Anthropic quietly shipped one of the more exciting Claude Code updates recently: remote connections. You can now connect to a running Claude Code session from another machine or interface — no need to be local.
What it does
The remote control feature lets you attach to an active Claude Code session over a network connection. Think of it like tmux attach, but for your AI coding agent. You open a session on one machine, and you (or a teammate) can connect to it from anywhere.
Why it matters
A few use cases jump out immediately:
- Pair programming with AI — share a live session without screen sharing overhead
- Remote dev machines — run Claude Code on a beefy cloud box, control it from a lightweight laptop
- Async handoffs — leave a session running, pick it up later from a different device
How to use it
In Claude Code, the /remote-control command starts the remote server. Once connected, the remote client gets full visibility into the session — tool calls, outputs, the works.
It’s early days for this feature, but the primitives are solid. Remote-first AI tooling is the direction things are heading, and this is a meaningful step.