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

  • /config should work in Remote Control sessions (at least for client-side settings like dictation language), OR
  • The Remote Control client should read the server's language setting and apply it to dictation, OR
  • There should be a client-side setting in the Remote Control UI to configure dictation language

Reproduction

  1. SSH into a Linux server, cd to a project
  2. Run claude remote-control
  3. Connect from Mac via claude.ai/code
  4. Try /config → "not available over Remote Control"
  5. Try /voice → dictation defaults to English, no way to change

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