[FEATURE] Remote Control: Interaction with desktop Claude Code sessions from mobile

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Problem Statement

When I start Claude Code on my Windows desktop, all interaction is confined to
that terminal. If I step away from my desk, there is no way to see what Claude
is doing, approve permission requests, respond to questions, review plans, or
prompt further work. The session just blocks until I return.

I'm a parent of a young child and frequently away from my desk. I start Claude
Code pointed at my local codebase, step away, and come back to find it's been waiting for input for several hours. That's wasted time for both of us.

Proposed Solution

Desired workflow

1. Start a task in Claude Code on my Windows desktop (CLI or Desktop app)
2. Step away from my desk
3. Get a push notification on my phone when Claude needs any input —

permission approvals, plan reviews, clarifying questions, or "task complete"

1. From the Claude mobile app (or a web UI), read Claude's full output

(plans, results, diffs, errors)

1. Respond conversationally — approve a plan, ask Claude to change approach,

answer a clarifying question, or prompt entirely new follow-up work

1. Claude continues executing on my desktop with access to my local files

This isn't just about approving/denying permission requests — it's full
conversational control of a desktop session from another device.

Alternative Solutions

Nothing. There is currently no mechanism to interact with a running Claude Code
desktop session from another device. The only workaround is pre-authorizing
everything with permissive tool settings, which defeats the purpose of
human-in-the-loop oversight.

Third-party community projects (claude-relay, ForkOff) proxy stdin/stdout over
the network but are unofficial and require significant manual setup.

Priority

High - Significant impact on productivity

Feature Category

Interactive mode (TUI)

Use Case Example

Why this matters

For anyone who can't sit at a desk continuously — parents, people with
disabilities, workers splitting time between locations — the ability to keep
Claude productive during away-from-desk time is the difference between the tool
being transformative or frustrating. The compute and the codebase are on the
desktop; the human direction can come from anywhere.

Additional Context

Related issues

• #29438 — Push notifications (notification only, no interaction)
• #15922 — Mobile companion app (scoped to approvals + brief clarifications)
• #24145 / #15881 — Bidirectional session sync (closest in spirit, closed)
• #29319 — Permission mode cycling from mobile
• #29006 — Remote Control from Desktop app