+      }),
+    ).toBe(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/src/adapters/claude-local/config-fields.tsx b/ui/src/adapters/claude-local/config-fields.tsx
index 603f0b71..f7887279 100644
--- a/ui/src/adapters/claude-local/config-fields.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/adapters/claude-local/config-fields.tsx
@@ -24,6 +24,20 @@ export function ClaudeLocalAdvancedFields({
 }: AdapterConfigFieldsProps) {
   return (
     <>
+      <ToggleField
+        label="Enable Chrome"
+        hint={help.chrome}
+        checked={
+          isCreate
+            ? values!.chrome
+            : eff("adapterConfig", "chrome", config.chrome === true)
+        }
+        onChange={(v) =>
+          isCreate
+            ? set!({ chrome: v })
+            : mark("adapterConfig", "chrome", v)
+        }
+      />
       <ToggleField
         label="Skip permissions"
         hint={help.dangerouslySkipPermissions}
diff --git a/ui/src/components/agent-config-defaults.ts b/ui/src/components/agent-config-defaults.ts
index f149e95d..b94c23ea 100644
--- a/ui/src/components/agent-config-defaults.ts
+++ b/ui/src/components/agent-config-defaults.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export const defaultCreateValues: CreateConfigValues = {
   promptTemplate: "",
   model: "",
   thinkingEffort: "",
+  chrome: false,
   dangerouslySkipPermissions: false,
   search: false,
   dangerouslyBypassSandbox: false,