/remote-control (/rc) not recognized as built-in command in existing session

Found 3 possible duplicate issues:

1. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/18754
2. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/18677
3. https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/18756

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same problem, even claude remote-control not works:

~/projects$ claude remote-control
Error: Remote Control is not enabled for your account. Contact your administrator.
~/projects$ claude update
Current version: 2.1.53
Checking for updates to latest version...
Claude Code is up to date (2.1.53)

I'm in a wsl:

~/projects$ lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description:    Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS
Release:        24.04
Codename:       noble

$ claude --update
Current version: 2.1.56
Checking for updates to latest version...
Claude Code is up to date (2.1.56)

$ claude remote-control

           Claude Code v2.1.50
 ▐▛███▜▌   Sonnet 4.6 · Claude Max
▝▜█████▛▘  ...
  ▘▘ ▝▝    [✻] [✻] [✻] · 3 guest passes at /passes

❯ remote-control

● Recalled 1 memory, read 1 file (ctrl+o to expand)

● Could you clarify what you mean by "remote-control"? Are you looking to:

  1. Add a remote control feature to the bot (e.g., admin commands via Discord or HTTP API)?
  2. Something else entirely?

  A bit more context would help me understand what you'd like to implement.

Max-only for now
https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/28471#issuecomment-3958542740

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Active Max subscription, did not work

Tried in Ubuntu, Raspberry Pi OS, Windows

Tried claude --update

Tried curl -fsSL https://claude.ai/install.sh | bash

Nothing worked

Same here, on Max, skill not available.

Good news people, Max subscription explicitly bans you from using remote-control :)
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same question, in 2.1.59

Same here, in 2.1.62

same here

Same issue here. I'm on 2.1.63 with Max plan. Using claude remote-control for a new session works as expected. Attempting to use /remote-control or /rc return Unknown skill errors. The /config setting for remote control on all sessions does not show up either.

its working on my other machine. same versions 2.1.63 but doesnt work, says Error: Remote Control is not yet enabled for your account.

on max 20x plan. what are we supposed to do?

Same issue here. I'm on Max plan, remote-control was working for me on another computer for the past week, but on my second computer:

$ claude remote-control
Error: Remote Control is not yet enabled for your account.

How do I get remote control back?

Both computers on Windows with "native" Claude Code (not WSL2).

$ claude --version
2.1.63 (Claude Code)

Okay the fix is simple: Log out and log in again, and if you're on a recent CC version, this will fix it! At least it should for most people.

I think Anthropic is having some issues with gate-caching this feature and the issues are not all resolved yet.

/rc works for me too now after logout/login.

same here, max subscription, 2.1.63, relogin won't fix

Okay the fix is simple: Log out and log in again, and if you're on a recent CC version, this will fix it! At least it should for most people. I think Anthropic is having some issues with gate-caching this feature and the issues are not all resolved yet. /rc works for me too now after logout/login.

logout/login doesn't fix it. on 2.1.63.

Okay the fix is simple: Log out and log in again, and if you're on a recent CC version, this will fix it! At least it should for most people. I think Anthropic is having some issues with gate-caching this feature and the issues are not all resolved yet. /rc works for me too now after logout/login.

This worked for me on 2.1.63. It's important to _logout_ and then login.

I finally got it working by uninstalling all CC installs, ~/.claude.json, ~/.claude, and the .local/claude folders.

Reinstalled via the curl/bash script. Still didn't work but then the logout and back in (via /logout not Claude auth logout) finally fixed it.

Before I was still on native install, .63 patch version.

2.1.71 the same issue

Same here 2.1.71 not showing for me. claude remote-control works but not on an existing session

The issue happend when cc was installed through official script then later on I ran claude update.

any update on this?

Just run claude remote-control once. start a session etc. Then, quit. Then run claude /resume session you were in. And then /rc will appear

fyi they solved it for me in the other issue comments. disabling telemetry env vars interferes with the feature flags.

https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/33327#issuecomment-4052695948

Solution: remove DISABLE_TELEMETRY from ~/.claude/settings.json. It helps me!

Additional override that resolved the issues:

unset DISABLE_TELEMETRY
unset CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC
claude /logout
claude /login

Then claude remote-control again.

confirm DISABLE_TELEMETRY is a blunt flag that cuts off more than just analytics.
disabling telemetry somehow silently disables it too.
thanks for your solution @archie1602

I'm experiencing the same problem

Documentation confirms remote control is available on ALL paid plans (Pro, Max, Team, Enterprise).
This isn't a plan gating issue.

I'm on Pro, v2.1.84, no telemetry flags set, Dispatch is visible and clickable in the Desktop sidebar — but /rc, /remote-control, and claude remote-control don't exist in the CLI.
Logout/login didn't fix it.

For me, the auth method had somehow switched to the "Anthropic Console Account" by itself.

Signing out and back in with the "Claude account with Subscription" option got remote control and other missing features working!

<img width="509" height="540" alt="Image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/abbdb988-fca2-4d1c-bbd1-77b8bff53ab9" />

Can also confirm that removing the telemetry flag = 0 in the settings json fixed it for me.

similar fix to others: removed CLAUDE_CODE_DISABLE_NONESSENTIAL_TRAFFIC, restarted claude, and /remote_control was available

In my case, removing export DO_NOT_TRACK=1 from my .bash_profile resolved the issue.

Also occurs on Windows with DISABLE_TELEMETRY set to true in Windows system environment variables.