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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 on Anthropic-managed infrastructure, a session running on your own machine through Remote Control, or the Desktop app through Dispatch.
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.

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Get the app

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Download the Claude app

Install the Claude app for iOS or Android. On an iPad, install the same iOS app.
Run /mobile in a Claude Code session to display a download QR code you can scan. /ios and /android do the same thing.
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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.
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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.

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Work from your phone

From the app you can start cloud sessions, drive a Claude Code session running on your computer, or message Dispatch a task. The app is the same for all three; they differ in where the work happens. If your computer will be off, use cloud sessions: they run on Anthropic’s infrastructure 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, the session reconnects when it comes back online. For a fuller comparison that also covers Channels, Slack, and scheduled tasks, see work when you are away from your terminal. Cloud sessions and Remote Control run from the Code tab and are covered below. For Dispatch, which you message as a task in the app, see sessions from Dispatch.

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Start and monitor cloud sessions

Claude Code on the web runs tasks on Anthropic-managed cloud infrastructure, 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 create your first environment, follow the web quickstart, and see Claude Code on the web for everything cloud sessions can do.

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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 session 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. Attachments you add in the Claude app reach the local session too: Claude Code downloads the image or file to your machine and passes it to Claude as an @ file reference. For requirements, invocation modes, and troubleshooting, see the Remote Control overview.

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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.

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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 in the mode dropdown, and Remote Control sessions offer Manual, Accept edits, and Plan. You can’t select Bypass permissions from the app in either case, and you can’t select Auto for a Remote Control session. See switch permission modes.
  • Dispatch plans: Dispatch requires a Pro or Max plan and isn’t available on Team or Enterprise.