Claude Code Remote Control
Ranked 3 of 13 coding agent interfaces by recommenders
Lets you continue a Claude Code session from your phone so long tasks don't stall on permission prompts. Critics say connections drop often and push notifications are unreliable.
Lets you continue a Claude Code session from your phone so long tasks don't stall on permission prompts. Critics say connections drop often and push notifications are unreliable.
66 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 30
- criticize it
- 36
- approval share
- 45%
Recommended in 5 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 30 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 0.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 5 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Check in on sessions from phone
“Now we can just go about our life and check in from the phone.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “when I'm on the go the RC app is more convenient”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “which is actually the fastest way to open it on your phone”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” - Comment from 18 Sep 2026 in “Cloudflare Quick Tunnels”
Useful for a preview release
“I'm super happy Anthropic finally releases this tool. It's a starting point and I hope they'll improve it.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “I think it is pretty good for a preview release.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “thanks for shipping early”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” Long tasks don't stall on permissions
“you lose a lot of time if you step away from a session and it gets stuck asking for permission”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “this would easily solve parallel long running work without skipping permissions”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” Keeps local files and environment intact
“Running agents on your own machine means your filesystem, tools, and env stay intact”
Comment from 24 Feb 2026 in “Continue local sessions from any device with Remote Control” “Having access to my local repository and my whole home folder is much easier”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Connections drop or fail to connect
“Yup, it's very broken at this time, that's if you manage to get a reliably connection or the session to even show up.”
Comment from 11 Mar 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “But man it is surprisingly buggy. Connections drop so fast and flakily.”
Comment from 21 Jun 2026 in “Pulse – a local dashboard for Claude Code, approve tool calls from your phone” “Not just the mobile app, but also Claude Code Web is super unreliable.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” Setup is awkward and hidden
“Even if you don't log into github, remote-control still works if you copy across the link that the cli tool outputs for you and just visit that on your phone. That's a bit of a pain though of course.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “Also broken for me. First of all /remote-control in the terminal just printed a long url.”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control” “it requires extra configuration that isn't (at least clearly) visible in the app itself”
Comment from 10 Aug 2026 in “Message your other Claude Code sessions” - Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control”
Android notifications stop working
“it recently stopped sending me notifications on Android so it's not much use anymore”
Comment from 21 Jun 2026 in “Pulse – a local dashboard for Claude Code, approve tool calls from your phone” “official push notifications can sometimes drop out on certain devices like Android”
Comment from 21 Jun 2026 in “Pulse – a local dashboard for Claude Code, approve tool calls from your phone” Missing features and short sessions
“The latter is more like the direct Code experience (though there are some gaps in RC mode vs in a Claude-owned sandbox).”
Comment from 18 Jul 2026 in “Setting up your spare Mac for Claude Code to control, a step-by-step guide” “I would have hoped for them to at least support the "/clear" command or some form of it”
Comment from 25 Feb 2026 in “Claude Code Remote Control”
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| Claude Code Remote ControlThis page | 30 | 36 | 45% | 5 | — | — |
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What people said
40 of the 70 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it's was easier just opening the Claude app than using ssh”
“it requires extra configuration that isn't (at least clearly) visible in the app itself”
“The latter is more like the direct Code experience (though there are some gaps in RC mode vs in a Claude-owned sandbox).”
“I wish Claude's remote control sessions were longer running.”
“But man it is surprisingly buggy. Connections drop so fast and flakily.”
“official push notifications can sometimes drop out on certain devices like Android”
“already does this and works reasonably well”
“it recently stopped sending me notifications on Android so it's not much use anymore”
“the connection has been very stable for me”
“I think the `/remote-control` feature does this, if I understand you correctly.”
“Claude's /remote-control command also helps.”
“Remote Control was fun TV.”
“I’ve tried Cowork and Claude Code remote agents, only to find various bugs with working with plugins and connectors”
“Yup, it's very broken at this time, that's if you manage to get a reliably connection or the session to even show up.”
“thanks for shipping early”
“Voice input into a native app is not.”
“Not just the mobile app, but also Claude Code Web is super unreliable.”
“Also broken for me. First of all /remote-control in the terminal just printed a long url.”
“Even if you don't log into github, remote-control still works if you copy across the link that the cli tool outputs for you and just visit that on your phone. That's a bit of a pain though of course.”
“I think it is pretty good for a preview release.”
“Absolutely great piece of software otherwise, free, anonymous, encrypted and so on.”
“introduces a new failure mode: you're now debugging the agent's environment management on top of the actual code problems”
“But it's Max only and doesn't work well according to other comments.”
“I would have hoped for them to at least support the "/clear" command or some form of it”
“this would easily solve parallel long running work without skipping permissions”
“here's the official functionality for this that is much more trustworthy”
“the ability to code on your computer from your phone, through AI, would be such a killer app”
“the inefficiency in transport is more than offset by the efficiency in intent”
“It's changing super fast.”
“it DOES have less storage than a Nomad (hence lame)”
“Having access to my local repository and my whole home folder is much easier”
“when I'm on the go the RC app is more convenient”
“On Android app it needs Claude GitHub connection with scope to act on my behalf!”
“you lose a lot of time if you step away from a session and it gets stuck asking for permission”
“which is actually the fastest way to open it on your phone”
“I'm super happy Anthropic finally releases this tool. It's a starting point and I hope they'll improve it.”
“Now we can just go about our life and check in from the phone.”
“still not as good as just using the Cli in the terminal”
“won't find this very useful (yet)”
“Running agents on your own machine means your filesystem, tools, and env stay intact”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.