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Claude Code on mobile

Start, monitor, and steer Claude Code tasks from your phone with the Claude app for iOS and Android.

The Claude app for iOS and Android is a client for Claude Code sessions rather than a place where code runs. From your phone you reach cloud sessions and projects in the cloud, a session running on your own machine through Remote Control, or the Desktop app through Dispatch.

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Claude Code doesn't have a separate mobile app: cloud sessions and Remote Control both live in the Code tab in the Claude app, and Dispatch is a task you message in the app.

Get the app

1. Download the Claude app

Install the Claude app for iOS or Android. On an iPad, install the same iOS app.

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Run /mobile in a Claude Code session to show a QR code for claude.ai/mobile, which opens the right app store for your phone. /ios and /android do the same thing.

2. Sign in

Sign in with the same claude.ai account and organization you use for Claude Code. Cloud sessions and Remote Control require a claude.ai account, so they aren't reachable with an Anthropic Console API key or from a third-party provider such as Amazon Bedrock.

3. Open the Code tab

Tap Code in the app's navigation to reach your sessions, or open claude.ai/code/new on your phone to start a new Code session in the app. If you don't see the Code tab, your plan or organization may not include these features; see availability by subscription plan.

Work from your phone

From the app you can start cloud sessions, open a project, drive a Claude Code session running on your computer, or message Dispatch a task. The app is the same for each; they differ in where the work happens.

Feature What you connect to When to use
Cloud sessions A session on cloud infrastructure, Anthropic-managed by default Your repository is on GitHub and the task should keep running after you put your phone away. See the cloud quickstart to set up.
Projects A conversation where Claude coordinates parallel threads of work and reports back You have a stream of related work rather than one task and want to see which threads finished or need you.
Remote Control A Claude Code session running on your computer The work needs your local filesystem, tools, or MCP servers.
Dispatch The Desktop app on your computer You want to message a task and let Dispatch decide how to run it. Requires a Pro or Max plan.

If your computer will be off, use cloud sessions or a project, which run in the cloud and continue with your laptop closed. Remote Control and Dispatch drive your own machine, so it needs to stay on with Claude Code or the Desktop app running. If your machine sleeps during a Remote Control session, Claude Code reconnects when the machine comes back online.

For a fuller comparison, see work when you are away from your terminal.

Cloud sessions and Remote Control run from the Code tab. For Dispatch, which you message as a task in the app, see sessions from Dispatch.

Start and monitor cloud sessions

Cloud sessions run tasks on cloud infrastructure, Anthropic-managed by default, so a session continues after you put your phone away. From the Code tab, select a repository and branch, describe the task, and submit it. Sessions persist across devices: a task you start on your laptop is ready to review from your phone, and one you start from your phone is waiting when you're back at your desk.

Open a session in the app to check progress, answer Claude's questions, or steer it in a new direction. You can also tell Claude to watch a pull request and fix CI failures or review comments as they arrive. To connect GitHub and set up your environment, follow the cloud quickstart, and see Use Claude Code in the cloud for everything cloud sessions can do.

Continue a local session with Remote Control

Remote Control connects the Claude app to a Claude Code session running on your machine, so code execution and filesystem access stay local while you drive the session from your phone. Start the session on your computer with claude remote-control, or run /remote-control in a session that's already open. Then scan the QR code the terminal can display, or open the Claude app, tap Code, and pick the session from the list. See connect from another device for each option.

When you add an attachment in the Claude app, it reaches the local session too:

  • Photos: Claude sees attached photos directly as part of your message. Claude Code also saves each photo under ~/.claude/uploads/ and tells Claude the saved file path, so Claude can copy the image into files it creates.
  • Other files: Claude Code downloads them to your machine and passes them to Claude as @ file references.

For requirements, invocation modes, and troubleshooting, see the Remote Control overview.

Get push notifications

When Remote Control is active, Claude can send push notifications to your phone, typically when a long-running task finishes or when it needs a decision from you. You can also ask for one in your prompt, such as notify me when the tests finish. See mobile push notifications for the two /config toggles and delivery troubleshooting.

Dispatch sends its own notification when a Code session it spawned finishes or needs your approval, described in sessions from Dispatch.

Limitations

The mobile client covers most of what a session needs, with a few limitations:

  • Local-only commands: commands that only run in the terminal interface, such as /plugin and /resume, don't work from the app. The Remote Control limitations list the commands that do work from mobile and how their behavior differs.
  • Permission modes: cloud sessions offer Accept edits, Plan, and Auto, and Remote Control sessions offer Manual, Accept edits, Plan, and Auto. You can't select Bypass permissions from the app in either case. See switch permission modes for when Auto is available.
  • Dispatch plans: Dispatch requires a Pro or Max plan and isn't available on Team or Enterprise.