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Use Claude Code from your phone while your agent keeps working.

Claude Code runs on a computer, so your phone is a window onto it. Here are the ways to open that window, and what each one needs.

The short answer

Claude Code doesn’t run on your phone. It runs on a computer, and your phone reaches it. So the question is which computer, and whether it stays on while you’re out.

You can steer the session on your own computer with Remote Control, start a cloud session in the Claude app, reach your computer over SSH from a phone app, or open a tile, a computer in the cloud that stays on, in your phone’s browser.

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Four ways to do it

Each one is a real choice; the right one depends on where your project lives and whether your computer stays on.

  1. Remote Control, in the Claude app

    Run claude remote-control on your computer, or type /remote-control in a session. Then open it in the Claude app on your phone, or at claude.ai/code. You can send it messages, and your phone can tell you when Claude needs a decision.

    Good when
    Your project is on your computer, and your computer stays on.
    What it asks
    Your computer has to stay on, and Claude Code has to keep running on it: if it sleeps, the session waits until it wakes. It needs a Claude subscription, not an API key.

  2. A cloud session, in the Claude app

    In the Claude app’s Code tab, pick a GitHub repository and branch, and describe the task. It runs on Anthropic’s computers, and you follow it from your phone.

    Good when
    Your work is in a GitHub repository, and the job fits in one task.
    What it asks
    It starts from your repository, not from your computer. Files you haven’t pushed, your .env files and your local database aren’t there.

  3. SSH, from a phone app

    An SSH app on your phone, like Termius or Blink, reaches your own computer over a private network like Tailscale. Run Claude Code or Codex in tmux there, and pick up where you left off.

    Good when
    You want your own computer’s terminal, all of it, on your phone.
    What it asks
    Setting up SSH on your computer (Remote Login, on a Mac), the private network and the app. Your computer has to stay on, and a terminal on a phone screen is small.

  4. A tile, in your phone’s browserOurs

    Your own computer in the cloud for Claude Code and Codex. Open it at app.ai-tiles.com in your phone’s browser to read what your agent is doing, reply to it, or open a terminal.

    Good when
    You want to check on long jobs and steer them from anywhere, with your laptop shut.
    What it asks
    You set it up once from your computer, so your project comes along. It runs Linux, not macOS.

Which one to pick

  • Your computer stays on, and you want to check in: Remote Control.
  • One task on a repository that’s on GitHub: a cloud session in the Claude app.
  • Your own computer’s terminal, all of it: SSH from a phone app.
  • Long jobs with your laptop shut, steered from anywhere: a tile.

How to do it with a tile

Set it up once from your computer. After that, your phone is enough.

  1. On your computer, paste one line

    In Terminal, in your project’s folder, paste this and press Enter. It installs the tiles command. On Windows, run it in WSL.

    curl -fsSL https://ai-tiles.com/computer.sh | sh

  2. Sign in and approve this computer

    A page opens in your browser. Sign in with Google, GitHub, Apple or your email, then approve this computer. Tiles makes your tile in about a minute and brings your project.

  3. Give Claude Code a job

    Claude Code starts on your tile in a session that keeps running. Tell it what to do, then close your laptop.

  4. Open your tile on your phone

    On your phone, go to app.ai-tiles.com and sign in with the same account. Open your tile to read what Claude Code is doing, reply to it, or open a terminal.

No computer nearby? Start in your browser, and Claude Code opens on your tile right there.

Good to know

  • Your phone is only a window. Locking it or closing the app doesn’t stop your agent, wherever it runs.
  • A tile stays awake while your agent works. After 2 hours with nothing going on it pauses, keeps everything, and wakes when you come back.
  • Fewer questions, fewer trips to your phone. On a computer of its own, your agent can work without asking: see Run Claude Code with --dangerously-skip-permissions, safely.

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