Mobile remote-control sessions: widget/visual tool output doesn't render

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Activity 0 comments · opened Jul 18, 2026

When driving a Claude Code session from the mobile app (remote control), visual tool output doesn't render — the show_widget visualization tool displays only its raw tool-result text ("Content rendered and shown to the user…") instead of the widget itself, and chart/image output rarely comes through.

This matters because remote sessions are exactly where inline visuals are most valuable: you can't see the desktop, so a rendered chart/mockup/verification widget is the only visual feedback channel. Artifacts partially work around it but require a separate signed-in browser hop.

Request: render widget/visual tool output in the mobile remote-control surface, or degrade to a static image rather than the raw tool-result JSON.

Environment: Claude Code on Windows 11, session driven remotely from the iOS app.

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