Anthropic just added Remote Control to Claude Code, letting you start a task on your laptop and manage it from your phone while you're in a meeting. This isn't just convenience—it's a fundamental shift in how knowledge workers can orchestrate deep work around a fragmented schedule.
What It Is
Claude Code Remote Control allows persistent AI-assisted coding sessions that you can access from multiple devices. Start a complex refactoring on your desktop, leave for a meeting, check progress and provide guidance from your phone via the Claude app or web interface. Claude continues running on your local machine, so your code and environment stay secure. The session persists even as you switch contexts.
How This Helps Today
For executives and senior engineers whose days are split between deep work and meetings, this eliminates the dead time. You can kick off a migration or bug fix, attend standups, and steer the AI from your phone without losing momentum. It also enables async collaboration—you can hand off a partially completed task to a colleague who can pick up the same Claude session. The productivity gain isn't just minutes saved; it's maintaining flow state across a fragmented calendar.
The Context
Remote work has created a paradox: we're more connected but have less uninterrupted time. Coding requires sustained focus, but Slack pings and calendar invites fragment the day. Claude Remote Control acknowledges this reality rather than fighting it. It's similar to how cloud IDEs let you work from anywhere, but with an AI actively doing work while you're away. The competition (Cursor, GitHub Copilot) doesn't offer this level of session persistence and cross-device control yet.
What to Watch
Security is the obvious concern—your code stays on your machine, but session state syncs to Anthropic's servers. Review their data handling if you work with sensitive codebases. Also watch for battery and thermal issues—Claude Code running tasks in the background can drain laptops fast. The bigger strategic question is whether this encourages unhealthy work patterns. Being able to manage coding sessions from anywhere means you might never truly disconnect. Set boundaries, or this becomes a 24/7 on-call feature.