Cloud and Web Sessions

Claude Code Web/Cloud lets you run multiple coding tasks in the cloud and move between browser, terminal, and mobile as it suits you. Connect a GitHub repo, and you can start and manage cloud sessions from there — no local checkout required just to kick something off.

Commands

Cloud/remote session commands

Command	Effect
run remote-env	Start a cloud/remote environment
claude --remote ""	Run a task in the background on the cloud
claude --remote -c	Continue your last remote conversation

When to reach for this

This is the natural home for longer-running or lower-urgency tasks — kick one off, go do something else, come back to review. If you need to babysit it in real time, a local session is probably the better fit.

How this relates to Dispatch and Routines

If you’ve read Mobile and Remote Control, Dispatch is really “starting something new in the cloud” — which is exactly what this page covers, just from a different entry point (your phone, instead of a browser or --remote flag).

If what you want is a cloud task that runs on a recurring schedule rather than one-off, that’s covered in Scheduled Routines.

Check yourselfWhat has to be true about a task for it to make sense as a cloud/remote session rather than a local one?

It should be self-contained enough to run without you watching it step by step, and tolerant of not needing your machine to be on. Longer-running or lower-urgency work — where you’re fine kicking it off and checking back later from whatever device is in front of you — fits well. Tasks that need tight, real-time steering or quick back-and-forth are usually better run locally.