Parts of apps
Claude Helper…Claude window
◐ Close the app instead
Draws one of Claude’s windows, or handles its graphics or networking.
What it is
Claude runs each window and some shared jobs in helpers like this one.
If you close it
That window goes blank. Close the window or Claude itself instead.
The verdict
◐ Close the app instead. A part of an app. Closing it alone breaks something, so close its app.
In Activity Monitor
Claude Helper…
… means any name that starts this way.
From Procession’s guide, in the words the app shows.