add examples about triggering binexport headlessly

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diff --git a/docs/dev/batch.md b/docs/dev/batch.md
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@@ -49,6 +49,15 @@ Note that we used the `load` method which lets you temporarily create a `bv` wit
 bv.file.close() #close the file handle or else leak memory
 ```
 
+### Triggering Actions
+
+While you might associate actions with UI based actions in the product, many actions can be triggered headlessly. For example:
+
+```python
+cxt = PluginCommandContext(bv)
+PluginCommand.get_valid_list(cxt)['BinExport (Quick)'].execute(cxt)
+```
+
 ### Multiple files
 
 Looks good! But what if we just want to parse basic headers or stop any major analysis from happening and scan multiple files quickly? We can use the `update_analysis` named parameter to prevent the usual linear sweep and recursive descent analysis from event occurring:
diff --git a/docs/guide/binexport.md b/docs/guide/binexport.md
index 9e02c9c3..f5de5765 100644
--- a/docs/guide/binexport.md
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@@ -37,6 +37,15 @@ The resulting `.BinDiff` file can either be opened in the BinDiff Java GUI, or d
 ![BD Viewer](../img/binexport-bdviewer.png "BD Viewer"){ width="800" }
 _BD Viewer Plugin_
 
+### Headless
+
+If you want to trigger the plugin headlessly, you can use the exposed quick action which will automatically write a `.BinExport` in the same folder as the source file:
+
+```python
+cxt = PluginCommandContext(bv)
+PluginCommand.get_valid_list(cxt)['BinExport (Quick)'].execute(cxt)
+```
+
 ### Disabling
 
 If desired, the plugin can be disabled from loading using the `corePlugins.binexport` setting.