feat: support /config and dictation language in Remote Control sessions
Resolved 💬 2 comments Opened Mar 19, 2026 by Gekko-dot-ETH Closed Apr 16, 2026
Problem
When using Claude Code via Remote Control (CLI on a remote Linux server, connecting from a Mac browser/app), the /config command is unavailable — it returns "/config isn't available over Remote Control."
This means there's no way to change the voice dictation language from the Remote Control client. The language setting in ~/.claude/settings.json on the server is set to Portuguese, but the speech-to-text in the Remote Control client defaults to English with no way to override it.
Expected behavior
/configshould work in Remote Control sessions (at least for client-side settings like dictation language), OR- The Remote Control client should read the server's
languagesetting and apply it to dictation, OR - There should be a client-side setting in the Remote Control UI to configure dictation language
Reproduction
- SSH into a Linux server,
cdto a project - Run
claude remote-control - Connect from Mac via
claude.ai/code - Try
/config→ "not available over Remote Control" - Try
/voice→ dictation defaults to English, no way to change
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