Claude Code, controlled from your phone

Run Claude Code in workspace alice and open a session from the Claude iPhone or Android app.

You need: workspace alice from Getting started.

1. Add Claude Code, with Remote Control on by default

devmachine packages add claude-code --workspace alice
devmachine workspaces edit alice --set claude-code.remote_control_at_startup=true
devmachine sync

remote_control_at_startup connects every session to Remote Control as it opens, instead of waiting for somebody to type /rc.

2. Log in as alice, once

devmachine login alice/claude

This opens a real terminal, so a person is there to finish the sign-in — see credentials.

3. Start a session

devmachine ssh alice
claude

With remote_control_at_startup on, Claude Code prints a session URL and a QR code as the session opens. Without it, run /rc inside the session to get the same thing.

4. Open it from the phone

Install the Claude app (iOS, Android), scan the QR code, or find the session by name under Code in the app.

Check it: a message sent from the phone appears in the terminal, and a reply typed in the terminal appears on the phone.

For a session that is available from the phone without an SSH session open at all, see start Claude from your phone.

Source: Claude Code — Remote Control